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- A Place & Date Depicted Melbourne, Australia
- A Photographer Melbourne, Australia
- B Organisation Depicted Flemington, Australia
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Glass Stereograph Negative - Federation Celebrations, NSW Field Artillery, by G.H. Myers, Melbourne, Victoria, 1901
Reg. No: MM 055615
- Summary:
- Glass negative stereograph showing the NSW Field Artillery participating in the Flemington Military Review. It is part of the G. H. Myers Collection which consists of 73 photographs taken by Godfrey Henry Myers, an electrician and amateur photographer, in Melbourne during May 1901. 72 of these photographs depict preparations for the celebrations that surrounded Federation; all but one are glass stereographs. This collection represents Myers' one venture into commercial photography. It is significant for its images of the crowds, which do not feature so prominently in commercial photographs. The remaining photograph is a family portrait.
The opening of the Australian Parliament on May 9 1901 was an occasion for great celebrations in Melbourne. Ten days of festivities (from 6-16 May) were planned to mark the Federation of the new nation and honour the Royal visitors, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York. The city was transformed with decorations - flags, bunting, colourful lights and festive arches - and a series of public events were held, including a military tattoo and several street parades. Unprecedented numbers of people arrived in Melbourne from the rest of Victoria and throughout Australia to take part in the celebrations. - Description Of Content:
- NSW Field Artillery, Flemington Military Review, Melbourne, Federation Celebrations, May 1901. Permanent artillery horses are drawing new, 15-pounder, quick firing guns from Elswick, concurrently being used in the Boer War.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mr Geoffrey Walker, 2001
| Discipline: | Technology |
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| Tagged with: | artillery, australian federation 1901, celebrations, royal visits, royalty, military forces |
| Themes this item is part of: | Public Life & Institutions Collection, G.H. Myers Collection |
| Primary Classification: | PUBLIC EVENTS |
| Secondary Classification: | Federation |
| Tertiary Classification: | images (to be classified) |
| Original Caption: | Review. N.S.W. Artillery |
| Organisations Depicted: | New South Wales Field Artillery |
| Format: | Glass Stereograph Negative: Black & White |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1901 |
| Photographer: | Godfrey Myers, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1901 |
| Organisation Depicted: | New South Wales Field Artillery, Flemington, Victoria, Australia, 1901 |
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