18-footers racing past Steel Point, Sydney Harbour
Photographer
William James Hall
(Australian, 1877 - 1951)
Date1890s - 1930s
Object number00010267
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Transfer from the Mitchell Library
DescriptionUntitled. A photograph of 18-foot skiffs racing past Steel Point, Sydney Harbour.
The ferry wharf at Neilsen Park can be seen distance in addition to the Rose Bay shore.HistoryThe 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.
