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#14575 - Office workers leaving front entrance of West Block

Resource ID
Location
14575
Photograph 872
Title/subtitle
Office workers leaving front entrance of West Block
Picture
Office workers leaving front entrance of West Block
Format
Photograph
Publisher
Commonwealth Department of Information, c1949
Physical description
Black & white photograph
Summary
Office workers leaving the front entrance of West Block, Queen Victoria Terrace, Canberra.
Availability
Not for loan. Copies available for purchase.
Notes
The Commonwealth Department of Information was set up in 1940 and replaced in 1950 by the Australian News and Information Bureau. Thousands of photographs were taken by both agencies for government purposes, including promoting Australia's image abroad.