Summary
Black and white negative depicting a group of local government workers with banners and signs standing next to several buses on their way to a protest meeting at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Kings Domain Gardens, Melbourne on 1 March 1968. This image is one of approximately 85,000 negatives from the Laurie Richards Collection taken by the Melbourne based Laurie Richards Studio between the 1950s -1970s.
Laurie Richards was a professional photographer who began his career as a photo-journalist, in 1953, he opened his own business and set up a photographic studio at his home in Alphington. At its peak, in the late 1960s, the Laurie Richards Studio was one of Melbourne's pre-eminent commercial photographic studios, employing twelve photographers.
Description of Content
Group of local government workers with banners and signs standing next to several buses.
Physical Description
Black and white negative.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Transport, Working Life & Trades
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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Place & Date Depicted
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Kings Domain Gardens, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 01 Mar 1968
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Creator
Laurie Richards Studio, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Kings Domain Gardens, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 01 Mar 1968
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Format
Negative, Black & White
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Classification
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Keywords
Banners, Buses, Government Workers, Local Government, Motor Cars, Placards, Protests, Trade Unions
