Peter John : Photographs
Port Kembla, NSW, Australia. Anti AUKUS protest rally, 6 May 2023.
Poster features a quote attributed to Stephen Jones “There is no absolute fail-safe when it comes to nuclear” 11/3/11
From the Coronation Day photo series.
The annual Wollongong May Day march was combined with an anti-AUKUS rally in Port Kembla. The Wollongong community has marked May Day, or International Labour Day, since 1912. The University of Wollongong Archive has an online article providing further historical information which may be of interest.
The weekend long Robertson Potato Festival was held in Robertson, NSW, an area known for it’s outstanding potato farms. A chance for the local community to celebrate this humble, but socio-economic important vegetable.
Also on this day in the UK, a billionaire had a very expensive piece of jewellery placed on his head.
6 November 2021 in Hyde Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Massive Metropolitan Police presence outside South Africa House (South African Embassy) as a protection against anti-apartheid protesters. 10 November 1979.
Foreground shows Police traffic motorcyclist. In the background St Martin-in-the-Fields parish church can be seen at the north-east corner of Trafalgar Square, City of Westminster.
Images scanned and restored from old Ektachrome slides.
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