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KRAKATAU of Amsterdam
KRAKATAU of Amsterdam

KRAKATAU of Amsterdam

Photographer (1901-1975)
Date4 May 1930
Object number00042025
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
Dimensions83 x 108 x 2 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineAustralian National Maritime Museum collection
Terms
    DescriptionFrederick Wilkinson took this photograph of the KRAKATAU anchored at Athol Bight (near Bradleys Head), Sydney at 11:40am on Sunday morning 4 May 1930 aboard a ferry from Taronga Park to Circular Quay.SignificanceThis photograph is part of the F G Wilkinson Photograph Collection, comprising more than 700 glass plate negatives of ships in Sydney Harbour between 1919 and 1936. The collection provides an extensive and well-documented coverage of the changing styles of shipping in the port of Sydney before the gradual decline of the coastal trade, and in a period which was probably the peak reached by commercial shipping in Australia. The backgrounds also reveal the changing face of the city and harbour foreshores.
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