Man at the wheel of the sailing ketch CORWA
Photographer
Samuel J Hood Studio
(Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Datec 1934
Object number00035021
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis photograph depicts a man at the wheel of the sailing ketch CORWA 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.
