PM Transcripts

Transcripts from the Prime Ministers of Australia

Menzies, Robert

Period of Service: 19/12/1949 - 26/01/1966
Release Date:
22/10/1959
Release Type:
Media Release
Transcript ID:
123
Document:
00000123.pdf 1 Page(s)
Released by:
  • Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon
Grant to Adelaide Arts Festival Committee

P. M. No, 40/ 1959

GRANT TO ADELAIDE ARTS FESTIVAL COMMITTEE

The Prime Minister announced today that a Grant of 7,000. had been given by the Commonwealth towards the Festival of Arts which is to be held in Adelaid in 1960.

The Prime Minister said that in so doing the Commonwealth recognised the contribution the Festival would make in focussing attention on Australian cultural achievements.

Canberra, 22nd October, 1959.

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