Procession past St Patrick's Cathedral Ballarat

Description

Accession[1974.0073] PAPERS OF FRANCIS WILLIAM NIVENPart of Item[1974.0073.00159] Photos taken by Francis Wilson NivenPosition in Sequencepage 54IdentifierUMA-ITE-1974007300088Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentPhotograph of a procession with St Patrick's Cathedral, corner of Sturt and Dawson Streets, in background. Men dressed in traditional Scottish clothing can be seen in the procession playing the bagpipes. A church can be seen in the background. Historical note - In 1854, Niven left the merchant navy and migrated to Victoria. He set up business in Ballarat where he became a leading printer and publisher. In 1897 he opened a branch in Melbourne, which eventually became the base of the family business.
Comments: Collection of family photographs, circa 1850-1925. Photographs mounted in album with green cover. Photograph is untitled. Title added by cataloguer.
Inscription: Original number 191/106 is written in pencil on the mount around the photograph.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest itemCopyright StatusPublic domainConditions of Use and ReproductionThis item is out of copyright. Please acknowledge the University of Melbourne Archives as the source of this material. For information about ordering a copy of this image contact the University of Melbourne Archives: archives@archives.unimelb.edu.auMenuBrowse digitised items | Available online | Items in the public domain

Provenance

CreatorNiven, Francis W.RolePhotographer

Dates

Datec 1850 - 1925

Description Control

Previous System ID1974.0073.00088Format NumberPA/99 page 54UMAIC IDUMA/I/2548

Characteristics

Genre/FormPhotographic printsDimensions13.5 x 20 cm

Subjects

SubjectChurches--Victoria--PhotographsProcessions--Victoria--Photographs

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