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Looking down Ethel St towards Sandringham Rd
John MercerSeptember 12, 1981
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand
Black and white photograph of two cyclists following a large crowd of anti-Springbok tour protesters marching up Ethel Street. A group of police officers are walking behind the crowd.
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- Title: Looking down Ethel St towards Sandringham Rd
- 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: Rugby football - Political aspects, Protest movements--New Zealand, Springbok Tour (1981 : New Zealand), Rugby football--Political aspects--New Zealand, Protest movements--New Zealand--Auckland
- Type: Negative
- Rights: All rights reserved
- External Link: Auckland Museum: Collections Online
- Support: Polyester
- Wikipedia: Auckland Museum on Wikipedia
- Process: Gelatin silver
- Notes: Police officers (probably) mounted on bikes watch the tail end of the march progress towards the intersection of Sandringham Road and Ethel Street. At the intersection the front of the march turns left into Sandringham Road and confront the bin barrier and police cordon at the Shaw Street/Royal Terrace intersection. I am standing at a point roughly opposite 32 Ethel St.
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