Surfest 1986 Newcastle (Australia)

A collection of photographs taken on the 25th November 1986 at the Surfest '86 held at Newcastle Beach, Australia.

The images were shot by Chris Patterson for Hannan Photography, who were engaged to record the event by Peach Advertising on behalf of the Surfest sponsors B.H.P. (The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd).

The images were scanned from the original 35 mm colour negatives, at 3200 dpi using an Epson Perfection V700 Scanner. They comprised sheets labeled under the original numbering sequence of CN7560. (CN=Colour Negative) One sheet, Z, comprises black and white negatives.
 

The original negatives are held in Special Collections at the Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle (Australia).

You are welcome to use the images as long as you acknowledge them as " Courtesy of the Hannan Photography Archive, University of Newcastle (Australia)" For commercial requests please contact us.

If you are the subject of the images, or know the subject of the images, and have cultural or other reservations about the images being displayed on this website and would like to discuss this with us please contact Special Collections.

These images are provided free of charge to the global community thanks to the generosity of the donors (Don McCririck of Hannan Photography) and the Vera Deacon Regional History Fund

If you would care to make a donation to this fund, please see http://libguides.newcastle.edu.au/benefactors/new for more information and a link to the donation form.