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The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron foreshore parkland area with flagpole and whale jawbones visible in background
The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron foreshore parkland area with flagpole and whale jawbones visible in background

The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron foreshore parkland area with flagpole and whale jawbones visible in background

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1920s
Object number00024185
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThe Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron is a private sailing club which was formed in 1862. This image depicts the foreshore parkland area. In the background, a whale's jawbones are visible and form an archway. The jawbones originally came from a whaling station at Twofold Bay, on the south coast of New South Wales. The flagpole was salvaged from the collier BELLAMBI.SignificanceThe Samuel J Hood photographic collection records an extensive range of maritime activity on Sydney Harbour, including sail and steam ships, crew portraits, crews at work, ship interiors, stevedores loading and unloading cargo, port scenes, pleasure boats and harbourside social activities from the 1890s through to the 1950s. They are also highly competent artistic studies and views - Hood was regarded as an important figure in early Australian photojournalism. Hood’s maritime photographs are one of the most significant collections of such work in Australia.