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--Takver (talk) 23:49, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Photo of Mounted Police in Brunswick

The image is from The Centenary Collection: HARD YAKKA - Working Lives in Old Australia, The Five Mile Press, 2000 ISBN 1865033952

The photo is titled - Police Await March, Melbourne, 1893. The photo description reads:

"A troop of Victorian mounted police are on hand outside the Sarah Sands Hotel, Sydney Road, Brunswick, as they await a protest march of unemployed people. The march, ultimately peaceful, was held to protest against landlords who evicted unemployed famillies from their houses when they were unable to pay the rent. The 1890s saw a downturn in the tide of fortune in Australia, and one in three workers fell into unemployment, without the safety net of unemployment. ...."

The text in the book is copyright, but I believe all the images are now in the public domain. --Takver (talk) 23:49, 2 September 2008 (UTC)