Royal Visit To Open The First Commonwealth Parliament

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.[1]

Royal Visit To Open The First Commonwealth Parliament
Based onDocumentary
CinematographyJoseph Perry
Production
company
Release date
  • May 1901 (1901-05)
CountryAustralia
LanguageSilent

The film included the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York at St Kilda pier on May 6 and external views around the opening of Federal Parliament on May 9.[1] Other activities were shot during their visit, such as the Duke laying the Boer War Memorial Foundation Stone in Ballarat.[1]

Minimal footage still survives today.[1]

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