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#12210 - Menu for a dinner given by the Commonwealth of Australia for HRH The Duke of Gloucester, Parliament House, Canberra

Resource ID
Location
12210
CDHS 1999-21, Digan Room, Box 5/6
Title/subtitle
Menu for a dinner given by the Commonwealth of Australia for HRH The Duke of Gloucester, Parliament House, Canberra
Author/Creator
Parliament of Australia
Format
Object
Identifier
Accession No. 1999-21
Physical description
Menu on paper with text and illustration, 17.7 x 22.5cm
Summary
Menu for a dinner given by the Ministers of State for the Commonwealth of Australia for HRH The Duke of Gloucester, Parliament House Canberra, 24 October 1934, with a reproduction of an oil painting by Elioth Gruner of 'The Murrumbidgee Ranges'.
Availability
Not for loan
Notes
The Duke of Gloucester first visited Australia in 1934 to open the centenary celebrations in Victoria and to visit Canberra. He was later to live at Yarralumla when he became Australia's first and only royal Governor-General from 1945 to 1947. See also Object O-055.