Newmarket Saleyards, Kensington 1980

CHAPMAN, Andrew

Registration number

1900738

Artist/maker

CHAPMAN, Andrew

Title

Newmarket Saleyards, Kensington

Production date

1980

Medium

digital file (scanned negative)

Credit line

Purchased 2024
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
© Andrew Chapman Photography

Keywords

Andrew Chapman, 1980, Newmarket Saleyards, Kensington, farmers, stockmen, auctioneers

Summary

This photograph by Andrew Chapman was taken at Newmarket Saleyards in Kensington, 30 July 1980. The image captures auctioneers and their assistants atop the saleyards on walkways that give them a view across the cattle and sheep to the buyers. The Newmarket Saleyards, which opened in 1887, were officially closed on 1 April 1987.