John Speight and Les Dalton at USS Queenfish protest, Station Pier, Port Melbourne, 5th March 1978

Description

Series[UMA-SR-000001764] Negatives for photographs by John EllisAccession[1999.0081] Photographic negatives and proof sheets taken by John EllisIdentifierUMA-ITE-1999008100304Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentUSS "Queenfish" was the first nuclear-attack submarine to visit an Australian port. The police created a situation that led to a violent attack on demonstrators. Despite repeated appeals by John Ellis and others to senior police to stop the violence there were injuries and many arrests (see neg. 149 for a more detailed description). Les Dalton and John Speight painted a radioactive symbol on the roadway. Senior police said this action was damaging Ports and Harbor property and tried to arrest Les and John.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest itemCopyright StatusUniversity copyrightConditions of Use and ReproductionCopyright owned by University of Melbourne Archives. For information about ordering a copy of this image contact the University of Melbourne Archives: archives@archives.unimelb.edu.auMenuBrowse digitised items | Available online

Provenance

CreatorEllis, John B.RolePhotographer

Dates

Date05/03/1978

Description Control

Previous System ID1999.0081.00304UMAIC IDUMA/I/389Other IDsJE149-03a

Characteristics

Genre/FormPhotographic printsFilm negatives

Subjects

SubjectDalton, LesDalton, Les K.--PhotographsQueenfish (Ship)Speight, JohnSpeight, John--PhotographsUSS Queenfish

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John Speight and Les Dalton at USS Queenfish protest, Station Pier, Port Melbourne, 5th March 1978

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