Material relating to the Dibbs family
Date1880s - 1910s
Object numberANMS0552
NameArchive series
MediumPaper
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Elizabeth Cadden
DescriptionThis archive series numbered [001] - [004] includes two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings; an album containing photographs of Thomas Dibbs' yachts, the historic steamer ENA and his family; and nine other photographs of regatta scenes, rowing boats and sailing ships.SignificanceThe memorabilia in this collection detail three generations of the Dibbs family connection with boating on Sydney Harbour. The Dibbs family enjoyed significant fame as yachting journalists in Sydney for three generations before World War I and were also one time owners of the historic steam yacht ENA.
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