Empire Games. Sydney calls you ... Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations

Artist: Meere, Charles. | Title: Empire Games. Sydney calls you ... Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations | Date: 1937 | Technique: lithograph, printed in colour, from multiple stones [or plates] | Copyright: With permission of Margaret Stephenson-Meere
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Primary Artist

Charles Meere (1890–1961)

Title

Empire Games. Sydney calls you ... Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations

Date made

1937

Place made

Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Poster

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour, from multiple stones [or plates]

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right corner within image in red ink, 'CHARLES MEERE'. No date.

Matrix size

101.6 x 63.2 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject categories

Sydney Harbour Bridge | Australia, Sesquicentennial, 1938

Subject description

Male athlete in shorts and singlet wearing spikes hurdling over the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

77341

Creators

Meere, Charles. | (1890–1961) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

Artist: Meere, Charles. | Title: Empire Games. Sydney calls you ... Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations | Date: 1937 | Technique: lithograph, printed in colour, from multiple stones [or plates] | Copyright: With permission of Margaret Stephenson-Meere
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 88.714

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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