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TSS WHAKARUA, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney
TSS WHAKARUA, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney

TSS WHAKARUA, possibly near Port Jackson in Sydney

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1907-1916
Object number00020430
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionG D Tyser and Company's TSS WHAKARUA was built in 1907 and transferred to Commonwealth and Dominion Line in 1814. It was renamed PORT CHALMERS III in 1916.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.