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State Battery, Cue

Cedric Baxter
1966
Overview

Pastel and pencil on coloured paper

Historical information

This landscape drawing was purchased with funds from the Visual Arts Board in 1973.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-7-6
Item type
Drawings
Themes
Art and Design
Environment
Mining and Resources
Material
Colored Paper
Pastels
Pencil
Width
67 cm
Height or length
39 cm
Contextual information

This drawing depicts a state battery in Cue, a small town in the mid-west region of Western Australia, 620km North-East of Perth. State batteries were used to crush ore during gold mining operations.

Keywords
Landscape
Place made
Western Australia, Australia
Year
1966
Primary significance criteria
Artistic or aesthetic significance
Historic significance
Comparative significance criteria
Object’s condition or completeness
Well provenanced
Last modified
Thursday, 6 June, 2024
Completeness
100
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