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Photographic Prints from Parks and Recreations Department

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Photographs by Peter Murphy

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Unique IDAS-0086Start date1st January 1984End date1st January 1985FormatPhotograph - PrintDescriptionThe records in this series were the photographic prints produced by photographer, Peter Murphy. Peter Murphy was employed by the Parks and Recreations Department under the Community Employment Scheme from mid 1984 to February 1985. He was originally employed to photograph all the statues, fountains and monuments in the City and to produce a book on them. He soon ended up doing general photography for the Department. The prints in this series were taken from the City Engineer's Darkroom where Murphy worked. (Note from Tim Robinson, Archivist, 13 March 1985).

Most of the photographs in this series are of Council's parks, statues, fountains and monuments. There are both colour and black and white prints.
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Start Date: 01/01/1984
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End Date: 01/01/1985Relationship legacy dataCREATED BY: Parks and Recreations Department AG-0010 (1/1/1984 to 1/1/1985) RELATED TO: Management of parks and reserves AY-84 (01/01/1984 to 01/01/1985) RELATED TO: Management of public monuments and artworks AY-75 (01/01/1984 to 01/01/1985) RELATED TO: Photographic Prints from Parks and Recreations Department AS-0314 (01/01/1984 to 01/01/1985) LanguageEnglish (eng)Archivist noteThe photographic prints were digitised and placed in the Sydney Reference Collection in December 2004. They are available on the online photographic catalogue, ArchivePix.

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Disposal statusArchived

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Legacy dataRegistered by: Angela McGing
Registered date: 23/11/1995
Amendments: Angela McGing, 5 January 1998
Jill Farish, 14 March 2007
Last amendment date: 14/03/2007
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Bridging aids: <a href="http://photosau.com.au/cos/scripts/home.asp"> Images in this series can be viewed on-line in our web catalogue ArchivePix.</a>
System of arrangements: None discernible
Series control status: All record items are available in ArchivePix
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UpdatedDate: 27/12/2012
UpdatedUser: Dec 27 2012 2:23PM

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Source systemBusiness operation system (BOS); Archives investigatorRelated seriesPhotographic Prints from Parks and Recreations DepartmentCreating agenciesParks and Recreations DepartmentRelated activitiesManagement of public monuments and artworksManagement of parks and reserves

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Date registered5th December 2018Registered byData Migration UserRegistration statusApproved

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Photographs by Peter Murphy