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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: 'RUBBISH COMPACTORS', 1982

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1982

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A coloured photograph showing two white street compactors with green cabs facing opposite. The slogan 'Do the Right Thing' is visible on both sides from the 1979 Do The Right Thing campaign, by Keep Australia Beautiful. The truck in the foreground is reversed and three yellow rubbish bine are visible hanging in the open back. The second truck facing forward has the 'SCC 73' written on the door.
Reverse: has handwritten label 'Councils Rubbish Trucks', 'September 1982.'
Handwritten note: bottom left 'Sept 82, 7747A7.'

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1982

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-2023.128.3

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

172 mm

Height or length

124 mm

Year

Subiaco Museum

Subiaco Museum

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