City of Melbourne – One person urinals

City of Melbourne – One person urinals 1890

Registration number

1087973

Title

City of Melbourne – One person urinals

Production date

1890

Medium

watercolour on paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

65 x 51 cm

Inscriptions

City of Melbourne - One Person Urinals

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Sanitation, Urinals, 1890

Summary

Coloured plans for a one-person urinal. The drawing highlights how one might have experienced the city based on their gender. While men were provided with toilet facilities in Melbourne from 1859, it wasn’t until 1902 that women would be afforded the same right.