Drouin town and rural life during World War II [picture] / Jim Fitzpatrick
- Bib ID:
- 3044612
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Description:
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- 1944 and 1945
- 88 photographs : gelatin silver ; 19.3 x 24.4 cm. and smaller
- Summary:
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Collection of photographs of Drouin, Victoria most of which were taken by Jim Fitzpatrick, who worked as a photographer for the Australian Information Service from 1942 to 1976. These idealised images of rural Australian life during World War II were taken for propaganda purposes and were made freely available for publication overseas. The subjects of the photographs include: family and domestic life, school children, portraits of local people, women in non-traditional occupations, enlisted men on leave and the butter factory. There are also a number of aerial photographs of the town.
- Notes:
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- Individual photographs have been separately catalogued and digitised.
- Title from caption list.
- Condition: Good.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-147026428
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australia. Department of Information
- Related Records:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1945
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