Old soldiers on show in Broadmeadows
A new exhibition commemorating some of Melbourne’s First World War soldiers is being staged in Broadmeadows over the coming weeks.
The show is a collection of portraits of men stationed at the Broadmeadows Camp, now the site of the Maygar Barracks. The camp marks its centenary this month, and the photographs on display are from the first group of soldiers who trained as part of the Australian forces that would later fight in the Middle East and Europe.
Their pictures were taken by Melbourne commercial photographer Algernon Darge, who set up a special studio at the camp. Having a picture taken in uniform was popular among soldiers of the time and prints were given as mementos to the families left behind, and Darge was one of the first in Melbourne to see the demand for these portraits.
After the war, Darge’s negatives on glass plates were put into storage and then sold in the 1930s to the Australian War Memorial, which has helped to create the exhibition along with the Hume City Council and Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance
Professional printing companies can assist families in preserving photographs of their own military ancestors, by creating copies of delicate pictures or documents, or by collecting family histories into bound printed copies for future generations.
The exhibition runs until Monday, September 15th at the Hume Global Learning Centre in Broadmeadows.
The show is a collection of portraits of men stationed at the Broadmeadows Camp, now the site of the Maygar Barracks. The camp marks its centenary this month, and the photographs on display are from the first group of soldiers who trained as part of the Australian forces that would later fight in the Middle East and Europe.
Their pictures were taken by Melbourne commercial photographer Algernon Darge, who set up a special studio at the camp. Having a picture taken in uniform was popular among soldiers of the time and prints were given as mementos to the families left behind, and Darge was one of the first in Melbourne to see the demand for these portraits.
After the war, Darge’s negatives on glass plates were put into storage and then sold in the 1930s to the Australian War Memorial, which has helped to create the exhibition along with the Hume City Council and Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance
Professional printing companies can assist families in preserving photographs of their own military ancestors, by creating copies of delicate pictures or documents, or by collecting family histories into bound printed copies for future generations.
The exhibition runs until Monday, September 15th at the Hume Global Learning Centre in Broadmeadows.