SS AWATEA

Photographer Samuel J Hood Studio (Australian, 1899 - 1953)

Date1937

Object number00021534

NameNegative

MediumEmulsion on acetate film

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

HistorySydney Morning Herald Friday 1 January 1937 - page 4 projected departures 1 January: AWATEA for Wellington, New Zealand, from No.2 wharf, East Circular Quay at 8pm.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.