The 18-footer fleet racing on Sydney Harbour

Photographer William James Hall (Australian, 1877 - 1951)

Date1920-1934

Object number00010860

NameGlass plate negative

MediumEmulsion on glass

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection Transfer from the Mitchell Library

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DescriptionA black and white image an 18 foot skiff race on Sydney Harbour passing the wharf at Nielsen Park. Contenders include YENDYS, BRITTANIA, MISSISSIPPI and ARLINE. HistoryThe Hall collection provides an important pictorial record of recreational boating in Sydney Harbour, from the 1890s to the 1930s – from large racing and cruising yachts, to the many and varied skiffs jostling on the harbour, to the new phenomenon of motor boating in the early twentieth century . The collection also includes images of the many spectators and crowds who followed the sailing races.