PHOTOGRAPH (COPY): THE FIRST SUBIACO MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, 1897

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1897

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Overview

This sepia photograph features a group portrait of twelve men taken in a bushland setting.
The men are arranged in three rows, with five men seated on a fallen tree trunk. The man in the middle of this row is the Mayor, Henry Doyle. Behind them stand a another five men, while two more lay stretched out on the ground, with jackets under them.
All men wear suits with waistcoats, shirts and ties, and three hold umbrellas. A single hat sits on the ground in front of the group.

Historical information

The first Subiaco Municipal Council was elected in 1897.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1983.101.2

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Paper

Chemicals

Width

505 mm

Height or length

405 mm

Keywords

Subiaco Municipal Council

DOYLE, Henry

GEE, Richard

HETHERINGTON, Thomas William

FISHER, C. G

KEVAN, James

NORTH, William Wright

Potential To Deaccession

Year

1897

Statement of significance

This copy of a photograph is significant for documenting the first members of the Subiaco Municipal Council, possibly on the site of the first Municipal Chambers.
Aesthetic: Historic: Scientific: Social: Condition: Interpretive: Provenance: Rarity: Representativeness:

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

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Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Subiaco Museum

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