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Protesters gather at Fowlds Park
John MercerSeptember 12, 1981
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand
Black and white photograph of a tightly packed crowd of anti-Springbok tour protesters assembling in Fowlds Park before the march. At the back of the crowd a line of police officers stand watching.
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- Title: Protesters gather at Fowlds Park
- 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 Albert (Auckland, N.Z.)
- Physical Dimensions: 35 mm frame
- Subject Keywords: Eden Park (Auckland, N.Z. : Stadium), Springbok Tour (1981 : New Zealand), New Zealand Police, Rugby football--Political aspects--New Zealand, Springboks (Rugby team)
- Type: Negative
- Rights: All rights reserved
- External Link: Auckland Museum: Collections Online
- Support: Polyester
- Wikipedia: Auckland Museum on Wikipedia
- Process: Gelatin silver
- Notes: Note provided by John Mercer June-July 2021:;"With intent and attitude I continued to document the day, place, people and events as they unfolded/passed in front of my lens. So most of the next 2.5 films – 74-ish frames – that is what can be seen. Plenty of ‘stand back and shoot everything' along with a few closer studies. On one level not much was going on – a lot of standing around, listening, gathering and re-gathering. There is a lot of detail (some boring/some not boring) that can be picked out and pored over – faces, signs, individuals, odd movements and some odd characters."
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