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Motor launch MISS PHYLLIS docking next to a larger launch, Sydney Harbour

William James Hallc 1931

Australian National Maritime Museum

Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia

  • Title: Motor launch MISS PHYLLIS docking next to a larger launch, Sydney Harbour
  • Creator: William James Hall
  • Date: c 1931
  • Location: Sydney
  • Type: Nitrate negative
  • Significance: 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.
  • See institution's online collections: http://www.anmm.gov.au/collections
  • Medium: Emulsion on nitrate film
  • Credit line: ANMM Collection Transfer from the Mitchell Library
Australian National Maritime Museum

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