Summary
Alternative Name(s): Button
This badge was made by Patrick Bros. in Melbourne. Bearing the slogan 'Government Workers Against the Bomb', it is one of many instances of particular professional groups appropriating the anti-nuclear dialectic and displaying a united protest stance. Other examples in the Museum Victoria collection include: 'Nurses against Nuclear War', 'Printers for Peace'
Physical Description
Badge,circular, printed, black, blue & red ink. Front; Red dotted background. c., three blue figures, two on the left are shielding themselves against three red bombs floating above. Overlaid is black text. Back, metal with fastening pin.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Clothing & Textiles, Politics & Society
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Ruth Leveson, 19 Apr 1994
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Manufacturer
Patrick Bros., Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Inscriptions
Front: GOVERNMENT/WORKERS/AGAINST/THE/BOMB.
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
4.4 cm (Length), 4.4 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Political Protests, Activism, Nuclear Disarmament, Anti-Nuclear Protests, Peace Movements, Peace Issues, Protests, Nuclear Power, Uranium Mining