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Negative - Mine Band, Costerfield, Victoria, circa 1925
Reg. No: MM 003520
- Description Of Content:
- Members of a mine band. The men wear a variety of clothing: two wear what appear to be home made kilts, one wears a plain skirt or kilt and another, the drum major (?), wears a fireman 's helmet and carries a pole with a tea kettle on top. It may have been a comic band.
- Acquisition Information:
- Copied from Mrs Shirley Pearce, 1987
- Acknowledgement:
- The Biggest Family Album of Australia, Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | Technology |
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| Tagged with: | humour, kettles, marching bands, miners, musical instruments, musicians, scottish communities, scottish cultural activities, scottish immigration, traditional costumes, kilts, tartan |
| Themes this item is part of: | Images & Image Making Collection, Information & Communication Collection, The Biggest Family Album in Australia Collection, Cultural Diversity Collection, Leisure Collection |
| Primary Classification: | RECREATION & TOURISM |
| Secondary Classification: | Performing Arts - Ensembles |
| Tertiary Classification: | performers |
| People Depicted: | Ashworth, Jim |
| Format: | Negative: Black & White; 35 mm |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Costerfield, Victoria, Australia, circa 1925 |
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