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- A Place & Date Depicted South Yarra, Australia
- B Photographer Northcote, Australia
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Glass Negative - Friendly Society Games, Melbourne, Victoria, Apr 1898
Reg. No: MM 030161
- Summary:
- The Friendly Society Games, Domain Gardens, Melbourne, April 1898.
Photograph by Thomas Beckett. 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 general view of the friendly society games held in parkland close to Government House. A rotunda, tents and people fill the foreground, with Government House on a hill in the background.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mrs Joan Hadden
| Discipline: | Technology |
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| Tagged with: | fairs, government houses, public events, public gardens, rotundas, tents |
| Themes this item is part of: | Public Life & Institutions Collection, Dr Thomas George Beckett Collection, Dr Thomas George Beckett (1859-1937) |
| Primary Classification: | SOCIETIES |
| Secondary Classification: | Friendly |
| Tertiary Classification: | recreation |
| Original Caption: | FRIENDLY SOCIETY GAMES. |
| Format: | Glass Negative: Black & White |
| Place & Date Depicted: | South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 09 Apr 1898 |
| Photographer: | Dr Thomas Beckett, Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 09 Apr 1898 |
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