Group visit to beach
The Age (Melbourne, Vic.: 1854- )c1935
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Total copies: 1
Title:
Group visit to beach
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Date of work:
c1935
Reference number:
MCK143
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
Type of materials:
Graphic materials
Part of:
Sub-sub-collection: McKenzie Collection of glass plate negatives (SC_MCKENZIE)
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UnrestrictedOpen access
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General notes:
A group of beach revellers of all ages pose happily for the photographer against a timber boat, propped sideways on the sand. Iconic bayside bathing boxes line the familiar eroding cliff face and indigenous coastal vegetation of the sand belt..The story and exact location of this image remain a mystery. Perhaps they are city folk who have caught the train down to Sandringham or Brighton for a liberating day in the sun, sand and water..MCK074 Inkjet print by John Gollings on Canson Platine Fibre Rag.Featured in "Newsworthy: Melbourne in photographs 1933-1936" exhibition at East Melbourne Library, October to December 2023. Exhibition caption by Fiona Campbell..In August 2025 the image was found published in The Age with the following caption:"Five thousand Richmond district scholars had a day at the beach this week. It was not warm enough for them all to go in bathing.".Again the location is not given though it very much resembles Half Moon Bay off Beach Road, Black Rock. It seems unlikely that 5000 individuals were present on the excursion!.References:PYRAMIDS IN THE SUN--RICHMOND GOES TO THE BEACH--PALS--"FOUR"--MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN. (1934, March 23). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved August 8, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203840391
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Record number:
1534278
| Type | Reference No. | Extent | Status/Desc |
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| Copy | MCK143.jpg | 1 JPG | Single Item (May not be issued, may not be reproduced) |