Japanese Naval Officers at the Millions Club in Rowe St, Sydney, 29 January 1924
Members of the Imperial Japanese Naval Squadron visited Australia in January 1924 as part of a training cruise. The squadron consisted of the IWATE, ASAMA and YAKUMO. Nearly 2,500 men of which 300 were midshipmen spent time in Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth during their tour. A contingent from the squadron are shown here at the Millions Club on Rowe St in Sydney. Admiral Saito and some of his fellow naval officers were invited by the Australian-Japanese Society to attend a luncheon.
The Millions Club was established by local businessmen in the belief that accelerated British migration would make Sydney the first Australian city to reach a population of one million. The Founding President Sir Arthur Rickard, a local real estate developer was a strong advocate of British migration, yet was also President of the Japan-Australia Society. Whilst he considered the Japanese to be unsuitable immigrants, he admired their social welfare system and ambition of the nation.
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 60-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.
The ANMM undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collection. This record has been updated accordingly.
Photographer: Samuel J. Hood Studio Collection
Object no. 00034699
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Japanese Naval Officers at the Millions Club in Rowe St, Sydney, 29 January 1924
Members of the Imperial Japanese Naval Squadron visited Australia in January 1924 as part of a training cruise. The squadron consisted of the IWATE, ASAMA and YAKUMO. Nearly 2,500 men of which 300 were midshipmen spent time in Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth during their tour. A contingent from the squadron are shown here at the Millions Club on Rowe St in Sydney. Admiral Saito and some of his fellow naval officers were invited by the Australian-Japanese Society to attend a luncheon.
The Millions Club was established by local businessmen in the belief that accelerated British migration would make Sydney the first Australian city to reach a population of one million. The Founding President Sir Arthur Rickard, a local real estate developer was a strong advocate of British migration, yet was also President of the Japan-Australia Society. Whilst he considered the Japanese to be unsuitable immigrants, he admired their social welfare system and ambition of the nation.
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 60-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.
The ANMM undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collection. This record has been updated accordingly.
Photographer: Samuel J. Hood Studio Collection
Object no. 00034699
Check out our blog on naval visits to Sydney bit.ly/MTtR5H