Summary
Black and white negative of a decorated Merrigum Railway Station with a Welcome Home banner, Merrigum, Victoria, circa 1915.
Photographed by Lilian Louisa Pitts.
Part of the Lilian Louisa Pitts collection. Lilian Pitts photographed, processed and printed her photographs from about 1910.
The collection is based on her life in the fruit growing and dairying community of Merrigum, a town west of Shepparton, in the Goulburn Valley. Lilian Pitts was born in 1872 and arrived in Merrigum with her family in 1893 and died in 1947.
Description of Content
Small crowd standing on Merrigum station decorated with flags and bunting. A 'welcome home' banner is also displayed. Station itself has unusual roof structure.
Significance
Lilian Louisa Pitts - a collection of over 500 images taken by a photographer based in Merrigum in the 1910-1920 period. Images cover life in the local area ie family life, recreation, school, farm life and town life.
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Format
Photograph, film base, Negative, 35 mm, Black & White
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Classification
Rail transport, Railway infrastructure - stations, Country stations
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References
Bate, Weston, 'Having a Go - Bill Boyd's Mallee', Museum of Victoria, 1989 Bate, W., McGillivray, E. and Nickson, M., 'Private Lives - Public Heritage', Hutchison, 1986 Pitts, Lilian Louisa, 'Merrigum Frank', Museum of Victoria, 1990 McConville, C., 'Mum and Dad Made History', Museum of Victoria, 1988 Cato, Jack, 'The Story of the Camera in Australia', Georgian, 1955 Davies, A, and Stanbury, P., 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1814-1900', Oxford University Press, 1985 Newton, Gael, 'Shades of Light: Photography and Australia 1839-1988', Australian National Gallery - Collins, 1988 Willis, Anne-Marie, 'Picturing Australia: A History of Photography', Angus & Robertson, 1988
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Keywords
Banners, Bunting, Fences, Flags, Rail Transport, Railway Stations, Railways, World War I, 1914-1918, Repatriation
