Summary
Colour photograph taken from the intersection of Bourke and Exhibition Streets, looking westward along Bourke Street, showing the banners hang from light posts to mark the Melbourne International Centenary Exhibition in 1980. The Southern Cross Hotel complex is seen on the left.
This is one of 959 photographs (or images) of the Exhibition Building collated by the Exhibition Trustees as a 10 volume pictorial history of the Exhibition Building spanning the years 1880 to 1985. The pictorial history was instigated by the centenary of the Exhibition Building in 1980 and forms part of a larger Royal Exhibition Building collection of documents, photographs, objects and research files.
Description of Content
Colour photograph taken from the intersection of Bourke and Russell Streets, looking westward along Bourke Street, showing the banners hang from light posts to mark the Melbourne International Centenary Exhibition in 1980. In the background, the Savings Bank Tower, later Commonwealth Bank Tower and Galleria, on the corner of Elizabeth and Bourke Streets is under construction.
Physical Description
A colour photographic print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Images & Image Making, Royal Exhibition Building
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Trustees of the Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Jan 2000
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Place & Date Depicted
Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1980
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Format
Photograph, Colour
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Inscriptions
EXHIBITION CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS/ Street Decorations Bourke Street
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Classification
Royal exhibition building, Commemorative ceremonies, Exhibition building centenary 1980
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
246 mm (Width), 200 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Centenaries, Exhibitions: Melbourne International Centenary, 1980, Opening Ceremonies, Royal Exhibition Building, Royal Exhibition Building Trustees, Royal Exhibition Building: Centenary of Opening, Streetscapes