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Photograph - 'Gay Australs', Canning Bridge, 1929

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1929

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Melville Photographic Collection

Overview

Photograph of four females, one is in a bathtub.

Historical information

Three of the women are Blanche Peacock, Nell Townsend and Bernice Maddams.

The 'Gay Australs', were a concert group which performed in various venues around Perth. These photographs were taken during a camping trip on a riverside property at Canning Bridge in 1929. To reach the camp they caught the tram to Como and the farmer collected them in his horse and dray. The men camped on the Como side of the river and the women on the Applecross side.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-137-P2013.9.6

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

100 mm

Height or length

60 mm

Inscriptions and markings

On back of photo Canning Bridge on Christmas Day, 1929

Keywords

Performing Arts

Place made

Applecross
Western Australia
Australia

Year

City of Melville Museums

City of Melville Museums

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