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Mount Gambier City Status Celebrations [BRG 347/6835] • Photograph

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Summary

Photograph of the celebrations in front of the Town Hall to mark Mount Gambier gaining city status on 17th January 1955. The official party is on the dais, there are Australian flags draped in the windows and doorways and the Scottish Regiment of the Royal Australian Army is parading in front of the Town Hall. An Act of Parliament in 1953 changed the population qualification for a country city from 20,000 to 10,000.

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Physical description

Negative (acetate); 11.6 cm x 16 cm

Dates / Publication details

1955

Photographer

Arthur Studio (Mount Gambier, S.A

Collection

Part of Arthur Collection

Subject

City halls -- South Australia -- Mount Gambier
Municipal buildings -- South Australia -- Mount Gambier
Local government -- South Australia -- Mount Gambier

Catalogue record

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General notes

Part of a collection of photographs taken by Eric Arthur, a Mount Gambier photographer.

Digitisation information

Date

16/07/2007

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,430 x 2,627 pixels (9.0 MP)

Size

27.07 MB

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