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LAPEROUSE of Marseille
LAPEROUSE of Marseille

LAPEROUSE of Marseille

Photographer (1901-1975)
Date1 June 1930
Object number00042014
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
Dimensions83 x 108 x 2 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineAustralian National Maritime Museum collection
DescriptionFrederick Wilkinson took this photograph of the LAPEROUSE anchored at Athol Bight (near Bradleys Head), Sydney at 11:35am on Sunday 1 June 1930 aboard a ferry from Taronga Park to Clifton.SignificanceThis photograph is part of the F G Wilkinson Photograph Collection, comprising more than 700 glass plate negatives of ships in Sydney Harbour between 1919 and 1936. The collection provides an extensive and well-documented coverage of the changing styles of shipping in the port of Sydney before the gradual decline of the coastal trade, and in a period which was probably the peak reached by commercial shipping in Australia. The backgrounds also reveal the changing face of the city and harbour foreshores.
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