At the time this photograph was taken it belonged to the United States Navy. As of 2011 it is in service in the Royal Australian Navy. - Note & correct identification by Lieutenant (Navy) NCM Armstrong, CD, Canadian Forces
At the same time of this work, the old street car tracks were removed. British Pottery Store behind Bantam Crane, store was owned by Harrison Miller before days of Flea Market, then Briggs etc.
The young people in this photo are coming from NFCVI - Rice Cresent ran between Jepson and Ryerson Cresent and connected with a lane which ran between two houses and brought them to the Northern end of NFCVI. This lane was closed in the seventies and the students no longer travel Rice Cresent