David MOORE
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1927 – 2003
Migrants arriving in Sydney
1966 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Photography, Photograph, direct positive colour photograph
Primary Insc: signed verso l.r., blue fibre-tipped pen "David Moore / ..." dated verso l.c.l., blue fibre-tipped pen "... - 1966" titled verso l.c.l., blue fibre-tipped pen "European Migrants (Migrants crossed out) migrants arriving in Sydney ..." inscribed verso l.r., blue fibre-tipped pen "... / printed 1988."
printed image 24.6 h x 26.5 w cm
sheet 28.6 h x 39.6 w cm
Purchased 1988
Accession No: NGA 88.1448
© David Moore Estate
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David MOORE
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1927 – 2003
Migrants arriving in Sydney
1966 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Creation Notes: printed 1988
Photography, Photograph, direct positive colour photograph
Support: white Ilford Cibachrome photographic paper
Primary Insc: signed verso l.r., blue fibre-tipped pen "David Moore / ..." dated verso l.c.l., blue fibre-tipped pen "... - 1966" titled verso l.c.l., blue fibre-tipped pen "European Migrants (Migrants crossed out) migrants arriving in Sydney ..." inscribed verso l.r., blue fibre-tipped pen "... / printed 1988."
Tertiary Insc:
inscribed in blue fibre-tipped pen on white self adhesive label (in comp) at u.c., c.r., l.c., c.l. "(arrow pointing up) CROP"
printed image 24.6 h x 26.5 w cm
sheet 28.6 h x 39.6 w cm
Purchased 1988
Accession No: NGA 88.1448
© David Moore Estate
Exhibition History
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- 2001
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- Federation: Australian Art and Society 1901-2001 NGA
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- 1999
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- People, Places, Pastimes: Challenging perspectives of Ipswich
- Global Arts Link
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- 1988
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- Shades of Light: Photography and Australia 1839-1988 NGA
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As the economic boom of the 1950s had placed an increasing demand on Australia’s labour force, the migration policy was revised to increase the numbers of Europeans gaining assisted passage to Australia.
This photograph, European migrants arriving in Sydney was taken by the renowned photojournalist David Moore as the ship, the Galileo Galilei, berthed at the overseas terminal at Circular Quay, Sydney in 1966.
The faces of the people in the photograph display a mixture of emotions. It is a moving portrait capturing the hopes and fears of people spanning several generations. They are coming to the end of a long sea-voyage and are about to start a new life in a foreign land.
Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2010
