Canterbury Earthquake September 2010 - Photograph 16

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Damage to a house in Richmond. Part of a concrete patio has slumped, leaving large cracks, and a gap has opened up between the house and the patio. The photographer comments, "The concrete patio is broken into big slabs".

Canterbury Earthquake September 2010 - Photograph 20

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Cracks between a concrete patio and path in a house in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Cracking in the concrete patio".

Canterbury Earthquake September 2010 - Photograph 21

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Damage to a house in Richmond. Part of a concrete patio has slumped, leaving large cracks between slabs. The photographer comments, "Cracking in the concrete patio".

Canterbury Earthquake September 2010 - Photograph 15

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Damage to a house in Richmond. Part of a concrete patio has slumped, leaving large cracks. The photographer comments, "The concrete patio is broken into big slabs".

Canterbury Earthquake September 2010 - Photograph 31

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Damage to a house in Richmond. Part of a concrete patio has slumped, leaving large cracks. In the background, cracks are visible in the brickwork of the house. The photographer comments, "More patio cracks".

Canterbury Earthquake September 2010 - Photograph 14

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Damage to a house in Richmond. A large crack runs through a concrete patio. The photographer comments, "The concrete patio is broken into big slabs. Over the following week this subsided even further".

Canterbury Earthquake September 2010 - Photograph 22

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Damage to a house in Richmond. Part of a concrete patio has slumped, leaving large cracks. In the background, cracks are visible in the brickwork of the house. The photographer comments, "Cracking in the concrete patio".

Central City Tour, 4 April 2011 - Photograph 01

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Damage to a house in Richmond. Large gaps are visible between the floor and the foundation, and between the foundation and the patio. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. Our house - patio is heading west - or the sunroom is heading east".

Bike Ride in the East Side - Photograph 42

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Damage to a house in Richmond. The foundation is all that remains of one room, and the exposed interior wall has been covered with builders' paper for protection. Weeds grow between cracks in the concrete patio. The photographer comments, "Revisiting our abandoned house. Cracked patio. The wooden floor is all that remains of a sunny living space with bifold doors, opening the house to the garden. This was so broken on 4/9/10 that it was immediately demolished".

The Space Between Words - Exhibition Panel 8: Gwenda Michael

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A pdf copy of panel 8 of Guy Frederick's 'The Space Between Words' exhibition. The panel includes text from an interview with Gwenda Michael about her experiences of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Above this is an image of Michael sitting on the patio of her house.

Canterbury Earthquake September 2010 - Photograph 07

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Internal damage to a house in Richmond. A doorframe has visibly warped, leaving a gap between the frame and the door. Outside, cracks can be seen in the concrete patio. The photographer comments, "Sunroom - bifold doors are now separated from the frame. The doors on the left blew right out in a strong wind 2 weeks after the quake".

22 February Earthquake - Photograph 19

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Detail of damage to a house in Richmond. A double-brick wall has collapsed, and a gap is visible between the house and its foundation. The photographer comments, "These photos show our old house in River Rd and recovery work around Richmond and St Albans. The house and the concrete patio are now 15cm apart. The house took half the dining room's remaining bricks with it as it jumped off the foundations. It gives a good visual indication of the displacement".

We Lived Here: Oxford Terrace Photograph 105

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to a section of Robin Duff's house at 386 Oxford Terrace. The chimney has fallen off the roof and is now resting in the patio. Behind the chimney, one of the walls has a noticeable lean and the glass of one of the French doors is broken. The photographer comments, "The glass was broken by looters who entered the house and took bits that interested them".

This is an Earthquake Not a Wide Angle Shot

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A badly damaged house in Burwood. Parts of the house have moved in different directions, leaving walls and doors misaligned. The photographer comments, "Although this looks like an extreme wide angle shot it is actually a house tilted in every direction at the same time. The earthquake caused the ground to vibrate and compress so much that the sandy soil liquefied and caused the ground to collapse under this modern home".