Digital Photograph - Family & Friends Holidaying at Barwon Heads, circa 1966

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Description Of Content:: Two men and two women at a beach retaining wall. One man and woman are sitting on the wall, and the other man and woman are standing. The man has his foot on the wall.

This photograph shows Judith Doolan, Joseph Doolan, an unknown family friend, and Yvonne Doolan at Barwon Heads, circa 1966. Peter Doolan remembers: 'The family was sitting near where the movie 'On the Beach' was filmed. Peter used to feel very strange scrambling all over the Barwon Bluff, looking back over Melbourne and wondering what it would be like if a nuclear holocaust really did wipe out the city.'
Acquisition Information:: Copied from Mr Peter Doolan, 2006

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Themes this item is part of:	Leisure Collection, Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Collection
Primary Classification:	RECREATION & TOURISM
Secondary Classification:	Relaxation
Tertiary Classification:	beaches
People Depicted:	Doolan, Judith; Doolan, Joseph; unknown man; Doolan, Yvonne
Format:	Digital Still Image: Black & White; Tiff
Place & Date Depicted:	Barwon Heads, Victoria, Australia, circa 1966 Source of Date Depicted: Contributor's memory.
Photographer:	Mr Peter Doolan