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#13123 - Canberra

Resource ID
Location
13123
PAM E184
Title/subtitle
Canberra
Author/Creator
Hall, Michael and Coltheart, Lenore
Format
Pamphlet
Identifier
Foundation ceremony; Canberra Day
Publisher
Canberra & District Historical Society; 2001
Summary
Souvenir of the Canberra Day ceremony on 12 March 2001. Includes a foreword by the Governor General, Sir William Deane, backround on the Commencement Column, a photographic montage of the people and the 1913 ceremony, the 1913 naming ceremony itself and quotes from the main figures involved in the ceremony; the Governor General (Lord Denman), Lady Denman, the Prime Minister (Andrew Fisher) and King O'Malley (Minister for Home Affairs). There is also Marion Halligan's 'Toast to Canberra'
Availability
Copies available for purchase from the Society's office
Notes
Co-authored by Lenore Coltheart and Michael Hall