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Call Number:

PH-00015

Collection Name:

Albert Brown Photography Collection

Creator:

Brown, Albert (1931 - 2017)

No. of Items:

39 photographs

Span Dates:

mid 1960s

Description:

The collection consists of 39 gelatin silver photographs, taken in the mid 1960s, by Albert Brown (Australian, 1931-2017). Depicted are Aboriginal Australians and other Australians in the Lake Tyers area, a settlement two hundred miles east of Melbourne, and in Melbourne’s suburbs. Brown produced the images in connection with the University of Melbourne. Titles and subjects follow.

965:0032:0001 -- Mr. Pavitt;
965:0032:0002 -- Mr. Pavitt;
965:0032:0003 -- Mr. Pavitt’s house;
965:0032:0004 -- Mrs. Judd;
965:0032:0005 -- Mrs. Judd’s house;
965:0032:0006 -- Mrs. Judd’s son;
965:0032:0007 -- Mrs. Judd making Christmas;
965:0032:0008 -- Some of the Fratini family in their backyard;
965:0032:0009 -- Raphaela Fratini;
965:0032:0010 -- The Fratini kitchen;
965:0032:0011 -- Mr. Westbrook;
965:0032:0012 -- Mr. Westbrook’s house;
965:0032:0013 -- Mr. Lundt;
965:0032:0014 -- Mr. Lundt;
965:0032:0015 -- Mr. Westbrook, an invalid pensioner;
965:0032:0016 -- Mr. Lundt;
965:0032:0017 -- Exterior - Mrs. Judd’s house;
965:0032:0018 -- Outside store, Lake Tyers;
965:0032:0019 -- Charles Carter attending a tractor, Lake Tyers;
965:0032:0020 -- [Two women at counter with sack];
965:0032:0021 -- [Young girl with scissors];
965:0032:0022 -- [Young boy drawing at desk);
965:0032:0023 -- [Close head shot of two young boys];
965:0032:0024 -- [Welding class, Lake Tyers];
965:0032:0025 -- Mrs. Effie Moburn, Lake Tyers;
965:0032:0026 -- [Aboriginal children, Lake Tyers];
965:0032:0027 -- Mr. McGuinness, Melbourne suburb of Preston;
965:0032:0028 -- Aboriginal children, Lake Tyers;
965:0032:0029 -- Doreen Bull, high school student, Lake Tyers;
965:0032:0030 -- Interior of house, Lake Tyers;
965:0032:0031 -- Mrs. Edwards, Lake Tyers;
965:0032:0032 -- Cemetery, Lake Tyers;
965:0032:0033 -- Interior of house, Lake Tyers;
965:0032:0034 -- Widow, Lake Tyers;
965:0032:0035 -- Mrs. Bull;
965:0032:0036 -- Mrs. Bull;
965:0032:0037 -- [Young girl with old woman behind her];
965:0032:0038 -- [Hallway - door opened to outside];
965:0032:0039 -- Mr. Clarke, inner Melbourne suburb of Fritzroy.

Accession No(s):

965:0032:0001-0039

Location(s):

Brown, A. Box 1 (965:0032:0001-0018)
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Brown, A. Box 2 (965:0032:0019-0039)
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