This silver gelatin print depicts the arrival of the United States Great White Fleet into Sydney Harbour in 1908. The image depicts a view of the American battleships entering Sydney Heads. The photograph commemorates the visit of the American Great White Fleet to Australia in 1908.<br><p>In December 1907 United States President Theodore Roosevelt sent the US Atlantic Battle Fleet of 16 battleships, all painted white in peacetime colours, on a 14 month goodwill cruise around the world. The voyage came at a time of tense relations between Japan and America and gave the US an opportunity to demonstrate its blue-water naval capabilities as well as strengthen diplomatic ties. The fleet arrived in Australia on 20 August 1908.<br>
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