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Author McGregor, Alasdair, 1954- author

Title A nation in the making : Australia at the dawn of the modern era / Alasdair McGregor
Edition First edition
Published Sydney : ACP Magazines, 2011
Sydney, N.S.W. : ACP Magazines Pty. Ltd., 2011
©[2011]

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Description xi, 210 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 31 cm
regular print
Contents Foreword -- Introduction. A land transformed -- The roaming eye: the camera in late 19th century Australia -- City splendid: grand statements of wealth, affluence and confidence -- Fat of the land: the wealth that fuelled a nation -- Living and partly living: the haves and the have-nots -- Ties that bind: the celebration of a nation
Summary The output of the two largest photographic studio's in Australia in the late 19th century were bought & placed in storage. It became known as the Tyrell Collection. Largely unseen ever-since it is now stored at the Powerhouse museum and has been made available to Australian Geographic
Analysis Australian
Notes [Almost all photographs are from The Tyrrell Collection which consists of 7903 glass plate negatives from the studios of Charles Kerry (1857-1928) and Henry King (1855-1923) who had two of Sydney's principal photographic studios in the late 1800s and early 1900s]
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 204) and index
Subject Kerry, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1858-1928 -- Photograph collections
King, Henry, 1855-1923 -- Photograph collections
Tyrrell, Bill -- Art collections -- Catalogs.
Photograph collections -- Australia.
Photography -- Australia.
SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Pictorial works. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272
Australia -- Description and travel http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009579 -- Pictorial works. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272
Australia -- History -- 1788-1900 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009593 -- Pictorial works. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272
Australia -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 -- Pictorial works. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272
Genre/Form Catalogs.
Illustrated works.
Author Goldrick, Chrissie.
Australian Geographic Pty. Ltd.
LC no. 2012453631
ISBN 1742452264 (hbk.)
9781742452265 (hbk.)
Other Titles Australia at the dawn of the modern era