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TRITON of Tonsberg
TRITON of Tonsberg

TRITON of Tonsberg

Photographer (1901-1975)
Date4 March 1931
Object number00042052
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 TRITON anchored off Cremorne Point, Sydney at 12:10pm on Wednesday 4 March 1931 aboard a ferry from Circular Quay to Taronga Park.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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