SS TAMBO

Photographer Samuel J Hood Studio (Australian, 1899 - 1953)

Date1902-1919

Object number00020199

NameNitrate negative

MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionImage of SS TAMBO on Sydney Habour.

HistoryTAMBO was built in 1892 and acquired by Burns-Philip & Co in November 1902. Placed upon the New Hebrides-Pacific Islands service, it was wrecked at Gilbert Islands, Pacific Ocean in September 1919.

The Samuel J Hood photographic collection records an extensive range of maritime activity on Sydney Harbour, including sail and steam ships, crew portraits, crews at work, ship interiors, stevedores loading and unloading cargo, port scenes, pleasure boats and harbourside social activities from the 1890s through to the 1950s. They are also highly competent artistic studies and views - Hood was regarded as an important figure in early Australian photojournalism. Hood’s maritime photographs are one of the most significant collections of such work in Australia.