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WITH THE ROYAL TOUR

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1902

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Green hard cover with black floral design with sailing ship above, and lettering on front cover. Gold lettering on spine. End papers in green with swan design. A Narrative of the Tour of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, through Greater Britain, including His Royal Highness's Speech Delivered at the Guildhall, on December 5, 1901. Longmans' Colonial Library. This edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British Colonies. 16 black & white plates, and a map. 410 pages. Plate facing page 116 'Melbourne, Opening of the First Australian Parliament. Albany visit 95-98 described, population a little over three thousand. Written in ink at bottom of Page 95 reads - '1935 population of Albany Municipality is 3,500, 1,170 ratepayers in the district'.

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cwa-org-51-B2008.32

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KNIGHT, E.F.

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Description of Royal Tour of the British Colonies 1901, and the Opening of the Federal Parliament of Australia, Federation of the States.

Albany Historical Society Inc

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