#23495 - President's Address, Commencement Stone Ceremony
- Resource IDLocation
- 23495Newsletters ed.153, May 1974, pp.13-15
- Title/subtitle
- President's Address, Commencement Stone Ceremony
- Author/Creator
- Cumpston, John
- Format
- Newsletter article
- Identifier
- Capital Hill; Commencement Stone
- Publisher
- Canberra & District Historical Society
- Summary
- Dr John Cumpston's President's Address, Commencement Stone Ceremony at Capital Hill on 16 March 1974. He talks about the ceremony on 12 March 1913, the purpose of the commencement column, the story of how it was covered over and largely forgotten and some of the people involved in the beginnings of the national capital.
