Summary

Black & white photograph of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra surrounded by members of the public at the Grollo Fountain on the eastern side of Centennial Hall, Royal Exhibition Buildings, following the official centenary celebrations on 1 October 1980.

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 black & white photographic print on a page of a photograph album. The image depicts Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra with Exhibition Trustees Chairman Mr Freeman Strickland OBE surrounded by members of the public at the edge of the Grollo Fountain, in front of the entrance to Centennial Hall, Royal Exhibition Buildings, on 1 October 1980. Royal Terrace, on the opposing corner of Nicholson Street and Gertrude Street, can be seen reflected in the glass facade of Centennial Hall. There is a printed caption below the photograph.

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