Browns Shaft, 2005 / drawing by Jeff Rigby
Browns Shaft, 2005 / drawing by Jeff Rigby
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years
Copyright holder : Jeff Rigby
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Jeff Rigby
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Charcoal drawing, 2005, from the artists Broken Hill series in the Places of Industry collection, exhibited in 2006
Alternative Titles
Full title
Browns Shaft, 2005 / drawing by Jeff Rigby
Notes
General note
Exhibited in 'Places of Industry; When Workers Unite', Trades and Labor Council, Broken Hill, 2006
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed and dated lower right 'Jeff Rigby 05'. Inscribed lower centre margin, 'Browns Shaft'.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Robin Gibson Gallery, 2016
Administrative / Biographical history
Gold was first discovered in the Barrier Ranges near Broken Hill in the 1860s, although the key period of lucrative exploration for gold, silver, tin and lead did not really begin until 1875, and lasted about 10 years. In 1883, Charles Rasp collected samples of what he thought was tin and these turned out to be the largest and richest lodes of silv...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
XV/182
Record Identifier
Yr8M5pDn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yr8M5pDn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1006318
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