Edward Hopkins and Douglas Holleley research papers and pictorial material relating to Luna Park, Sydney, New South Wales, 1937-1996

fonds

1937-1996

Graphic Materials, Textual Records, Photographs, Ephemera

1024131

1360 negatives
2812 photographic prints
0.64 metres of textual material
1 box of photographic prints

Douglas Holleley became interested in Luna Park in 1981 following the Ghost Train fire in June 1979 and the subsequent closure of the Park. He developed a project to document Luna Park during the period of its closure, and he returned to the Park again in 1982, 1991 and 1995 to photograph it. The project was then documented in his PhD thesis "Luna Park: image of a fun fair". His thesis provides significant documentation and detail on Edward Hopkins life, career and work at Luna Park, and was in part based on recorded conversations with Hopkins.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

Edward Alfred Hopkins to Martin Sharp to Douglas Holleley.

SERIES 01
Edward Alfred Hopkins collection of photographs and negatives of Luna Park, Sydney, New South Wales, 1937-1965

SERIES 02
Douglas Holleley thesis, research papers and pictorial material for "Luna Park: the image of a funfair", 1937-1996

Contents lists and arrangement by Douglas Holleley.