Opening of the Princes Gate Plaza 1966

Photographer unknown

Registration number

1753809

Artist/maker

Photographer unknown

Title

Opening of the Princes Gate Plaza

Production date

1966

Medium

photographic paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

20.7 x 25.5 cm

Inscriptions

verso: (handwritten) PRINCES GATE PLAZA / Princes Gate Plaza opening 5th Sept 1966 / (handwritten) (left to right) / Janet Hamilton, Head Prefect University High School / Mw. E.H Brownhill, Chairman of the Victorian Railway Commission / Hon. G.O Reid, Minister for Fuel and Power / Hon. Lord Mayor Ian Beaurepaire, addressing the crowd / Hon. Leslie Bury, Minister for Labour and National Service / G.J. Dusseldown, Chairman, Princes Gate Plaza Committee / Warren Smith (Head Prefect, University High School (stamp) STUART PENBERTHY PTY LTD. / PHOTOGRAPHERS / PUBLIC RELATIONS - ADV. - AERIAL / 1st FLOOR / 213 KING ST., MELBOURNE

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Melbourne, Princes Gate Plaza, St Pauls Cathedral, Lord Mayor Ian Beaurepaire,1966

Summary

A black and white photograph of the opening of Princes Gate Plaza on 5 September 1966. The seven people centred in the photograph are (left to right): Janet Hamilton, Head Prefect University High School; E.H Brownhill, Chairman of the Victorian Railway Commission; Hon. G.O Reid, Minister for Fuel and Power; Hon. Lord Mayor Ian Beaurepaire (addressing the crowd); Hon. Leslie Bury, Minister for Labour and National Service; G.J. Dusseldown, Chairman, Princes Gate Plaza Committee; Warren Smith (Head Prefect, University High School. Janet Hamilton and Warren Smith, representing "Melbourne's Citizens of the Future" unveiled the plaque commemorating the opening of the plaza.