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Negative - Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 1938 Image Reg. No: MM 003947

Negative - Copy
Description Of Content:
A guard of honour at the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital awaiting the arrival of Lord Wakehurst. The guard of honour consists of nursing sisters and trainees. The occasion was the centenary of Wagga Wagga.
Acquisition Information:
Copied from Mrs George Hamilton, 1987
Acknowledgement:
The Biggest Family Album of Australia, Museum Victoria
Discipline: Technology

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Tagged with: celebrations, flags, hospitals, nurses, public gardens
Themes this item is part of: Images & Image Making Collection, The Biggest Family Album in Australia Collection
Primary Classification: MEDICINE & HEALTH
Secondary Classification: Clinical Medicine - Hospitals & Wards
Tertiary Classification: official visits
People Depicted: Adams, Sister; McLennan, Sister; Waterford.Sister; Harris, Sister
Organisations Depicted: Wagga Wagga Base Hospital; Wakehurst, Lord
Format: Negative: Black & White; 35 mm
Place & Date Depicted: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 1938

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