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Charles Perkins On His Way To University, Sydney
c1963/1997. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated, editioned 1/3 and signed in pencil in lower margin, annotated in pencil verso, 33.6 x 22.5cm. Slight soiling to margins. Annotation reads “Printed by Roger Scott ’97.” Held in AGNSW. Charles Perkins (1936-2000) was an Indigenous rights campaigner and Federal politician. Photojournalist McFarlane, commissioned to produce a photo-essay on Charles Perkins for Walkabout magazine, had spent the day with him. This shot was taken at night on a bus “when Perkins was returning home after mentoring country boys at Tranby Aboriginal Co-operative College” in Glebe. Ref: AGNSW; Wiki.
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