P03258.486
Photograph P03258.486 Period 1990-1999An unidentified former member of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) contingent and his friend study a Heide Smith image at the official opening of 'Shooting at the Moon', a
P03258.485 Accession Number: P03258.485
Description
239869 Gunner (Gnr) M D Beasley, a former United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) contingent member and a friend study a Heide Smith image of Cambodian mine clearers at the official opening of 'Shooting at the Moon', a photographic exhibition of images taken in Cambodia which ran from 9-16 October 1993 at the Sydney Town Hall. Gnr Beasley's tour of duty in Cambodia with UNTAC had finished only two days before. Heide Smith and journalist Marje Prior visited Cambodia in January and August 1993 to document Australian involvement with UNTAC, later publishing a book entitled 'Shooting at the Moon - Cambodian Peacekeepers tell their stories'.
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Accession Number
P03258.485
Maker
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Support: Acetate
Date Made
1993
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor H Smith
Copyright
AWM copyright
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