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Devon Park [B 18161] • Photograph

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Summary

Devon Park Welfare Centre, Simpson's Children's Playground.

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Physical description

Photograph; 24.3 cm x 15.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1946

Photographer

Ballantyne, Colin

Collection

Part of Devon Park Collection

Catalogue record

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General notes

Geospatial coordinates indicate an approximate location.

Historical information

Colin Ballantyne was born 12 July 1908 Wayville, South Australia, and died 2 July 1988. A theatre director, actor, playwright, leader, administrator and commercial photographer, he directed around 100 productions covering a wide range of classical and contemporary works between 1931-1971. He also directed the major local drama component of the first five Adelaide Festivals; and founded or helped build companies like the WEA Little Theatre, the Adelaide Theatre Group at the Sheridan Theatre and the Company of Players. Ballantyne was a state and federal president of the Arts Council and the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the State Theatre Company of South Australia from 1972-1978; when he became the Chairman of the Performing Arts Collections of South Australia he guided its development on a daily basis.

Digitisation information

Date

15/12/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,450 x 2,638 pixels (9.1 MP)

Size

27.34 MB

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