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MR. H. S. POWER, commissioned by the Federal Government to record in oils the ceremony of Opening. Parliament House, making preliminary sketches. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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PARLIAMENT HOUSE OPENED
Duke of York's Mission Fulfilled SCENES OF EPC PAGEANTRY AMID scenes of epic pageantry, His Royal Highness the Duke of York opened Parliament House on Monday. With a golden key the Duke unlocked the massive doors, and as they swung open the mission which brought him from 14,000 miles across the seas reached fulfilment. The opening of the doors was symbolical of the opening of a new era in Australian progress and prosperity. Before our youthful Commonwealth the way is now clear to the realisation of many ambitions and to the attai[?]ment of many ideals.
The great day has come and gone. Canberra, the infant cradled in hills and nurtured in the spirit and ideals of an ambitions nation, has been ...
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THE King, my dear Father, desiring to mark the importance of the opening of this, the first meeting of the Federal Parliament in the new capital city of the Commonwealth of Australia, and to show his keen interest in all that concerns the welfare and advancement of his loyal subjects in ...
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GOLDEN DAYS.
For Ducal Visit. PAGEANT ENDS IN RAIN Royal weather was the consensus of opinion when Monday's sun rad[?]ated golden glea[?]s of [?]lorious light on the colorful pageant of Parliament.
And so it proved. Domed by a fleckless cobalt blue sky, Canberra basked in floods of golden sunshine, but on the final act of the Royal ...
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CANBERRA IN BEING
HISTORIC SENATE CHAMBER CEREMONY DUKE OF YORK'S INSPIRING SPEECH A brilliant and distinguished gathering was present at the inauguration of Federal Parliament at Canberra when His Royal Highness delivered his speech in the Senate Chamber. The Chamber presented a colorful and impressive scene. The red, khaki and blue of full dress military and naval uniforms, masses of gold and silver braid and hundreds of decorations which flashed and glinted in the powerful light of the are lamps high overhead, the scarlet and ermine robes of Judges contrasting with the grey wigs and sombre robes of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the silver sheen of the Duchess' befurred cost, the vivid green of Lady Stonehaven's rpbes, all blended into a ' blaze of magnificent color.
THE President of the Chamber (Sir John Newlands) took his chair at 11.40, read the, prayers, and sent the Usher of the Black Rod, in all ...
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After the ceremony the Duke and Duchess led the distingushed gathering to the King's Hall where, in the midst of a picturesque scene, the Duke ...
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Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York, were met at the railway station by the Prime Prime Minister and Mrs. Bruce upon arrival at Canberra on Sunday morning. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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