Royal Visit To Open The First Commonwealth Parliament (1901)

Genre

documentary film

Country

Australia

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How it feels

A 1901 Australian documentary film shows the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York arriving in Melbourne for the opening of the first Commonwealth Parliament. It also includes footage of the Duke laying a war memorial foundation stone.

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What happens

Royal Visit to Open the First Commonwealth Parliament was a 1901 Australian documentary film made by the Limelight Department of the Salvation Army in Australia. The first Commonwealth Parliament was opened by the Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V) in Melbourne on 9 May 1901. The film included the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York at St Kilda pier on 6 May and external views around the opening of Federal Parliament on the 9th. Other activities were shot during their visit, such as the Duke laying the Boer War Memorial Foundation Stone in Ballarat. Minimal footage still survives today. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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