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HMAS SYDNEY (II) returning to port, 10 February 1941
HMAS SYDNEY (II) returning to port, 10 February 1941

HMAS SYDNEY (II) returning to port, 10 February 1941

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1941
Object number00020348
NameNitrate negative
MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionRear Admiral Sir John Crace, Captain John Augustine Collins and Minister for Navy and former Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes at celebrations for the return of HMAS SYDNEY (II) in 1941.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.