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Sailing ketch CORWA berthed alongside a wharf in Darling Harbour, Sydney
Sailing ketch CORWA berthed alongside a wharf in Darling Harbour, Sydney

Sailing ketch CORWA berthed alongside a wharf in Darling Harbour, Sydney

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Datec 1934
Object number00035019
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis photograph depicts the sailing ketch CORWA berthed near the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand's wharf in Darling Harbour. The company's wharf was situated next to the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's wharf.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.