Dr. Richard Arthur, social reformer and medical practitioner - portrait, ca. 1923-1927 / Leighton St...
Dr. Richard Arthur, social reformer and medical practitioner - portrait, ca. 1923-1927 / Leighton St...
Dr. Richard Arthur, social reformer and medical practitioner - portrait, ca. 1923-1927 / Leighton Studios, 136 Pitt Street, Sydney
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Date
ca. 1923-1927
Call Numbers
P1/2170
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Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - image 22.2 x 18.6 cm. , mount 28.9 x 20.6 cm. - 1 silver gelatin photoprint, card mounted
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Full title
Dr. Richard Arthur, social reformer and medical practitioner - portrait, ca. 1923-1927 / Leighton Studios, 136 Pitt Street, Sydney
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This portrait was digitised in 2005 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.
Photographer's stamp and studio signature
"Arthur, Dr. Richard. M.L.A. Nationalist - Electorate North Shore" -- typescript on the lower edge of the mount
Transferred from P1 / Arthur, Dr. Richard, September 2015
Digital order no:a928507...
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
"He stayed in parliament as a non-Labor member throughout his life, representing North Shore in 1920-27 and Mosman in 1927-32. ... the pertinent New South Wales Act [venereal disease] of 1918, providing for notification and treatment, was largely his work."
For a biography of Richard Arthur, see: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.7, 1891-1...
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Call Numbers
P1/2170
Record Identifier
YK53yojn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YK53yojn
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Reference code
239954
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