Summary
Black & white photograph of the Victorian Premier, the Hon. Lindsay Thompson, with members of the Exhibition Trustees at a lunch to commemorate the centenary of the Trust's administration of the Royal Exhibition Building held on 30 September 1981.
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
Photograph of members of the Exhibition Trustees standing with the Victorian Premier, the Hon. Lindsay Thompson, at a lunch to commemorate the centenary of the Exhibition Trustees' administration of the Royal Exhibition Buildings.
Physical Description
A black & white silver gelatin print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
Significance
Ten photographic albums maintained by the Exhibition Trustees' provide an invaluable visual record of the history, use, changes and restoration of the Exhibition Buildings prior to the building being recognised with a World Heritage Listing in 2004.
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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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Trustees of the Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Jan 2000
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Place & Date Depicted
Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 30 Sep 1981
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Person Depicted
Honourable Lindsay H. Thompson - Victorian Government, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 30 Sep 1981
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Person Depicted
Councillor Hanna Pan - Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 30 Sep 1981
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Person Depicted
Rodney D. Davidson OBE - Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 30 Sep 1981
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Person Depicted
Councillor Leon Ress - Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 30 Sep 1981
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
CENTENARY OF TRUST ADMINISTRATION - SEPTEMBER 30th, 1981/ Trustees with the Premier. L. to R.: R.D. Davidson, O.B.E., Mrs. Hanna Pan,/ The Premier, Mr. Leon Ress.
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Classification
Royal exhibition building, Building & infrastructure, General history
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
241 mm (Width), 183 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Commemorations, Luncheons, Parliament Houses, Photography, Royal Exhibition Building, Royal Exhibition Building Trustees, Royal Exhibition Building: History of Events, 1980-1989, Victorian State Premiers