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Richard Woldendorp Collection of Photographs

Created 05/05/2025

Updated 05/05/2025

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A large collection of photographs taken by photographer, Richard Woldendorp, including a wide variety of images of people, buildings, places, industries, sport and entertainment in Western Australia.The photographs were taken between 1958 - 2006. The images can be accessed via the urls provided in the data. Richard Woldendorp was born in Utrecht, The Netherlands in 1927 and migrated to Perth in 1951. His long association with photography began in 1955 when he purchased a camera for a trip back to The Netherlands. Woldendorp's fascination with photography and skill rapidly grew and in 1961 won first and third prizes in the Craven-A National Photographic competition. As a professional photographer Woldendorp was intrigued by Australia's landscapes with a special passion for aerial photography. In 1991 Woldendorp was made a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography, then in 1998 was admitted as a Honorary Life Member to the Australian Commerical and Media Photographers (A.C.M.P.), then to the A.C.M.P. Hall of Fame. In 2004 Richard Woldendorp was named a Western Australian Living Treasure.

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Title Richard Woldendorp Collection of Photographs
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/b447acfc-51e5-42f5-8d38-6057fc8aafc5
Remote Last Updated 01/05/2023
Contact Point
State Library of Western Australia
dataanddiscovery@slwa.wa.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1968 - 31/12/2006
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Data Portal Western Australia Government

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This dataset was originally found on Western Australia Government "Richard Woldendorp Collection of Photographs". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/richard-woldendorp-collection-of-photographs1