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#16057 - National Library of Australia

Resource ID
Location
16057
Photograph 2354
Title/subtitle
National Library of Australia
Picture
National Library of Australia
Format
Photograph
Publisher
[n.d.]
Physical description
Black & white photograph; 16cm x 21cm
Summary
Front view of the old National Library of Australia building on Kings Avenue, Barton pre 1968. The Edmund Barton Building now stands on the site.
Availability
Not to be re-produced without the permission of the National Library of Australia
Notes
Work on the old National Library started in 1934 with the laying of foundation stones by the Governor General and English poet John Masefield. The (new) National Library building is now on the lakeshore in Parkes and was opened on 15 August 1968.