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

Year

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

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Subiaco Museum

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