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Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

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dc.contributor.authorAustralian News and Information Bureauen_AU
dc.coverage.spatialCanberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australiaen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2004-02-25T22:42:15Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-06T04:03:25Z
dc.date.available2004-02-25T22:42:15Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-01-06T04:03:25Z
dc.date.created1945-1950
dc.description.abstractView of the front façade of Old Parliament House seen from a rose bed on the other side of King George Terrace. The setting includes flowering trees and large conifers. Three cars are parked in front of the building and two flags fly from flagpoles. One is the Australian flag and the other is white with dark shapes at the corners.The temporary Parliament House was designed by John Murdoch and officially opened by the Duke and Duchess of York on 9 May 1927.This photograph is from an album that was held at the London office of the Australian National University over the period 1949 to 1952. The album was used to inform prospective staff about Canberra. These images are part of the series produced by the Department of Information and kept at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. National Archives holdings in this series have gaps and some images may be held only at the ANU Archives.en_AU
dc.format.extent17155016 bytesen_AU
dc.format.mediumphotographen_AU
dc.format.mediumb&wen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiffen_US
dc.identifierANUA 13-B1-04en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/304en_US
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofAustralian National University promotional albumen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPhotograph album comprising 41 images of Canberra from the period January 1945 to March 1950, ANUA 13
dc.rightsThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.en_US
dc.subject.otherparliamentary buildingsen_AU
dc.subject.otherArt Deco architectureen_AU
dc.subject.otherMurdoch, John Smith(1862-1945)en_AU
dc.titleOld Parliament House, Canberra, Australian Capital Territoryen_US
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesNational Archives of Australia Number: L4408. Not listed on NAA RecordSearch databaseen_US
local.description.notesStamped in purple on verso: AUSTRALIAN/OFFICIAL/PHOTOGRAPH/ DEPT. OF INFORMATIONen_US
local.description.notesTyped on caption below image: Parliament House - Canberra.en_US

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