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  • PIC P583/498 LOC Album 827/498
  • Mildenhall, William James 1891-1962.
  • [Duke and Duchess of York on the steps of Parliament House with Dame Nellie Melba at left at microphone, 1927] [picture]
  • 1927. 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.6 x 11.9 cm.
  • Part of Mildenhall collection of photographs of Canberra [picture] 1901-1948.
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Mildenhall, William James 1891-1962. [Duke and Duchess of York on the steps of Parliament House with Dame Nellie Melba at left at microphone, 1927] [picture]
Creator
Mildenhall, William James 1891-1962.
Title
[Duke and Duchess of York on the steps of Parliament House with Dame Nellie Melba at left at microphone, 1927] [picture] / W.J. Mildenhall.
Date
1927.
Extent
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.6 x 11.9 cm.
Context
Part of Mildenhall, William James 1891-1962. Mildenhall collection of photographs of Canberra [picture]
Series
  • Mildenhall collection of photographs of Canberra.
Summary
'Opening of Parliament, May 1927. Duke & Duchess of York on the steps of Parliament House, 1927. Dame Nellie Melba at the top of the steps on the left, singing the first verse of the National Anthem before the opening of Federal Parliament. '--Accompanying documentation.
Notes
Title devised by cataloguer based on accompanying documentation.

Condition: good.

Part of the Mildenhall collection of photographs of Canberra.

Inscription: '1927'--In pencil on reverse.
Subject
  • George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952 -- Portraits.
  • Elizabeth, Queen, Consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900- -- Portraits.
  • Melba, Nellie, Dame, 1861-1931 -- Portraits.
  • Parliament House (Parkes, A.C.T.) -- Photographs.
  • Australia. Parliament -- History.
  • Federal government -- Australia -- History -- Photographs.
  • Royal visitors -- Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra -- Portraits.
Identifier
nla.pic-an22851662
Bib id
vn2560616
Call number(s)
  • PIC P583/498 LOC Album 827/498 *
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