Summary
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, she arrived in Merrigum with her family in 1893 and died in 1947.
This is an image was used in a narrative sequence in an album Pitts created. This photographic narrative sequence was published as 'Tommy Trick's Adventure' in the 'Melbourne Herald' on 1st January 1924, and constituted Lillian's entry in the newspaper's 'Ideal Holiday Competition'. Lilian did not win a prize with her entry. The photographic narrative was later published as 'Merrigum Frank' by Museum Victoria in 1990.
Description of Content
Two boys arranging a sail on top of a water barrel in a waterhole. Part of a series of images.
More Information
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Collection Names
The Biggest Family Album in Australia, Lilian Louisa Pitts Collection
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Collecting Areas
Home & Community, Images & Image Making, Leisure, Sustainable Futures
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Acquisition Information
Copied from Frank Napier Pitts, 06 Mar 1985
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Photographer
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Individuals Identified
Stephenson, Frank
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Format
Negative, 35 mm, Black & White
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References
Melbourne Herald, 1 January 1924, Ideal Holiday Competition Pitts, Lillian Louisa, 'Merrigum Frank', compiled by Euan McGillivray and Matthew Nickson, Museum of Victoria, South Australia; Griffin Press Limited, 1990. Cook, Valda Dorothy, 'Unremarkable Women? The Life and Times of Lillian Pitts, Photographer', (Honours Thesis- Monash University), 1992
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Keywords
Barrels, Children's Play, Humour, Leisure, Orchards, Recreation Activities, Rural Life, Sport, Swimming, Water, Water Holes
