Unidentified steamship at Circular Quay

Photographer Frederick Garner Wilkinson (1901-1975)

Datec 1919

Object number00042342

NamePhotograph

MediumPaper

Dimensions82 x 108 mm

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineAustralian National Maritime Museum collection

Terms

DescriptionThis photograph depicts a single funnel steamship moored alongside eastern Circular Quay with part of the Sydney Tram Depot visible to the right of image.
SignificanceThis photograph is representative of steamships in Sydney Harbour in the first half of the 20th century.

The print 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 decline of the coastal trade. The backgrounds also reveal the changing face of the city and harbour foreshores.