Unity is Strength, federation tableau, ca. 1898-1901
Unity is Strength, federation tableau, ca. 1898-1901
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1898-1901
Call Numbers
SPG/182
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Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 photograph - 13.3 cm x 19.2 cm - silver-gelatin ; black and white
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Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1 silver-gelatin photograph depicting six women each wearing a diadem and sash to represent a colony that would go on to become a state of Australia. Each lady is holding a piece of ribbon which is tied to a sign reading "unity is strength". A flagpole is behind the sign, and a small Australian flag is flying on it. Beneath the sign and flag is a t...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Unity is Strength, federation tableau, ca. 1898-1901
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Ancanthe, 7 June 2016
Administrative / Biographical history
In 1901, the six self-governing British colonies became the Commonwealth of Australia. Tasmania was the colony whose population most strongly supported Federation in the 1898 and 1899 referendums, and it is possible this photograph originated in Tasmania as the attributes appear more abundant than the others.
Reference: Library Corresponden...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SPG/182
Record Identifier
n88XOZ8n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88XOZ8n
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1001344
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