Bourke Street 1978

Photographer unknown

Registration number

1753930

Artist/maker

Photographer unknown

Title

Bourke Street

Production date

1978

Medium

photographic paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

13.2 x 9 cm

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Melbourne, Bourke Street, Bourke Street Mall, 1970s, 1980s,

Summary

A colour photograph of Bourke Street Mall in March 1978, a month after the section of Bourke Street between Elizabeth and Swanston Street was declared a vehicle free zone. Melbourne jewellery institution, Dunklings, is visible on the right hand side. Bourke Street Mall officially opened in 1983.