Collection 6: Pyrmont, including squatters and abattoirs, 1983, photographs by Peter Solness

sub-fonds

1983

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9680400

12 photographs - digital, TIFF, black and white

12 digital photographs documenting Pyrmont in 1983, including interiors of local abattoirs, public housing, abandoned buildings and artist squats.

Item 01: Inside the derelict Ultimo Power House, 1983 / photograph by Peter Solness
Item 02: Artist squat interior with two artists leaning against wall, Pyrmont, 1983 / photograph by Peter Solness
Item 03: Inside squat with debris, Pyrmont, 1983 / photograph by Peter Solness
Item 04: Street scene, 145 Harris Street, Pyrmont (public housing), 1983 / photograph by Peter Solness
Item 05: Inside abattoirs, Pyrmont, 1983 / photograph by Peter Solness
Item 06: Inside abattoirs, Pyrmont, 1983 / photograph by Peter Solness
Item 07: Abattoir, rear, with 'Land rights' and 'Stupid war' grafitti, Pymont, 1983 [Aberdeen grain-fed Sydney wholesale?] / photograph by Peter Solness
Item 08: Artist squat with an artist painting, Pyrmont, 1983 / photograph by Peter Solness
Item 09: Resident [squatter?] with baby on the steps, Pyrmont, 1983 / photograph by Peter Solness
Item 10: Graffitti 'Pyrmont's disappearing fast under concrete and glass' on wall, Point Street, Pyrmont, 1983 / photograph by Peter Solness
Item 11: Abottair, truck at rear [Bird Bros. tallow & stock food?], Pyrmont, 1983 / photograph by Peter Solness
Item 12: Artist squat, 'Jasmin' on bed, Point Street, Pyrmont, 1983 / photograph by Peter Solness

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Peter Solness
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Peter Solness

Copies: digital scans made 2024 from original negatives made 1983