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"Wompie" locked to a road dragon at Wattle State Forest, near South West Highway, Western Australia, 5 November 1998 [picture] / John Austin
Bib ID 3314467
Format PicturePicture, OnlineOnline
Author
Austin, John, 1944-
 
Online Versions
Description 1998. 
1 photograph : b&w ; image 45.5 x 31.5 cm., on sheet 50.4 x 40.6 cm. 
Summary

"This was the first time a road dragon was used in protest actions in Western Australia. A road dragon is a device made of a mixture of concrete and metal to which a protester locks themselves by means of a dog chain looped around the wrist and latched inside the dragon using a dog chain clip. The logic behind the mixture of concrete and metal is that you can't use a jack hammer on metal and an angle grider won't work on concrete."--Photographer's note.

Notes

Title devised by photographer.

Photograph signed by artist on reverse.

Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http:/­/­nla.gov.au/­nla.pic-vn3314467

Subjects Wompie - Portraits.  |  Demonstrations - Western Australia, Southwestern - Photographs.  |  Protest movements - Western Australia, Southwestern - Photographs.  |  Conservation of natural resources - Western Australia, Southwestern - Photographs.
Occupation Protesters.
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