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Sirius Avenue. Additional Info: On 16/9/1938 Violet Street became Sirius Avenue. Violet was the name of a yacht owned by Mr F. J. Jackson, a friend of the Harnetts. The HMS Sirius was the flagship of the First Fleet and Mosman Bay, or Careening Cove as it was at fIrst known, was chosen as a sheltered spot for the refit and careening of HMS Sirius after it had made a gruelling voyage round the world in 1789.