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A procession of children and adults, with some wearing costumes and others carrying hand-made puppets on poles. This photograph shows a procession for the Puppet Festival, Caulfield Community Day, 1979. The photographer Russell Beedles was a member of CARGO, the Community Arts Resource Group. They put forward a proposal to have a puppet festival as part of the Community Day. Russell was teaching at Hawthorn Institute of Education and involved some of the art students who were doing their Graduate Diploma in education. The Community Day celebrated the International Year of the Child. The puppets were made by primary schools in the Caulfield area, with CARGO's assistance.
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Acquisition Information
Copied from Mr Russell Beedles, 08 Dec 2006
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Place & Date Depicted
Tinkerman Street, Caulfield, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1979
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Individuals Identified
unknown
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Digital file, TIFF, Black & White
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Procession Caulfield Community Day Caulfield Arts Centre Indiaman Street Caulfield 9 December 1979 Photographer Russell Beedles. The Community Arts Resource Group (CARGO) received funding to stage a puppet=making event at the Caulfield Community Day, to celebrate the International year of the Child.
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Education, Primary & secondary schools, Parades & street festivals
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