Police, corner of Elizabeth and Lonsdale Streets (Vietnam moratorium protest)

Police, corner of Elizabeth and Lonsdale Streets (Vietnam moratorium protest) 1970

FATOUROS, Harry

Registration number

1930044

Artist/maker

FATOUROS, Harry

Title

Police, corner of Elizabeth and Lonsdale Streets (Vietnam moratorium protest)

Production date

1970

Medium

digital file (scanned Kodak Tri-X film negative)

Credit line

Donation of Harry Fatouros
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
© Harry Fatouros

Keywords

Harry Fatouros, Elizabeth Street, Lonsdale Street, police, Vietnam moratorium protest, 8 May 1970

Summary

This photograph by Harry Fatouros was taken on the corner of Elizabeth and Lonsdale Streets in Melbourne CBD on the day of the first Vietnam moratorium protest, 8 May 1970. The protests were the largest public demonstrations in Australia’s history at the time. At the time, Fatouros was a student at Monash University. The images were taken with a Pentax Spotmatic camera on Kodak TriX film.