Summary
Black & white photograph of HRH Princess Alexandra shaking hands with the Victorian Premier, Rupert "Dick" Hamer, upon arrival out the front of Centennial Hall at the Royal Exhibition Buildings, taken on the occasion of the centenary of the Buildings on 1 October 1980. Also present are the Exhibition Trustees Chairman, Mr Freeman Strickland, OBE, Her Royal Highness' husband, the Hon. Angus Ogilvy, and the wife of the Premier, Mrs April Hamer.
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 of Content
Image depicts HRH Princess Alexandra shaking hands with the Victorian Premier, Rupert "Dick" Hamer, upon arrival out the front of Centennial Hall at the Royal Exhibition Buildings, taken on the occasion of the centenary of the Buildings on 1 October 1980. In the background, immediately behind Her Royal Highness, are (from left) the Exhibition Trustees Chairman, Mr Freeman Strickland, OBE, Her Royal Highness' husband, the Hon. Angus Ogilvy, and on the extreme right of the image, standing next to her husband, Mrs. April Hamer, the wife of the Premier. Behind them in the background is a stand of bleaches full of school children.
Physical Description
A black & white photographic print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Images & Image Making, Royal Exhibition Building
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Place & Date Depicted
Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 Oct 1980
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Person Depicted
HRH Princess Alexandra, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 Oct 1980
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Person Depicted
Mr Freeman "Free" R. Strickland OBE - Exhibition Building Trustees, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 Oct 1980
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Person Depicted
Sir Rupert J. Hamer AC,KCMG, ED - Victoria: Premier's Office, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 Oct 1980
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Person Depicted
Mrs Rupert J. Hamer, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 Oct 1980
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Person Depicted
Honourable Angus J. Ogilvy, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 Oct 1980
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
CENTENARY DAY OCTOBER 1st, 1980/ Her Royal Highness meets the Premier, The Honourable R.J. Hamer;/ L. to R. Princess Alexandra, Mr. Strickland, Hon. Angus Ogilvy, Mr./ Hamer, Mrs. Hamer.
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Classification
Royal exhibition building, Commemorative ceremonies, Exhibition building centenary 1980
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
240 mm (Width), 188 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Centenaries, Exhibitions: Melbourne International, 1880-1881, Opening Ceremonies, Royal Exhibition Building, Royal Exhibition Building Trustees, Royal Exhibition Building: Centenary of Opening, Royal Exhibition Building: Centennial Hall, Victorian State Premiers