Summary
Black and white photograph taken during a Roman Catholic service held in the Great Hall of the Exhibition Building to celebrate the centenary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Melbourne in 1948.
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
View of the seating on stage next to the temporary altar, showing various members of the Roman Catholic clergy, during a Roman Catholic service held in the Great Hall of the Exhibition Building in 1948.
Physical Description
A black & white silver gelatin 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, 7 May 1948
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Printed below photograph: Centenary Roman Catholic Diocese of Melbourne, Great Hall, Friday May 7th/ 1948.
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
252 mm (Width), 202 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Exhibitions: Melbourne International, 1880-1881, Interior Views, Religions, Religions: Roman Catholic, Royal Exhibition Building, Royal Exhibition Building Trustees, Royal Exhibition Building: History of Events, 1960-1969