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#14900 - Memorial to William Farrer

Resource ID
Location
14900
Photograph 1197
Title/subtitle
Memorial to William Farrer
Picture
Memorial to William Farrer
Format
Photograph
Identifier
Lambrigg; agriculture - wheat; Tuggeranong
Publisher
L. Dwyer; April 1956
Summary
Memorial to William Farrer on Lambrigg
Availability
Not for loan. Copies may be purchased.
Notes
William Farrer died on 16 April 1906 and was buried on Lambrigg hill. The Commonwealth erected a national memorial to him at the gravesite, which was dedicated on 16 January 1939. A ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of his death was organized by the Canberra & District Historical Society in 1956.