1 January, 1926. Men in the midst of planting trees, with Parliament House in the background.

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December, 1926. The arrival of National Library books at Parliament House on a truck. The people include Harold L. White and K. Binns.

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1 January, 1927, the Duke and Duchess of York (the Queen Mother) arriving at Parliament House.

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William James Mildenhall with his Armstrong Siddeley motor car, registration number 27, during the’ Royal Visit’ in May 1927.

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1 January, 1927. Parliament House and East Block from Russell Hill. Canberra was established largely in sheep paddocks in 1913.

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Royal Visit May 1927 – Mounted police riding past naval and army formations outside Parliament House during rehearsal.

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January 1921–December 1935. Braddon area from the Civic Centre building.

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1 January, 1927. King Billy, the last native Tasmanian Aboriginal, on the steps of Parliament House.

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1 January, 1927. Duke of York opening the front door of Parliament House, Prime Minister Rt Hon Stanley Bruce on the left, Governor-General on right.

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Policeman at East Block (now the National Archives of Australia) wearing a helmet, October 1927.

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January 1921–December 1935. Landing of Captain W.N. Lancaster and Mrs Keith Miller aircraft Red Rose at the Review Ground opposite Hotel Kurrajong.

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January 1921–December 1935. A motor ambulance driver poses next to the van, based in East Lake behind Kingston Power House. The driver wears uniform of early bus drivers.

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January 1921–December 1935. Rt Honourable W M Hughes – also known as Billy Hughes – Australia’s 7th prime minister from 1915-23. To the left of him is the Hon Percy G Stewart, minister for works and railways.

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1 January 1923. Turning of first sod for construction of Parliament House by the minister for works and railways, Percy Stewart, with a Keystone steam shovel driven by Joe Lea.

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Parliament House rear stairway under construction, 1926.

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January 1921–December 1935. Opening of the 16th Parliament, with the Govenor-General leading the address in the Senate.

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January 1921–December 1935. Prime Minister James Henry Scullin (Australia’s 9th prime minister, from 1929-32) and official guests at the opening CSIR Building, Division of Entomology, Clunies Ross Street, Black Mountain.

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January 1921–December 1935. Mount Stromlo Observatory, 30-inch Reynolds Telescope, under construction.

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January 1921–December 1935. Murrumbidgee River Bridge after 1925 flood. Western approaches were washed away, near the Cotter Pump House.

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15 June 1928. Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith in his flying helmet, with a crowd.

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1926. School children and school bus.

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1926. Parliament House landscape development with horse teams.

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1929. Roadworks in progress with manual labour.

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1932. Swimmers at Manuka Swimming Pool, Manuka Circle, Kingston.

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1934. Capitol Theatre and Manuka shops from Manuka Oval.

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1927. Roy Rowe with wife and son at home in Eastlake (Kingston).

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