JOSEPH CONRAD, tugboat WARATAH and light aircraft, Sydney Harbour
The iron-hulled sailing ship JOSEPH CONRAD was originally launched as GEORG STAGE in Copenhagen in 1882 as a training ship for young sailors. In 1934 GEORG STAGE was about to be broken up when Australian author and sailor Andrew Villiers bought the vessel, renaming it after his favourite author. Villiers sailed JOSEPH CONRAD around the world with a crew of mostly young sailors, visiting Australian shores in late 1935. The vessel is now a part of the collection at the Mystic Seaport museum in Connecticut.
The Gipsy Moth aircraft seen above could have been the one owned by a Mr Harold C Durant. Harold Durant was a World War I pilot who often took 'Sydney Morning Herald' photographers in his plane to take aerial photographs. On 15 January 1938, he crashed his Gipsy Moth into the sea about 45 metres from Cronulla Beach whilst performing a stunt display for the North Cronulla surf carnival. Durant escaped with minor injuries.
Flickr user Beachcomberaustralia provided this useful link to a SMH article mentioning the visit: bit.ly/RYnW38
The National Film and Sound Archive hold footage of this visit, including the sailors singing the song 'Rolling Home' accompanied by an accordian: NFSA entry
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s William Hall collection. The Hall collection combines photographs from both William J Hall and his father William Frederick Hall. The images provide an important pictorial record of recreational boating in Sydney Harbour, from the 1890s to the 1930s.
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Object number: ANMS1092[007]
JOSEPH CONRAD, tugboat WARATAH and light aircraft, Sydney Harbour
The iron-hulled sailing ship JOSEPH CONRAD was originally launched as GEORG STAGE in Copenhagen in 1882 as a training ship for young sailors. In 1934 GEORG STAGE was about to be broken up when Australian author and sailor Andrew Villiers bought the vessel, renaming it after his favourite author. Villiers sailed JOSEPH CONRAD around the world with a crew of mostly young sailors, visiting Australian shores in late 1935. The vessel is now a part of the collection at the Mystic Seaport museum in Connecticut.
The Gipsy Moth aircraft seen above could have been the one owned by a Mr Harold C Durant. Harold Durant was a World War I pilot who often took 'Sydney Morning Herald' photographers in his plane to take aerial photographs. On 15 January 1938, he crashed his Gipsy Moth into the sea about 45 metres from Cronulla Beach whilst performing a stunt display for the North Cronulla surf carnival. Durant escaped with minor injuries.
Flickr user Beachcomberaustralia provided this useful link to a SMH article mentioning the visit: bit.ly/RYnW38
The National Film and Sound Archive hold footage of this visit, including the sailors singing the song 'Rolling Home' accompanied by an accordian: NFSA entry
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s William Hall collection. The Hall collection combines photographs from both William J Hall and his father William Frederick Hall. The images provide an important pictorial record of recreational boating in Sydney Harbour, from the 1890s to the 1930s.
The Australian National Maritime Museum undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collection. If you can identify a person, vessel or landmark, write the details in the Comments box below.
Thank you for helping caption this important historical image.
Object number: ANMS1092[007]