This photograph is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum's collection of nitrate negatives taken by Harold Nossiter and his son Harold Nossiter Junior in the 1920s and 1930s.
Harold Nossiter (senior) was a noted Sydney sailor in the 1920s and 1930s who became the first Australian to skipper a yacht around the world under an Australian flag.
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Object no. 00014003
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Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies
The tent canvas has been well secured by someone obviously used to handling buntlines and clewlines. I edit my photo dates to reflect the actual image date, not the uploading date. This makes it searchable on the historic date. You may wish to consider doing likewise. Cheers, John
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/blue_mountains_library_-_local_studies thanks for the suggestion John - we are looking at doing that from now on!