English: This image depicts eight men on the deck of RMS ORSOVA at the Anniversary Day Regatta which was held on Sydney Harbour on 26 January 1929. From left to right: possibly Colonel Alfred Spain, chairman of the Anniversary Day Regatta Committee and member of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, possibly Rear-Admiral E R G R Evans, Royal Australian Navy, possibly Captain G G Thorne of RMS ORSOVA, Sir William Cullen, Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales, possibly Douglas L Dowdell, Orient Line Australian branch general manager, possibly John Garlick, Sydney Chief Civic Commissioner and president of the 1929 Anniversary Day Regatta Committee, Lord John Lawrence Baird Stonehaven, the Governor-General of Australia and far right is Stanley Melbourne Bruce who was Prime Minister of Australia from 1923 to 1929.

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.
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Photographer: Samuel J. Hood Studio Collection

Object no. 00024312