GREYHOUND II approaching a jetty

Photographer Harry Brisbane Williams (1869 - 1959)

Datec 1905

Object number00017020

NamePhotograph

MediumSilver gelatin print on paper

DimensionsOverall: 118 x 163 mm

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Piers Jones

Terms

DescriptionUntitled. This photograph captures the steamer GREYHOUND II approaching a jetty in Sydney Harbour. The message on the reverse of 00017019 suggests that both that and this photograph were taken on the same day and in the same area. HistoryThe Harry Brisbane Williams photographic collection provides an interesting record of a range of activities on Sydney Harbour from the 1890s into the 1920s. An enthusiastic amateur boater and photographer, Williams’ photographs capture a range of subjects – pleasure cruising on his motor launch on the Lane Cove River, yachting on Sydney Harbour, foreshore social activities, surf lifesaving, cargo ships, battle cruisers of the United States fleet, model yachting and the shipbuilding industry. In particular, they are a wonderful personal record of the new phenomenon of leisure motor boating in the early twentieth century.