The Cairns Hides Hotel in Cairns, Queensland, Australia

The Cairns Hides Hotel in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The photographer is standing on Lake Street looking south west. The hotel is on the left side in the foreground. Cars and vans are parked along Shields Street in the middle. The Mount Peter mountain range is in the far background. This is Slide 32 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Watchkeeping Officer for the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) owned by Commercial Cable Company of London from 26 November 1975 to 24 April 1976. This series consists of 33 surviving slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT16737
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Henry P. Bird
Date made: Between 20 February 1976 and 13 March 1976
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm