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#23977 - The Queen Mother and Robert Menzies

Resource ID
Location
23977
Photograph 10164, Bill Hunt Collection, Bay 3, Digan compactus
Title/subtitle
The Queen Mother and Robert Menzies
Author/Creator
Pedersen, William
Picture
The Queen Mother and Robert Menzies
Format
Photograph
Identifier
Bill Hunt Collection
Publisher
Australian News and Information Bureau
Physical description
Black & white photograph; 22 x 16.5cm
Summary
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother with the Prime Minister, Robert G. Menzies, at the State Ball in King's Hall, Federal Parliament House, on February 26.
Notes
During the evening, Her Majesty faced a battery of Press, newsreel and TV cameras. The ball telecast direct to Sydney more than 180 miles away, the longest telecast yet attempted in Australia.