| Description | Group photograph of carpenters, joiners, boat-builders, and other members of the staff of Alexander Hall & Co., 1862 with 2 framed and part planked wooden vessels on slip. Adze on timber baulk.
In the background are the clippers "Coulnakyle" (228/1862 on the left) and "Natal Star" (230/1862) under construction.
Foreground: Group of 22 male figures at head of slipways. Men and boys, some seated. All men dressed in coats and wearing cravats/ties.
Man in centre foreground holding an axe. Two boys on right, one with hammer and one with axe. |