RMS QUEEN MARY and the tug SS HEROIC, Port Jackson, Sydney

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

DateMay 1940

Object number00020491

NameNitrate negative

MediumCellulose nitrate negative, black and white

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionThis photograph, depicting RMS QUEEN MARY and what is likely to be the Fenwick tug SS HEROIC near Port Jackson in Sydney, was taken when the Cunard Line's RMS MAURETANIA and QUEEN MARY had both sailed from New York to Sydney in March 1940 to carry troops to the United Kingdom.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.