1894 - 1959 (64 years)
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ss Hylas
Watercolour by Hallet Robertson Bartlett, depicting the SS HYLAS anchored off Cremorne Point waiting for papers to go to England.
The vessel has a grey hull with a red stripe in the centre and is flying the Red Ensign.
A gangway has been lowered for a white launch that is approaching the vessel.
Cremorne Point is in the background.
On upper left corner, the Houston Line house flag.
Handwritten text under the image reads: SS Hylas - Houston Line - off Cremorne Pt - waiting to get her papers to go to England.
William S Gilbert is believed to have been employed as a Mess Room Steward on ss Hylas between 1912 and 1914.
Image "borrowed" from the "Australian National Maritime Museum" © (www.anmm.gov.au)
Owner of original | Australian National Maritime Museum |
Place | Cremorne Point, New South Wales, Australia |
Latitude | -33.852991 |
Longitude | 151.229296 |
File name | document--watercolour--hallett-robertson-bartlett--ss-hylas--1917c--cremorne-point-sydney-australia--001.gif |
File Size | 813.54k |
Dimensions | 1607 x 1141 |
Linked to | William Sullivan Seddon Gilbert (Employment) |
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