Vote for the Franklin : because only your vote can save it / [photograph by Peter Dombrovskis]
- Bib ID:
- 6419284
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Dombrovskis, Peter, 1945-1996, artist
- Related Online Resources:
- POSTER 2023-3584 copy
- Printer:
- Fitzroy, [Vic.] : printed by W.M. Caulfield & Sons, [between 1981 and 1983]
- Description:
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- Melbourne : National South-West Coalition including Tasmanian Wilderness Societym Australian Conservation Foundation, [between 1981 and 1983]
- 1 poster : colour ; 31 x 42 cm
- Summary:
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Promotional poster for the National South-West Coalition to encourage people to donate for the campaign to stop the damming of the Franklin River. Features Peter Drombrovskis' image depicting morning mist at Rock Island Bend, Franklin River - water can be seen flowing around a large rocky outcrop with trees on its top in the middle of the river while mist obscures the top of the hillsides surround the view. The title in black text appears inside a large yellow triangle in the bottom right corner of the poster. "Authorised by R. J. Brown, Parliament House, Hobart" appears in the centre at the foot of the poster with printing information.
- Biography/History:
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The Franklin Dam or Gordon-below-Franklin Dam project was a proposed dam on the Gordon River in Tasmania, Australia, that was never constructed. The movement that eventually led to the project's cancellation became one of most significant environmental campaigns in Australian history
- Notes:
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- Caption title.
- National Library of Australia's copy previously folded vertically (1 fold mark visible); some other minor creasing but in otherwise fair condition.
- POSTER 2023-3584 copy Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Subject:
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- Wilderness areas -- Tasmania -- Franklin River -- Posters
- Dams -- Environmental aspects -- Tasmania -- Franklin River -- Posters
- Dams -- Political aspects -- Tasmania -- Franklin River -- Posters
- Conservation of natural resources -- Tasmania -- Franklin River -- Posters
- Conservation of natural resources -- Political aspects -- Tasmania -- Franklin River -- Posters
- Posters, Australian
- Franklin River (Tas.) -- Power utilization -- Political aspects -- Posters
- Franklin River (Tas.) -- Posters
- Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (Tas.) -- Posters
- Australia -- Posters
- Australian
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- Related Records:
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This belongs to the [Ephemera relating to the Franklin Dam environmental campaign, 1980-1983].
This collection contains 7 records. - Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2066 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1996
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1983
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