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AWATEA, cargo hoist inside the passenger liner
AWATEA, cargo hoist inside the passenger liner

AWATEA, cargo hoist inside the passenger liner

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1936
Object number00023391
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionImage of a hoist on board TSS AWATEA. AWATEA, built in 1936, was owned by Union Steamship Company and was known as the 'Queen of the Tasman Sea'. It was a luxury liner that serviced the trans-Tasman route. AWATEA was requisitioned by the British Government during World War II and was sunk in 1942.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.
AWATEA passenger liner wireless room
Samuel J Hood Studio
1936
AWATEA passenger liner wireless room
Samuel J Hood Studio
1936
TSS AWATEA interior
Samuel J Hood Studio
1936
TSS AWATEA interior
Samuel J Hood Studio
1936
"AWATEA" INTERIOR
Samuel J Hood Studio
1936
TSS AWATEA passenger seating area
Samuel J Hood Studio
September 1936
TSS AWATEA passenger seating area
Samuel J Hood Studio
September 1936
TSS AWATEA interior
Samuel J Hood Studio
1936-1942
TSS AWATEA interior
Samuel J Hood Studio
1936-1942
TSS AWATEA interior
Samuel J Hood Studio
1936-1942
TSS AWATEA interior
Samuel J Hood Studio
1936-1942