| Description |
1 online resource (6 min.) |
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Australasian video online |
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Hidden treasures : inside the National Library of Australia |
| Summary |
Artists working in different media have created a visual time capsule showing Melbourne in the late 1800s. The first, an album of photographs by the city's official photographer Charles Nettleton, features Bourke Street, Melbourne, Looking East, an 1878 photograph showing men chatting in the middle of sleepy Bourke Street, while the second, a painting by Tom Roberts circa 1886, shows the same street bustling with pre-Christmas trade. The painting, originally named Allegro con brio, was altered in 1890 when the artist added three figures to the foreground. Aerial maps of the city in the National Library collection show the massive transformation that took place in Melbourne over the 50 years from 1838. The photograph, the painting and the aerial map provide snapshots of early Melbourne, each one supplying information particular to the medium |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed November 21, 2014) |
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In English |
| Subject |
Photographers -- Australia -- 19th century
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Painters -- Australia -- 19th century
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Painters.
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Photographers.
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Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Hughes, John.
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Churcher, Betty, 1931-2015.
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Film Australia (Organization)
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National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)
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