Digital Photograph - Woman Saying Goodbye to Godmother, Leaving for Overseas Working Holiday, Tullamarine Airport, 1979

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Description Of Content:: A young woman in a white shirt talking to another woman, and holding her coat at a busy airport.

This photograph shows Kate Spall saying goodbye to her god-mother Grace Richardson at Tullamarine Airport, 1979. Kate Spall had just finished her training as a nurse, and was heading off on the 'traditional big trip' to London, 1979. Kate went on a working holiday with a couple of her classmates after they graduated from nursing.
Acquisition Information:: Copied from Ms Margaret Swan, 2006
Acknowledgement:: Contributed by Ms Margaret Swan

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Themes this item is part of:	Transport Collection, Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Collection
Primary Classification:	AIR TRANSPORT
Secondary Classification:	Airports
Tertiary Classification:	embarkations
Inscriptions:	Tullamarine Airport 1978/9 Kate Spall and Grace Richardson
People Depicted:	Spall, Kate; Richardson
Organisations Depicted:	Tullamarine Airport; Qantas Airways Limited
Format:	Digital Still Image: Colour; Tiff
Place & Date Depicted:	Tullamarine, Victoria, Australia, 1979
Photographer:	Sybil Spall Photographer Notes: The contributor thinks that the photographer was probably Sybil Spall.