[Portrait of Sir Robert Wallace Best, 2] [picture] / Swiss Studios
- Bib ID:
- 1441104
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [191-?]
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 18.5 x 12.5 cm. on mount 30.9 x 23.4 cm.
- Biography/History:
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Solicitor and policitian who was an elected representative in local, state and federal politics. Alderman on Fitzroy City Council from 1883-97 then Mayor from 1888-89. Entered Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1889 where he held a number of senior posts. An ardent advocate of federation he was elected as a Protectionist to the Senate in 1901. He was Minister for Trade and Customs from 1909-1910. He entered the House of Representatives as a Liberal in 1910 for the seat of Kooyong, and then as a Nationalist from 1917 until defeated in 1922.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer from inscription on reverse.
- Condition: Fair, some pencil marks on the image and stains on the mount.
- Inscriptions: "The Swiss Studios, Melbourne" --Embossed on lower left corner. "Sir R W Best" --In pencil on reverse.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136627440
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- Swiss Studios (Melbourne, Vic.)
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