Item MM 134898 Photograph - 'Opening of the First Parliament of the Commonwealth', Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 09 May 1901

Summary

One of a set of 47 original photographs of the Australian Federation celebrations in Melbourne 1901 to mark the opening of the first Federal Parliament of Australia. The photographs trace the Royal Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York for the occasion, from their arrival in Melbourne on the Royal Yacht 'Ophir' at St Kilda Pier on 6 May 1901 to their departure for Brisbane at Port Melbourne Railway Station on 19 May 1901. The photographs include scenes of the Federation Arches throughout Melbourne, Illuminated City Buildings,'The Opening of Parliament', 'German, Russian, Dutch and American cruisers at Port Melbourne', 'Royal Review at Flemington Racecourse', 'Royal Yacht Ophir and British War Ships', 'The Russian Cruiser Cromoboi...' and 'State School Fetes at the Exhibition Building'.

Description of Content

Dignitaries at the opening of the First federal Parliament of Australia in the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1901. Included in the group are the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York; Edmund Barton, first Prime Minister of Australia and John Adrian Louis Hope, first Governor General of Australia.

Physical Description

black and white, silver gelatin, photograph mounted on grey card.