Pictures 1976

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PICTURES are both finished and ephemeral works made for animations.

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Royal treatment

Andrew drives us in his new car to Government House Melbourne. One of his friends from school invited us - a lawyer working as aide-de-camp to the Governor. We are served tea and cake and guided to toilets used by visiting royals.

1976. Arriving at Government House Melbourne

I study to be a teacher, at Melbourne Teacher's College. The college is in the grounds of Melbourne University where I first studied after school. Where The Wizard came to give speeches, outside the cafeteria.

1976. Outside the cafeteria,
Melbourne University

The Wizard speaks
outside Christchurch Cathedral
January 2007

1976: Mao Zedong dies, ending a political era in China;

1976: the 1976 Tangshan earthquake kills over 240,000 people;

1976: the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal face boycotts and controversy;

1976: the 1976 Argentine coup d'etat topples Isabel Peron;

1976: Israel's Entebbe raid rescues hostages in Uganda;

1976: the MV George Prince ferry disaster kills 78 people in Louisiana;

1976: the U.S. celebrates its Bicentennial;

1976: the 1976 Cavalese cable car crash in Italy kills 43;

1976: the debut of VHS transforms home video.

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Written by me, Lisa Roberts/Euphausia superba (Antarctic krill), on

27/04/2026