PHOTOGRAPH (DIGITAL): FLYER WEST PICTURE GARDENS BY MR A E BRUCE

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c. 1927

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Overview

Black and white photograph of a flyer for a lecture by Alex E. Bruce about Canberra's gardens to be held at at West's Picture Garden. Text Reads;
'Next Sunday Evening
At 8.45 p.m. (after Church)
West's Picture Gardens
(By courtesy P. N. Appleby, Esq.)
Mr. ALEX E. BRUCE
(Acting Superintendent Parks and Gardens, Canberra),
late Head Gardener, Subiaco
will give an ILLUSTRATED LANTERN LECTURE on
Canberra
The Federal Capital
The Garden City of the Commonwealth in the making
The Subiaco Municipal Band will render selections
prior to Lecture.
SILVER COIN COLLECTION
in aid of Subiaco Infant Welfare Centre'

Historical information

On Sunday 12 February 1928, Mr. A. E. Bruce, Superintendent of Parks and Gardens in Canberra, gave an illustrated lantern lecture at West's Picture Garden about Canberra, 'the Garden City of the Commonwealth in the making'. Mr. Bruce, who was formerly head gardener to the municipality of Subiaco, was spending his first leave in Subiaco after two years of service in the capital. He explained that 'wherever possible we plant Australian things', but not exclusively due to the climate.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-2024.118

Item type

Photographs

Keywords

BRUCE, Alexander Dickson Esson

Wests Theatre

Decade - 1920s

Garden And Landscaping

Canberra

Year