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2009/43/1-8/3 Award, Silver Plaque award, Melbourne Camera Club International Exhibition, awarded to Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1960. Click to enlarge.

Melbourne Camera Club International Exhibition silver plaque award to Bruno Benini

Melbourne Camera Club International Exhibition award, metal, featuring an image of an Australian Aboriginal man holding two boomerangs, with a kangaroo and the Southern Cross in the background.

Summary

Object No.

2009/43/1-8/3

Object Statement

Award, Silver Plaque award, Melbourne Camera Club International Exhibition, awarded to Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1960

Physical Description

Melbourne Camera Club International Exhibition award, metal, featuring an image of an Australian Aboriginal man holding two boomerangs, with a kangaroo and the Southern Cross in the background.

Marks

Front bottom, 'Amor Melb.', back centre, 'Awarded / to / Bruno Benini / 1960'

Dimensions

Height

70 mm

Width

58 mm

Depth

3 mm

Cite this Object

Harvard

Melbourne Camera Club International Exhibition silver plaque award to Bruno Benini 2022, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 28 March 2023, <https://ma.as/404475>

Wikipedia

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