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Mrs John Roxborough posing on the deck of HNLMS JAVA, 10 October 1930

Mrs John Roxborough posing on the deck of HNLMS JAVA, 10 October 1930

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

Passenger vessel KOOPA underway on the Brisbane River

Passenger vessel KOOPA underway on the Brisbane River

This photograph depicts the portside view of passenger ship SS KOOPA underway near the shoreline of the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland. The image was taken from SS ORUNGAL...This photo is part of the Au... More

Customs House and Brisbane River wharves

Customs House and Brisbane River wharves

This photograph depicts Customs House with its dome roof and an unidentified steam vessel alongside the Brisbane River wharves. The image was taken from SS ORUNGAL...This photo is part of the Australian Nationa... More

Tugboat towing SS ORUNGAL on Brisbane River

Tugboat towing SS ORUNGAL on Brisbane River

This photograph depicts a tugboat towing SS ORUNGAL as captured from the ship's bow, probably on Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland. Customs House is just visible with its dome. The sign on the wharf roof r... More

Shoreline of the Brisbane River

Shoreline of the Brisbane River

This photograph depicts the shoreline of the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland along with various houses. The image was taken from SS ORUNGAL...This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum... More

Photographic postcard of two men at a small table reading a 'The Daily Mirror' newspaper

Photographic postcard of two men at a small table reading a 'The Daily...

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... More

Photographic postcard of a young man playing the piano

Photographic postcard of a young man playing the piano

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... More

Photographic postcard of an elderly couple in formal dress

Photographic postcard of an elderly couple in formal dress

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... More

Photographic postcard of a boxer standing with clenched fist

Photographic postcard of a boxer standing with clenched fist

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... More

Photographic postcard of three men with moustaches sitting around a table

Photographic postcard of three men with moustaches sitting around a ta...

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... More

Photographic postcard of a woman standing with hands clasped together

Photographic postcard of a woman standing with hands clasped together

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... More

Photographic postcard of a group of ten male rail workers

Photographic postcard of a group of ten male rail workers

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... More

Photographic postcard depicting a cable system

Photographic postcard depicting a cable system

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... More

Photographic postcard of a young man formally dressed

Photographic postcard of a young man formally dressed

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... More

Photographic postcard of a portrait of a young man reading

Photographic postcard of a portrait of a young man reading

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... More

Photographic postcard of a man and a woman seated at a partners desk

Photographic postcard of a man and a woman seated at a partners desk

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... More

Photographic postcard of two men at a small table reading a 'The Daily Mirror' newspaper

Photographic postcard of two men at a small table reading a 'The Daily...

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... More

Photographic postcard of Gosford Hall, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Photographic postcard of Gosford Hall, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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... More

Photographic postcard of a young bride and bridegroom

Photographic postcard of a young bride and bridegroom

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... More

Photographic postcard depicting a group of soldiers

Photographic postcard depicting a group of soldiers

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... More

Photographic postcard of a young woman holding a small child

Photographic postcard of a young woman holding a small child

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... More

Photographic postcard of three  men in uniform

Photographic postcard of three men in uniform

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... More

Photographic postcard of a group of soldiers

Photographic postcard of a group of soldiers

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... More

Photographic postcard of a man at his desk

Photographic postcard of a man at his desk

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... More

Chilean navy officer on board GENERAL BAQUEDANO

Chilean navy officer on board GENERAL BAQUEDANO

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... More

Photographic postcard of a cook standing with a cat resting on a wharf probably in Alaska, United States of America

Photographic postcard of a cook standing with a cat resting on a wharf...

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... More

Photographic postcard of two men wearing suits and looking at a page

Photographic postcard of two men wearing suits and looking at a page

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... More

Photographic postcard of a man dressed in military clothing

Photographic postcard of a man dressed in military clothing

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... More

Photograph of a group of Pacific Islander women and children wearing white dresses

Photograph of a group of Pacific Islander women and children wearing w...

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... More

Photographic postcard of men standing on a low bridge across a river

Photographic postcard of men standing on a low bridge across a river

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... More

Photographic portrait postcard of a young man taking a photograph of a group

Photographic portrait postcard of a young man taking a photograph of a...

This photograph depicts a young man taking a photograph of a group. The image possibly relates to American shipowner Captain Edward Robert Sterling. The woman closest to the photographer with the clip in her ha... More

Photographic postcard men in protective clothing in a mock battle

Photographic postcard men in protective clothing in a mock battle

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... More

Photographic postcard two men standing in white suits on a path that leads to a white house with a chimney

Photographic postcard two men standing in white suits on a path that l...

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... More

Photographic postcard of two men wearing suits and looking directly into the camera

Photographic postcard of two men wearing suits and looking directly in...

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... More

Photographic portrait postcard of a man with a moustache

Photographic portrait postcard of a man with a moustache

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... More

Men on the deck of sailing vessel, 1890-1953

Men on the deck of sailing vessel, 1890-1953

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... More

The deck of a sailing vessel, 1890-1953

The deck of a sailing vessel, 1890-1953

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... More

Four men in a rowing boat at sea, 1890-1953

Four men in a rowing boat at sea, 1890-1953

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... More

Black and white photograph depicting various vessels at sea, 1890-1953

Black and white photograph depicting various vessels at sea, 1890-1953

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... More

Three men on the deck of a schooner at sea, 1890-1953

Three men on the deck of a schooner at sea, 1890-1953

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... More

Seven crew on the deck of a sailing vessel, 1890-1953

Seven crew on the deck of a sailing vessel, 1890-1953

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... More

Man seated on the rails of a sailing vessel, 1890-1953

Man seated on the rails of a sailing vessel, 1890-1953

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... More

Man on a ladder at the peak of a mast, 1890-1953

Man on a ladder at the peak of a mast, 1890-1953

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... More

Man in civilian clothes standing on the deck of a ship, 1890-1953

Man in civilian clothes standing on the deck of a ship, 1890-1953

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... More

Civilians climbing aboard a vessel with an officer lending a hand, 1890-1953

Civilians climbing aboard a vessel with an officer lending a hand, 189...

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... More

TARONGA berthed at a wharf possibly in Sydney, 1890-1953

TARONGA berthed at a wharf possibly in Sydney, 1890-1953

This photograph depicts TARONGA berthed at a wharf with TOULOUSE behind...This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney phot... More

Three-masted schooner MYALL, 1890-1953

Three-masted schooner MYALL, 1890-1953

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... More

Unidentified passenger liner under steam in a harbour, 1890-1953

Unidentified passenger liner under steam in a harbour, 1890-1953

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... More

Portside view of cargo ship probably in Sydney Harbour, 1890-1953

Portside view of cargo ship probably in Sydney Harbour, 1890-1953

This photograph depicts the portside view of an unidentified cargo ship, with a single funnel and twin mast, at anchor probably in Sydney Harbour...This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’... More

Man with rigging near a ship's bow, 1890-1953

Man with rigging near a ship's bow, 1890-1953

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... More

Signed photographic postcard of a young man holding a book

Signed photographic postcard of a young man holding a book

This signed photographic postcard depicts a young man holding a book. The writing lower right reads: 'Sincerely yours/Mervyn H Rodney(?)/15/2/11'. The image possibly depicts Mervyn Harley Rodney who was born in... More

Two-masted sloop HINDUSTAN berthed at no. 3 wharf Circular Quay, 1890-1939

Two-masted sloop HINDUSTAN berthed at no. 3 wharf Circular Quay, 1890-...

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... More

Unidentified mariner and young woman on the deck of a vessel, 1890-1939

Unidentified mariner and young woman on the deck of a vessel, 1890-193...

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... More

Three men on the deck of a sailing vessel, 1890-1953

Three men on the deck of a sailing vessel, 1890-1953

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... More

Seated man with a large beard and moustache, 1890-1953

Seated man with a large beard and moustache, 1890-1953

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... More

Unidentified mariner standing on the deck of a vessel, 1890-1939

Unidentified mariner standing on the deck of a vessel, 1890-1939

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... More

Unidentified passenger liner under steam in a harbour, 1890-1953

Unidentified passenger liner under steam in a harbour, 1890-1953

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... More

Image of a troopship possibly HMAT A7 MEDIC departing for war

Image of a troopship possibly HMAT A7 MEDIC departing for war

This photograph possibly depicts the troopship HMAT A7 MEDIC. It is possible that it depicts MEDIC after it was requisitioned as a troopship for the Second Boer War (1899-1902)...This photo is part of the Austr... More

Coastline looking north to Sydney Heads, 1890-1953

Coastline looking north to Sydney Heads, 1890-1953

This photograph depicts Sydney Heads, the entrance to Sydney Harbour. The Macquarie Lighthouse, Australia's first longest serving lighthouse, is visible on Dunbar Head, Vaucluse...This photo is part of the Aust... More

Mitsui O.S.K Line vessel berthed in Pyrmont, 1890-1943

Mitsui O.S.K Line vessel berthed in Pyrmont, 1890-1943

This photograph depicts a Mitsui Line vessel berthed near The Waterside Stores Ltd in Point Street Pyrmont, Sydney...This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collect... More

Portside view of the three-masted barque FLOTTBEK anchored in a harbour, 1890-1898

Portside view of the three-masted barque FLOTTBEK anchored in a harbou...

FLOTTBEK was an iron barque built in 1865 by the German company, Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik. It sailed to various European locations until it was sold in 1889. From then on, it sailed to South ... More

Skiffs on Sydney Harbour, 1890-1953

Skiffs on Sydney Harbour, 1890-1953

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... More

View of Rose Bay to Vaucluse, taken from Bellevue Hill in Sydney, 1890-1898

View of Rose Bay to Vaucluse, taken from Bellevue Hill in Sydney, 1890...

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... More

Lavender Bay and McMahons Point with tramsheds in the foreground

Lavender Bay and McMahons Point with tramsheds in the foreground

This photograph was taken from Milsons Point in Sydney and depicts McMahons Point and Lavender Bay. Two ferries appear centre right. An unidentified three-masted barque appears centre left off McMahons Point. I... More

Starboard view of SS CEVIC - Public domain image of steamship

Starboard view of SS CEVIC - Public domain image of steamship

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... More

Spectators watching a naval vessel in the harbour, possibly the Japanese cruiser HIJMS IZUMO

Spectators watching a naval vessel in the harbour, possibly the Japane...

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... More

KOLN soccer team and Royal Australian Naval Team, Lyne Park, Sydney

KOLN soccer team and Royal Australian Naval Team, Lyne Park, Sydney

In this image the soccer team of German crew members of KOLN, a visiting Konigsberg class light cruiser, pose with the Royal Australian Naval Team. The German team wear white uniforms with insignia on the chest... More

A cat sitting in the fairlead of the barque PAMIR, 1947

A cat sitting in the fairlead of the barque PAMIR, 1947

Between 1900 and the 1950s, Sydney photographer Sam Hood took hundreds of photographs of ships and their crew for souvenirs of their visit or to send home to families. This photograph depicts a ship's cat on th... More

Apprentice on SS UMBALLA with a kitten, 1910s

Apprentice on SS UMBALLA with a kitten, 1910s

Between 1900 and the 1950s, Sydney photographer Sam Hood took hundreds of photographs of ships and their crew for souvenirs of their visit or to send home to families. This photograph depicts an apprentice on t... More

Unidentified woman possibly related to Captain Edward Robert Sterling, 1900-1920

Unidentified woman possibly related to Captain Edward Robert Sterling,...

For more information see our blog post on the Sterlings: bit.ly/OsqaFc ( http://bit.ly/OsqaFc ) ..This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872... More

French captain with his dog, 1890-1953

French captain with his dog, 1890-1953

Between 1900 and the 1950s, Sydney photographer Sam Hood took hundreds of photographs of ships and their crew for souvenirs of their visit or to send home to families. This photograph was taken on the deck of a... More

Man holding up a model of 16th century ship, 23 June 1934

Man holding up a model of 16th century ship, 23 June 1934

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... More

Ferries and steam launches in Sydney Harbour, 1900s

Ferries and steam launches in Sydney Harbour, 1900s

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... More

Man holding up a model of 16th century galleon, 23 June 1934

Man holding up a model of 16th century galleon, 23 June 1934

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... More

Count Felix Graf and Countess Ingeborg von Luckner looking at a display case at Old Parliament House in Canberra

Count Felix Graf and Countess Ingeborg von Luckner looking at a displa...

This photograph depicts Count Felix Graf von Luckner with wife Countess Ingeborg von Luckner (née Engeström), looking at a display case containing the Queen Victoria Writing Table at King's Hall in Old Parliame... More

Visit of the Great White Fleet to Sydney Harbour

Visit of the Great White Fleet to Sydney Harbour

Image of ten white steam warships at mouth of Sydney Harbour, from north heads towards Hornsby Lighthouse at south heads...In December 1907 United States President Theodore Roosevelt sent the US Atlantic Battle... More

Portrait of two women and a baby possibly on board SS ORMISTON, 1927-1939

Portrait of two women and a baby possibly on board SS ORMISTON, 1927-1...

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... More

Professor Oscar Ulrich and Elsie Vonwiller next to Japanese Consul General and Madame K Inoue on board HNLMS JAVA

Professor Oscar Ulrich and Elsie Vonwiller next to Japanese Consul Gen...

Ships of the Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed at the Oceanic Steamship Company wharf and Burns Philp an... More

HNLMS DE RUYTER near the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 3 October 1930

HNLMS DE RUYTER near the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 3 October 1930

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

Portrait of a Mr John Roche during World War I

Portrait of a Mr John Roche during World War I

Mr John Roche was the honourable secretary of the Pittwater Regatta from 1906 to 1930...This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was... More

HMAS TORRENS I sinking off Sydney Heads

HMAS TORRENS I sinking off Sydney Heads

Having served in the Royal Australian Navy from 1916, latterly as a training platform for the Naval Reserve, HMAS TORRENS I was decommissioned and prepared as a target for Fleet Gunnery Practice. On 24 November... More

Group portrait of retired military personnel, 1916-1930

Group portrait of retired military personnel, 1916-1930

This image depicts a group of retired naval and army personnel. They appear to be wearing triangular badges and the two men to the left are wearing a sprig of rosemary, worn as a sign of remembrance usually on ... More

Australian Sea Cadets in open boats, 1909-1930

Australian Sea Cadets in open boats, 1909-1930

The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron is a private sailing club which was formed in 1862. This glass plate negative depicts a large group of uniformed Australian Sea Cadets (also formally known as Naval Reserve Cadet... More

Numerous yachts with Cremorne Point in the background, 1910-1939

Numerous yachts with Cremorne Point in the background, 1910-1939

This photograph depicts various yachts probably near Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour, with Cremorne Point and Robertson Point Light visible in the background to the right...This photo is part of the Australian N... More

Naval officers and sailors of watching the sinking of HMAS TORRENS I

Naval officers and sailors of watching the sinking of HMAS TORRENS I

Having served in the Royal Australian Navy from 1916, latterly as a training platform for the Naval Reserve, HMAS TORRENS I was decommissioned and prepared as a target for Fleet Gunnery Practice. On 24 November... More

Man and woman at a piano, 1910-1939

Man and woman at a piano, 1910-1939

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... More

Sailing ship captain with with pet dog, c 1910

Sailing ship captain with with pet dog, c 1910

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... More

Three men, including Judge Alfred Paxton Backhouse, wearing suits and hats seated on a lawn, 1910-1939

Three men, including Judge Alfred Paxton Backhouse, wearing suits and ...

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... More

The sinking of HMAS TORRENS I during World War I

The sinking of HMAS TORRENS I during World War I

Having served in the Royal Australian Navy from 1916, latterly as a training platform for the Naval Reserve, HMAS TORRENS I was decommissioned and prepared as a target for Fleet Gunnery Practice. On 24 November... More

Starboard view of the three-masted ship GLENALVON at sea, 1890-1930

Starboard view of the three-masted ship GLENALVON at sea, 1890-1930

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... More

Two ship's officers walking on the deck of SS ORUNGAL, c 1930

Two ship's officers walking on the deck of SS ORUNGAL, c 1930

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection.If reproduced or distributed, this image should be clearly attributed to the collection of the Australian Nationa... More

HNLMS JAVA berthed at West Circular Quay wharf, October 1930

HNLMS JAVA berthed at West Circular Quay wharf, October 1930

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

Dutch Consul-General Teppema, Madame Teppema and Rear-Admiral C C Kayser on board HNLMS JAVA, 10 October 1930

Dutch Consul-General Teppema, Madame Teppema and Rear-Admiral C C Kays...

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

Group portrait including Captain Edward Robert Sterling

Group portrait including Captain Edward Robert Sterling

This image depicts three women and two men, including Captain Edward Robert Sterling (far right) possibly on board the EVERETT G GRIGGS. This vessel was acquired by Captain E R Sterling in 1910 and at some poin... More

Brisbane City view near Ann Street

Brisbane City view near Ann Street

This image depicts a view of Brisbane near Ann Street. The Hotel Canberra is visible to the lower right, which was built in 1927 at the intersection of Edward and Ann Streets. This photograph forms part of a pa... More

Starboard view of SS ORUNGAL with Sydney Harbour Bridge in background, c 1930

Starboard view of SS ORUNGAL with Sydney Harbour Bridge in background,...

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. If reproduced or distributed, this image should be clearly attributed to the collection of the Australian Nation... More

The scuttling of HMAS TORRENS I

The scuttling of HMAS TORRENS I

Having served in the Royal Australian Navy from 1916, latterly as a training platform for the Naval Reserve, HMAS TORRENS I was decommissioned and prepared as a target for Fleet Gunnery Practice. On 24 November... More

City view near the Brisbane City Hall

City view near the Brisbane City Hall

This image depicts a view of Brisbane City Hall, centre right, in Adelaide Street, Brisbane. The Hall was built in 1920. This photograph forms part of a panoramic view of the city that Hood shot in 1930. The pa... More

City view near the Brisbane City Hall

City view near the Brisbane City Hall

This image depicts a view of the city of Brisbane, with the Brisbane City Hall just visible left. This photograph forms part of a panoramic view of the city that Hood shot in 1930. The panorama was published in... More

Czech Consul-General Dr Rudolf Kuraz and Hannah and Charles Lloyd Jones on board HNLMS JAVA

Czech Consul-General Dr Rudolf Kuraz and Hannah and Charles Lloyd Jone...

The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed in West Circular Quay and The Sydney Morning Heral... More

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