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Professor DNF Dunbar (Deputy Vice-Chancellor) accepting a carved teak Elephant from Mr C Vonsaphay (Laotian Charge D'affaires) on behalf of the ANU and the Forestry School

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An elephant carved from the stump of a teak tree was presented to the University by the Loatian Charge d'Affaires, Mr C. Vongsaphay, as a gift from the Royal Laos Forest and Water Department. The Department of Forestry has participated in the Laos-Australian Reafforestation Project, established by the Department of Foreign Affairs at the request of the Laotian government five years ago. The elephant was accepted on behalf of the Univeristy by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor D. N. F. Dunbar.

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AU ANUA 226 - Photographs of Buildings and Events at the Australian National University

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