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Gorton, John

Period of Service: 10/01/1968 - 10/03/1971
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Release Date:
04/04/1968
Release Type:
Media Release
Transcript ID:
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FOR PRESS: PM. NO 44/1968 PRTRAITS FOR KING'S HALL STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINITER, MR JOHN GORTON

FOR PRESS PM. No. 44/ 1968
PORTRAITS FOR KING'S HALL
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr John Gorton
The Prime Minister, as Chairman of the Historic Memorials
Committee, announced today that, on the advice of the Commonwealth
Art Advisory Board, the Committee had accepted two portraits which
will hang in King's Hall, Parliament House, Canberra. The portraits
are of the Governor-General, by Mr WN. A. Dargie, and of the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, by Mr WN. E. Pidgeon.
CANBERRA, 4 April 1968
BACKGROUND NO4TE:
The Historic Memorials Committee comprises
0 MSirr JM. Gli. s tGero rMtocnM, uPllriinm, e PMreisnidisetnetr o( fC thhaei rSmeanna) te
Mr WN. J. Aston, Speaker of the House of Representatives
Mr A. S. Hulme, Vice-President of the Executive Council
Mr E. G. Whit lam, Leader of the Oppos itioni
Senator Lionel Murphy, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
The Art Advisory Board comprises:
Sir Daryl Lindsay ( Chairman)
Mr Robert Campbell
Mr WN. A. Dargie
Mr Douglas Pratt
Mr Russell Drysdale

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