item details
NameSydney: Sydney to Hobart yacht race
ProductionBrian Brake; photographer; New South Wales
Classificationcolour transparencies, colour slides
Materialsphotographic gelatin, reversal film, cut film
Materials Summarycolour transparency
Techniqueschromogenic processes, colour photography
Registration NumberCT.049040
Credit lineGift of Mr Raymond Wai-Man Lau, 2001
Overview
Boxing Day tradition
This photograph shows spectator boats on the water at the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
The race, which was inaugurated in 1945,always starts on Boxing Day (26 December).Thisexplains the Christmas decorations on the boat in the foreground, and thespectator dressed up as Santa Claus (Father Christmas).