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File 02: Possum at Eva Buhrich's, 1960s / photographed by Max Dupain

File 02: Possum at Eva Buhrich's, 1960s / photographed by Max Dupain

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File 02: Possum at Eva Buhrich's, 1960s / photographed by Max Dupain

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Full title

File 02: Possum at Eva Buhrich's, 1960s / photographed by Max Dupain

Date

1960s

Call Numbers

ON 609/Box 16/nos. 2-17

Record Identifier

9qoallL1

Reference Code

1009609
Physical Description

Contents

16 negatives - black & white

Other Descriptions

Level of description

File

Access and use

Copying Conditions

Copyright status : In copyright - Created after 1955

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Physical Access Conditions

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Subjects

Subjects and topics

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Scope and Contents

Contents

16 negatives of a tame possum inside a house eating, drinking from cup and glass bottle, hanging from the curtains, peering into a jug/vase, perched on top of a rifle butt and sitting on the keys of a piano

Alternative Titles

Full title

File 02: Possum at Eva Buhrich's, 1960s / photographed by Max Dupain

Notes

Signature / Inscriptions

Additional information on glassine bag read, "Enter the villain".

Description source

Titled and dated from original glassine bag housing negatives.

Contextual Information

Administrative / Biographical history

Eva Buhrich (1915-1976) was a German architect and writer who migrated to Australia in 1939. The house was possibly the one at 315 Edinburgh Rd, Castlecrag, built by herself and her husband in 1947 (their second house at 375 Edinburgh Rd was built between 1968-1972).

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

ON 609/Box 16/nos. 2-17

Record Identifier

9qoallL1

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Other Identifiers

Reference code

1009609

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