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Photograph - Commemorating the State Parliament Occupation of the Western Annexe, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 9 May 1981
Reg. No: MM 124526
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- Summary:
- Black & white photograph of a breakfast held in the Princeton Room, Royal Exhibition Building, on 9 May 1981 to commemorate the occupation of the Western Annexe by the Victorian State Parliament between 1901 and 1927.
This is one of 959 photographs (or images) of the Exhibition Building collated by the Exhibition Trustees as a 10 volume pictorial history of the Exhibition Building spanning the years 1880 to 1985. The pictorial history was instigated by the centenary of the Exhibition Building in 1980 and forms part of a larger Royal Exhibition Building collection of documents, photographs, objects and research files. - Description:
- A black & white silver gelatin print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
- Description Of Content:
- Victorian Premier, the Hon. Richard Hamer, accompanied by Exhibitions Trustees and their partners at a breakfast in the Princeton Room, Royal Exhibition Building, to commemorate the occupation of the Western Annexe of the Exhibition Building by the Victorian State Parliament between 1901 and 1927, held on 9 May 1981.
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 162 mm (Height), 242 mm (Width) |
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| Tagged with: | royal exhibition building, commemorations, parliament houses, royal exhibition building trustees, breakfasts |
| Themes this item is part of: | Images & Image Making Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection, Royal Exhibition Building Collection |
| Primary Classification: | ROYAL EXHIBITION BUILDING |
| Secondary Classification: | Building & Infrastructure |
| Tertiary Classification: | state parliament |
| Original Caption: | COMMEMORATION OF STATE PARLIAMENT'S OCCUPATION/ OF WESTERN ANNEXE MAY 9th, 1981 |
| Inscriptions: | COMMEMORATION OF STATE PARLIAMENT'S OCCUPATION/ OF WESTERN ANNEXE MAY 9th, 1981/ Breakfast in the Princeton Room. The Premier and Trustees./ L. to R.: P.B. Cooper, Mrs. Hanna Pan, Leon Ress, Mrs. Rees,/ F.R.G. Strickland, The Premier, Mrs. Cooper, Otto Pan, Mrs. Elden, A.J. Watson, Mrs. Watson, J.C. Elden. |
| Format: | Photograph: Black & White |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1981 |
| Person Depicted: | Mr John Elden - Exhibition Building Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1981 |
| Person Depicted: | Sir Rupert Hamer - Victoria: Premier's Office, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1981 |
| Person Depicted: | Mr Freeman "Free" Strickland - Exhibition Building Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1981 |
| Person Depicted: | Mr Peter Cooper - Exhibition Building Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1981 |
| Person Depicted: | Mrs Jocelyn Cooper, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1981 |
| Person Depicted: | Councillor Hanna Pan - Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1981 |
| Person Depicted: | Mr Otto Pan, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1981 |
| Person Depicted: | Councillor A Watson - Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1981 |
| Person Depicted: | Mrs A Watson, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1981 |
| Person Depicted: | Councillor Leon Ress - Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1981 |
| Person Depicted: | Mrs Leon Ress, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1981 |
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