Summary
Colour photograph of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra giving an address from the temporary dais errected at the eastern entrance to the Royal Exhibition Buildings part of the centenary address. She is accompanied on the dais by Cr AJ Watson, Exhibition Trustees Chairman Mr Freeman Strickland OBE, Trustees Director Mr. JC Elden, Mrs Strickland, Mrs. Watson and the Hon Norman Lacy, MP.
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.
Physical Description
A colour photographic print on a page of a photograph album. The image is more closely cropped than others in this series, and depicts Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra standing at a lectern on the temporary dais errected at the eastern entrance to the Royal Exhibition Buildings giving an address as part of the centenary address. Seated on the dais behind her and visible in this image are Exhibition Trustee Cr. AJ Watson, Exhibition Trustees Chairman, Mr Freeman Strickland OBE, Exhibition Trustees Director Mr JC Elden, Mrs Strickland, Mrs Watson, and the Hon. Norman Lacy, MP, Minister for the Arts in the Hamer Government between May 1979 and April 1982. Behind them a portion of the banner hung across the entrance way which reads 'The Melbourne International Centenary Exhibition', with the dates 1880 and 1980 in the upper corners, is visible. 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
Mrs Mary Strickland, 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
Councillor A J. Watson - Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 Oct 1980
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Person Depicted
Mrs A J. Watson, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 Oct 1980
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Person Depicted
Honourable Norman Lacy MP - Minister for the Arts, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 Oct 1980
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Person Depicted
Mr John C. Elden - Exhibition Building Trustees, 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/ Left: Address by Her Royal Highness, Princess Alexandra. Left to Right: Cr./ A.J. Watson, Mr. F.R.G. Strickland, Mr. J.C. Elden, Mrs. Strickland, Mrs./ Watson, Hon. Norman Lacy, M.P.
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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
133 mm (Width), 174 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