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- A Photographer Northcote, Australia
- A Organisation Depicted Northcote, Australia
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Negative - Female Residents of the Little Sisters of the Poor Home, Northcote, Victoria, Nov 1892
Reg. No: MM 8200
- Summary:
- Female residents and nuns of the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, St George's Road, Northcote, November 1892. The Home had about 300 residents by 1892.
Photograph taken by Thomas Beckett, who lived nearby in Westbourne Grove, Northcote. Part of a collection of glass plate negatives taken by Dr Thomas George Beckett, doctor, pioneering radiologist and amateur photographer between 1891 and 1910. The collection is primarily of Beckett's family, friends, homes, and towns and suburbs where Beckett and his family lived, including Charlton in central Victoria and Northcote & South Yarra, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. - Description Of Content:
- A group of women and nuns at an old people 's home located at the Convent run by the Little Sisters of the Poor. They are gathered on an external staircase.
- Acquisition Information:
- Copied from T. Beckett, 1990
- Acknowledgement:
- The Biggest Family Album of Australia, Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | Technology |
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| Tagged with: | accommodation, convents, nuns |
| Themes this item is part of: | Images & Image Making Collection, Dr Thomas George Beckett Collection, Dr Thomas George Beckett (1859-1937), The Biggest Family Album in Australia Collection |
| Primary Classification: | PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS |
| Organisations Depicted: | Little Sisters of The Poor Convent |
| Format: | Negative: Black & White; 35 mm |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Northcote, Victoria, Australia, Nov 1892 |
| Photographer: | Dr Thomas Beckett, Northcote, Victoria, Australia, Nov 1892 |
| Organisation Depicted: | Little Sisters of the Poor, Northcote, Victoria, Australia, Nov 1892 |
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