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Crowds awaiting HMAS SYDNEY (II) after returning from service in the Mediterranean, near Admiralty House (Kirribilli) prior to mooring at Circular Quay, February 10th 1941

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio Collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 72-year career spanned the romantic age of sail and two world wars. The photos in the collection were taken mainly in Sydney and Newcastle during the first half of the 20th century.

 

Photographer: Samuel J. Hood Studio Collection

 

Object no. 00020340-

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Uploaded on February 20, 2009
Taken on February 10, 1941