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SS SOMALI berthed at No 1 East Circular Quay on Monday 24 February 1919
SS SOMALI berthed at No 1 East Circular Quay on Monday 24 February 1919

SS SOMALI berthed at No 1 East Circular Quay on Monday 24 February 1919

Photographer (1901-1975)
Date1919
Object number00042158
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 SOMALI berthed alongside the Fort Macquarie Tram Depot at No 1 wharf East Circular Quay, Sydney on Monday 24 February 1919. The SOMALI sailed for London two days later.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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