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Four men standing outside the SCEGS boat shed in Berry's Bay on Sydney Harbour
Four men standing outside the SCEGS boat shed in Berry's Bay on Sydney Harbour

Four men standing outside the SCEGS boat shed in Berry's Bay on Sydney Harbour

Photographer (Australian, 1877 - 1951)
Datec 1920
Object number00012793
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Transfer from the Mitchell Library
DescriptionA black and white image of four men standing outside the SCEGS boat shed in Berry's Bay on Sydney Harbour.HistoryThe original boatshed for Sydney Church of England Grammar School, or Shore School, was situated at Berry's Bay. The school acquired its own boatshed in Looking Glass Bay in 1919, presented to them by Mr Russell Sinclair, in memory of his son. Sydney boat builder Prince Barnett (father of shipwright Billy Barnett) worked as the caretaker of the Shore School boatshed. When the school moved its aquatic activities to its new location, Barnett bought the house and boatshed. Barnett hired the shed out to many of Sydney Harbour's 18-footer crews to store their skiffs.SignificanceThe Hall collection provides an important pictorial record of recreational boating in Sydney Harbour, from the 1890s to the 1930s – from large racing and cruising yachts, to the many and varied skiffs jostling on the harbour, to the new phenomenon of motor boating in the early twentieth century . The collection also includes images of the many spectators and crowds who followed the sailing races.