Small cargo ship unloading timber
Photographer
Harry Brisbane Williams
(1869 - 1959)
Date1890s - 1920s
Object number00017029
NamePhotograph
MediumSilver gelatin print on paper
DimensionsOverall: 110 x 155 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Piers Jones
DescriptionUntitled photograph depicting a small single-funnel cargo ship moored alongside a wharf. It appears to be unloading lengths of timber from the hold.HistoryThe Harry Brisbane Williams photographic collection provides an interesting record of a range of activities on Sydney Harbour from the 1890s into the 1920s. An enthusiastic amateur boater and photographer, Williams’ photographs capture a range of subjects – pleasure cruising on his motor launch on the Lane Cove River, yachting on Sydney Harbour, foreshore social activities, surf lifesaving, cargo ships, battle cruisers of the United States fleet, model yachting and the shipbuilding industry. In particular, they are a wonderful personal record of the new phenomenon of leisure motor boating in the early twentieth century. He also photographed a range of ship building activities, dry docks, slip ways and waterfront construction.
