Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia : the Sydney wharfies mural
Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia : the Sydney wharfies mural
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1993 (from originals dated 1953-1963)
Call Numbers
PXA 620/1-10
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - 20 x 25 cm. - Includes 2 photocopies - 8 silver gelatin photoprints
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Copying Conditions
Copyright restrictions may apply
Issue Copy
Copy print : PXA 620/1-10
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Scope and Contents
Contents
"The mural represents the intertwined histories of the Australian labour movement and of the waterside workers from the 19th century, through the First World War and the Depression to the late 1930s". A key to the mural from: A Tapestry of Australia: The Sydney Wharfies Mural / Andrew Reeves. Waterside Workers Federation Sydney Port : Sydney, 1992...
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Full title
Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia : the Sydney wharfies mural
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
"The mural was a collective effort. Conceived by Rod Shaw in 1953, it was painted over a nearly decade by a number of artists. In 1991, when the Waterside Workers' Federation Sydney Branch's building was sold, the mural was transferred from the walls of the canteen at 60 Sussex Street, Sydney to the union's new offices at 61-63 Sussex Street, Sydne...
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased 1993
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 620/1-10
Record Identifier
Y0KBMm51
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Y0KBMm51
Other Identifiers
Reference code
69748
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