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Photograph - Sunshine Swimming Pool Protest Against It Closing Down 1999 Photographs, Larran Reed, 4th June 1999

6932.01 - Sunshine Swimming Pool Protest Against It Closing Down 1999 Photographs

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6932.02 - Sunshine Swimming Pool Protest Against It Closing Down 1999 Photographs

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Negative (collection) - Sunshine Advocate Negative Collection

Negative (collection) - Sunshine Advocate Negative Collection

Historical information

These photographs, taken by The Advocate newspaper in 1999, show the public protest against the possible closure of the Sunshine Leisure Centre and Swimming Pool.

More than 700 local residents signed a petition, lobbied the City of Sunshine Council, and staged a protest to express their anger and concern about the uncertain future of the complex.

Physical description

Digital scans of colour negatives

Inscriptions & markings

Swimming Pool Closure 235

Subjects

Identifier

6932

Date made

4th June 1999

Photographer

Larran Reed

Publisher

The Advocate

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