Summary
Colour photograph of the Hon. Race Mathews MLA, Minister for the Arts, speaking at the dedication to the new floor held at the Great Hall of the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on 26 February 1985. The dedication was held towards the end of a ten-month restoration and maintenance program carried out across 1984-85, called 'Programme '84. Work commenced on 14 June 1984 and was largely completed in time for the International Motor Show that opened on 7 March 1985.
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
Minister for the Arts, the Hon. Race Mathews MLA speaking at the dedication to the new floor on the 26 February 1985 to commemorate the completition of the first stage of the Great Hall Restoration Plan, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton.
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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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, 26 Feb 1985
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Person Depicted
Mr Linton R. Lethlean - Exhibition Building Trustees, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 Feb 1985
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Person Depicted
Councillor Trevor M. Huggard - Exhibition Building Trustees, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 Feb 1985
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Person Depicted
Mrs Jan Huggard, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 Feb 1985
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Person Depicted
Honourable Race Mathews MLA, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 Feb 1985
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person depicted
Mr John C. Elden - Exhibition Building Trustees, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 Feb 1985
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Person Depicted
Mrs Betty Elden, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 Feb 1985
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Person Depicted
Mr Peter B. Cooper - Exhibition Building Trustees, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 Feb 1985
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Person Depicted
Mrs Jocelyn Cooper, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 Feb 1985
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Person Depicted
Rodney D. Davidson OBE - Exhibition Trustees, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 Feb 1985
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Person Depicted
Judge Howard Nathan, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 Feb 1985
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Person Depicted
Ms Helen Roche, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 Feb 1985
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Format
Photograph, Colour
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Inscriptions
DEDICATION NEW FLOOR FEBRUARY 26TH 1985/ Hon. Race MATHEWS addresses guests./ L. to R. Cr. T.M. HUGGARD, Mrs. HUGGARD, His Hon. Judge NATHAN,/ Ms. Muriel MATHEWS, Mrs. R.D. DAVIDSON, Mr. R.D. DAVIDSON, O.B.E.,/ Mrs. P.B. COOPER, Mr. P.B. COOPER, Mrs. J.C. ELDEN, Mr. J.C. ELDEN,/ Front Row: Ms. Helen ROCHE, Mr. L.R. LETHLEAN.
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Classification
Royal exhibition building, Building & infrastructure, Conservation & management
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
249 mm (Width), 198 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Floorings, Maintenance, Restoration, Royal Exhibition Building, Royal Exhibition Building Trustees
