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HESPERUS, J.H. Barrett commands

This image was taken the day after HESPERUS arrived in Sydney Harbour, having left London on 9 September 1891. See SMH article dated 9/12/1891.

 

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s William J Hall collection. The 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.

 

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.

 

Object no. ANMS1092[238]

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Uploaded on January 9, 2013
Taken on December 9, 1891