Don McMurdo performing arts collection [picture] / Don McMurdo
- Bib ID:
- 1586282
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- McMurdo, Don, 1930-2001
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1976-1998
- 1017 contact sheets : many col.
- 427 photographs : many col. ; 41 x 30.5 cm., on mount 50.6 x 40.9 cm. or smaller
- 40400 negatives : many col. ; 35 mm. and 120 mm.
- 17975 transparencies : col. ; 35 mm. and 120 mm.
- 234 slides : col. ; 35 mm. and 120 mm.
- Summary:
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The collection documents over 200 opera, theatre and ballet performances between 1976 and 1998. Some concerts and performances by individual artists are also included. Most of the performances were at the Sydney Opera House where Don McMurdo was employed as a staff photographer from 1977 to 1990. Other venues featured include the Sydney Entertainment Centre and The Domain. The collection also includes portraits of singers, actors and dancers, 45 of which are autographed by the performers. Several views of the Sydney Opera House and its environs are also included in the collection.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer from information on file 204/14/00142.
- Selected images individually catalogued and digitised.
- Most of the transparencies are 35 mm., 752 are 120 mm. and 25 are in various other dimensions.
- Accession numbers used consecutively over different types of material.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-146286836
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- List available.
- Subject:
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- Australian Opera -- Performances -- Photographs
- Opera Australia -- Performances -- Photographs
- Sydney Theatre Company -- Performances -- Photographs
- Australian Ballet -- Performances -- Photographs
- Sydney Dance Company -- Performances -- Photographs
- Sydney Opera House -- Photographs
- Opera -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Photographs
- Theater -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Photographs
- Ballet -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Photographs
- Singers -- Portraits
- Singers -- Australia -- Portraits
- Actors -- Portraits
- Actors -- Australia -- Portraits
- Ballet dancers -- Portraits
- Ballet dancers -- Australia -- Portraits
- Related Records:
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This is a collection.
This collection contains 1,596 records. - Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2071 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2001
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1998
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
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