Summary
Colour photograph of a dinner held in recognition of twenty-five years of service as a trustee by Exhibition Trustees' Deputy Chairman, Ken L. Christian, on the 16 July 1982.
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
A dinner table with fourteen Exhibition Trustees seated around, laid out with table ware and candelabra, about to commence dinner in recognition of Ken Christian's twenty-five years as a trustee. A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is visible at the end of the room.
Physical Description
A colour photographic print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
Significance
The Exhibition Trustees' album containing this photograph provides an invaluable visual record of past maintenance and restoration work undertaken on the Royal 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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Place & Date Depicted
Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 Jul 1982
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Person Depicted
Mr John C. Elden - Exhibition Building Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 Jul 1982
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Person Depicted
Mr Ken L. Christian - Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, Central, Victoria, Australia, 16 Jul 1982
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Person Depicted
Mrs Betty Elden, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 Jul 1982
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Person Depicted
Councillor Leon Ress - Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 Jul 1982
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Person Depicted
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Person Depicted
Mr Freeman "Free" R. Strickland OBE - Exhibition Building Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 Jul 1982
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Person Depicted
Mrs Mary Strickland, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 Jul 1982
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Person Depicted
Rodney D. Davidson OBE - Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 Jul 1982
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Person Depicted
Councillor Hanna Pan - Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 Jul 1982
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Person Depicted
Lady John Anderson, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 Jul 1982
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Person Depicted
Sir John Anderson, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 Jul 1982
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Person Depicted
Edward W. Best - Exhibition Building Trustees, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 Jul 1982
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Person Depicted
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Format
Photograph, Colour
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Inscriptions
Printed below photograph: Dinner for Deputy Chairman, K.L. Christian, July 16th,/ 1982 (to celebrate twenty-five years as a Trustee)./ Right: Sir John Anderson, C.M.G.; Mrs Christian; F.G.R./ Strckland [sic], O.B.E., Chairman; Lady Anderson; K.L./ Christian; Mrs Strickland./ Left: Mrs Hanna Pan; Leon Ress; Mrs Elden; E.W. Best,/ C.M.G.; Mrs Rees; J.C. Elden; Mrs Best; R.D. Davidson,/ O.B.E.
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Classification
Royal exhibition building, Social functions, Dinners & dinner dances
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
250 mm (Width), 199 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Dinners, Exhibitions: Melbourne International, 1880-1881, Royal Exhibition Building, Royal Exhibition Building Trustees, Royal Exhibition Building: History of Events, 1980-1989, Social Functions