File:Sailors with demolition charges on HMAS AUSTRALIA I (8527145556).jpg

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English: This image depicts a group of sailors standing around a seated officer on the deck of HMAS AUSTRALIA I in preparation for scuttling on 12 April 1924, some 24 miles from inner South Head of Sydney.

An article in 'The Sydney Morning Herald' explained who was onboard:
'It is by no means surprising that there was a rush of volunteers for the naval party which is to accompany the HMAS AUSTRALIA to her sinking place... a large number of naval ratings and officers volunteered for the work, but a very happy selection was made by those in high command. It was decided that only men who had served on HMAS AUSTRALIA would be eligible, and so 15 petty officers and stokers with long service on the vessel were chosen for the work.'
[‘Desolate Scene’, The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 12 April 1924, p 17]
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 age of sail and two world wars. The photos in the collection were taken mainly in Sydney and Newcastle during the first half of the 20th century.
The ANMM undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collection. This record has been updated accordingly.
Photographer: Samuel J. Hood Studio Collection

Object no. 00034975
Date Taken in April 1924
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/anmm_thecommons/8527145556/
Author Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons
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  • The sinking of HMAS AUSTRALIA I
  • Naval personnel
  • Samuel J Hood Studio
  • Naval Vessels
  • Disasters: Shipwrecks and Collisions
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  • HOOD COLLECTION
  • Samuel J Hood collection
  • Hood
  • Royal Australian Navy
  • Navy
  • Naval vessel
  • SYDNEY
  • Sydney Heads
  • HMAS AUSTRALIA
  • flagship
  • destruction
  • decommissioned
  • scuttled
  • 1920s
  • 1924
  • sunk
  • sailors
  • ratings
  • naval personnel
  • demolition
  • Indefatigable-class
  • Battlecruiser
  • Cruiser
  • Garden Island
  • hood collection
  • samuel j hood collection
  • royal australian navy
  • sydney
  • sydney heads
  • hmas australia
  • garden island
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4 March 2013
Camera location33° 51′ 31.16″ S, 151° 13′ 45.46″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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