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Onlookers on Onslow Rd are shortly to get a grandstand view of a street battle between police and anti-Tour protestors
John MercerSeptember 12, 1981
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand
Black and white photograph of a house in Mount Eden during the anti-Springbok tour protests. Two faces are watching out of the windows, smiling
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- Title: Onlookers on Onslow Rd are shortly to get a grandstand view of a street battle between police and anti-Tour protestors
- Creator: John Mercer
- Creator Lifespan: b. 1949
- Creator Nationality: New Zealander
- Creator Birth Place: New Plymouth, New Zealand
- Date Created: September 12, 1981
- Location: Mount Eden (Auckland, N.Z.)
- Physical Dimensions: 35 mm frame
- Subject Keywords: Protest movements--New Zealand--Auckland, Protest movements--New Zealand, Racism in sports, Eden Park (Auckland, N.Z. : Stadium), Anti-apartheid activists
- Type: Negative
- Rights: All rights reserved
- External Link: Auckland Museum: Collections Online
- Support: Polyester
- Wikipedia: Auckland Museum on Wikipedia
- Process: Gelatin silver
- Notes: I’m pretty sure that this place (18 Onslow Rd) was a supported accommodation hostel. Unfortunately, I dont t have a shot of the front of the property giving a readable view of the sign at steps. I saw the faces looking out so "click". These people were in for a grandstand view of the running street battle about 30 minutes later!
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