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Collection of 103 photographs of vessels and maritime subjects

Date1870-1971

Object numberANMS0031

NameArchive series

MediumSilver gelatin print

ClassificationsEphemera

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionThese 102 photographs were collected by Herbert Edward Young for Young's Maritime Museum. They were donated in 1972 to the Commonwealth Government for incorporation into a future maritime museum. The photographs depict ships and other maritime subjects such as fishermen, cannons and docks.HistoryThis collection of 102 photographs were taken of the following vessels: ANDROS, ANGELINA LAURO, AQUITANIA, BOUNTY, CAPTAIN COOK, CAWDOR, CB PEDERSEN, CITY OF NEW YORK, CORNSTALK, CUTTY SARK, DALMACIJA, DEWARUTJI, DEWARVIJA, ESMERELDA, FRANCIS DRAKE, G S CURREY, GRETEL, H72, HEREWARD, HMAS HOBART, HMAS VICTORY, HMS SIRIUS, HT QUEEN ELIZABETH, JOSEPH CONRAD, LAWHILL, LEMNOS, LOCH TORRIDON, LUCY VINNEN, MALABAR, MAUNO, MOTAU, MV CAPE MORETON, MV IRANDA, MV RUYS, MV WILLIAM HOLYMAN, ORION, ORSOVA, P J ADAMS, PAMIR, PRINCESS OF TASMANIA, QUEEN ELIZABETH, SEAWAY KING, SOBRAON, SOPHIA JANE, SOUTHERN CROSS, SS AUTONIEDON, SS RIVERINA, SS STRATHAIRLY, STRAAT BANKA, TAHITI, THE STORM, USS NEVADA, VAGABOND, VASA, YALLAROE and BELLUBERA and the following maritime subjects Bounty Bay, Pitcairn Island; a brass cannon; Capt F W Neitenstein and his wife; Captain J Hewitt; Circular Quay; Cockatoo dock; early 20th century yachts; Ferry wharf at Fort Macquarie; fishermen mending nets; GRB Christian Chief Magistrate, Pitcairn Island; Hobart docks; hospital ships; launching of the Manly Ferry; Manly Wharf; Man-o'-War stairs, Sydney; men in front of yacht; Model of a Dutch Admiral's Ship; model of a French frigate; model of state dockyard; Nature House, Pitcairn Island; Parramatta river; Pitcairn Island; sailing on Sydney Harbour; Seamen's branch of Commonwealth Savings Bank, First bank account opening; Spectacle Island; Store shed, Pitcairn Island; Sydney Harbour; three masted barque and Wellington Technical School. Some of the photographs were taken of former paintings and illustrations. Herbert Edward (Bert) Young assembled a collection of maritime objects, books, papers, images and ephemera, and established Young's Maritime Museum from his home in Forestville, a suburb of Sydney, in the late 1960s. This private museum was short-lived and in 1972, Young presented his collection to the Department of Shipping and Transport to hold for incorporation into a future national maritime museum. The collection was transferred to the ANMM in 1987.