BHP marine life series
- Bib ID:
- 7859940
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Doyle, Roy
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. POSTERS FC 367, POSTER 2024-71 copy
- Description:
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- Broadway, [N.S.W.] : John Fairfax & Sons Ltd., 1970-1971
- 12 art prints : colour ; 26 x 36 cm
- Summary:
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A series of posters commissioned by BHP Oil and Gas Division, Hematite Petroleum Pty. Ltd. Each of the creatures depicted has been used as the name of a BHP oil field in order to reflect BHP's commitment that the search for oil and gas must be conducted in harmony with the surrounding environment.
- Full contents:
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- [POSTER 2024-71]: No. 1. Yellowtail kingfish (Seriola grandis)
- [POSTER 2024-72]: no. 2. Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
- [POSTER 2024-73]: no. 3. Pearly nautilus (Nautilus pompilius alumnus)
- [POSTER 2024-74]: no. 4. Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus macoyii)
- [POSTER 2024-75]: no. 5. Black marlin (Istiompax indicus)
- [POSTER 2024-76]: no. 6. Narrow barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson)
- [POSTER 2024-77]: no. 7. Paper nautilus (Argonauta nodosa)
- [POSTER 2024-78]: no. 8. Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)
- [POSTER 2024-79]: no. 9. Crayfish (Jasus lalandii)
- [POSTER 2024-80]: no. 10. Red gurnard (Chelidonichthys kumu)
- [POSTER 2024-81]: no. 11. Dolphin fish (Coryphaena hippurus linnaeus)
- [POSTER 2024-82]: no. 12. Blue groper (Acheorodus gouldii)
- Notes:
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- Caption title.
- Some posters measure 36 x 26 cm
- Published as a supplement to the Australian Financial Review between Dec. 18th, 1970 and Nov. 19th, 1971.
- POSTERS FC 367, POSTER 2024-71 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-754873815
- Related Title:
- Australian Financial Review
- Subject:
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- Oil well drilling -- Environmental aspects -- Bass Strait (Tas. and Vic.)
- Petroleum -- Prospecting -- Environmental aspects -- Bass Strait (Tas. and Vic.)
- Fishes in art
- Fishes -- Bass Strait (Tas. and Vic.) -- Pictorial works
- Sea birds in art
- Sea birds -- Bass Strait (Tas. and Vic.) -- Pictorial works
- Shells in art
- Shells -- Bass Strait (Tas. and Vic.) -- Pictorial works
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- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1971
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