![Item #CL193-76 Newport [Victoria]. Rick Amor, b.1948 Aust.](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL193-76.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1532498918)
Newport [Victoria]
c1974. Lithograph, signed in image lower right, 66.1 x 50.7cm. Minor creases. Linen-backed. Text includes “Endorsed by the following unions: Amalgamated Metal Workers Union; the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union; the Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia; Electrical Trades Union of Australia; United Firefighters Union; Waterside Workers Federation of Australia.” In the late 1960s the State Electricity Commission of Victoria made plans to construct a large gas-fired power station in the suburb of Newport. Conservation and environmental groups were in opposition to the power station due to pollution concerns, and by 1974 the Victorian Trades Hall Council banned construction on the site, with the backing of the unions. After a panel inquiry in 1977, construction went ahead, despite ongoing grassroots activism. Ref: Wiki.
Item #CL193-76
Price (AUD): $1,650.00 other currencies