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On
the cover this month
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W. Lister Lister (1859–1943)
Canberra, 1912
oil on canvas painting; 70.0 x 67.5 cm
Pictures Collection
nla.pic-an2293147
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Old Parliament House, as
we now know it, was opened by the Duke of York on 9 May
1927. A large crowd gathered on the dusty Limestone Plains
to witness the grand
opening of what was to be the key building of the federal
capital. Among the guests
present were the widows of three former prime ministers—Lady
Barton, Mrs Deakin
and Dame Reid. Their papers, held in the National Library’s
Manuscript Collection,
provide a detailed account of the events
of that day. |
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