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- A Place & Date Depicted Melbourne, Australia
- A Organisation Depicted Melbourne, Australia
- B Photographer Alphington, Australia
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Negative - BHP House Under Construction, William Street, Melbourne, 1970
Reg. No: MM 055376
- Summary:
- Colour 5" x 4" negative showing BHP House under construction at 140 William Street, on the corner of Bourke Street, Melbourne, in 1970. The 41 storey building was designed by Yuncken Freeman architects.
This image is part of the Laurie Richards Collection at Museum Victoria comprising approximately 85,000 negatives taken by the Melbourne based Laurie Richards Studio between the 1950s -1970s. These negatives are all mostly large format [5"x 4"/ 12.5 x 10 cm], black and white images, though a significant number are in colour. The many photographic jobs that were undertaken in the course of thirty years are itemised in a set of log books, copies of which are also held by Museum Victoria.
Laurie Richards was a professional photographer who began his career as a photo-journalist, working for the Advertiser newspaper in Adelaide, and the Argus and the Herald newspapers in Melbourne. In 1953, he opened his own business and set up a photographic studio at his home at 4 Tower Avenue, Alphington, an inner suburb of Melbourne. At its peak, in the late 1960s, the Laurie Richards Studio was one of Melbourne's pre-eminent commercial photographic studios, employing twelve photographers. The Laurie Richards Studio worked mainly in advertising and public relations, and had a broad clientele which included commercial companies, government institutions and the entertainment industry. - Description Of Content:
- BHP House, 140 William Street [at the corner of Bourke Street], Melbourne, in the course of construction. Two motor trucks are delivering steel girders to the construction site. Two cranes are positioned within the construction site.
- Acknowledgement:
- Laurie Richards Collection, Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimension Comment: | Approximate dimensions |
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| Tagged with: | construction sites, cranes, display boards, framework, girders, motor trucks, scaffolding, signage, trailers |
| Themes this item is part of: | Laurie Richards Collection, Engineering Collection, Images & Image Making Collection, Transport Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Laurie Richards Studio, Photographer, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Primary Classification: | MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRY |
| Secondary Classification: | Petroleum Products |
| Tertiary Classification: | construction sites |
| Original Caption: | BHP House |
| Organisations Depicted: | Broken Hill Proprietory Company Ltd |
| Format: | Negative: Colour; 5 in. x 4 in. |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1970 |
| Photographer: | Laurie Richards Studio, Alphington, Victoria, Australia, 1970 |
| Organisation Depicted: | Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd (BHP), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1970 |
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