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918685
  • Title
    'Report on Luna Park Sydney, Australia', 1980, by Friends of Luna Park
  • Creator
  • Call number
    MLMSS 3955X
    GR 221
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1980
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    918685
  • Physical Description
    1 volume of textual material
  • Scope and Content
    MLMSS 3955X
    Report commissioned by N.S.W. Department of Public Works. Contains brief history of origin of the idea and name 'Luna Park', and traces the Park's history from its establishment ca. 1933 to 1980. The report analyses all the attractions of the Park and includes aesthetic judgements of the artwork, largely done by Arthur Barton, as well as a report by a firm of consulting engineers on the structural condition of various buildings and rides, 1980, and a transcript of meeting of Friends of Luna Park, Sydney, Sunday 13 July 1980.

    GR 221
    Gramophone record (7 inch vinyl, 45 rpm, no. 13020) Noive & Voive label, released 1980. Artwork by Martin Sharp (uncredited).
    SIDE A: 'The Luna Park Song' composed by A. Jones and M. Conway, performed by Alistair Jones (duration 2:26).
    SIDE B: 'The Wind in the Willows' composed by Rudy Vallee, performed by Tiny Tim.
    Recorded at Luna by Simon Townsend's Wonderworld 9/5/1980.
  • Copying Conditions
    Research & study copies allowed
  • Conservation note

    The outer edge of the record is chipped, so the opening part of the song is unplayable.
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