Commemorative portraits of the first Commonwealth ministry

Commemorative portraits of the first Commonwealth ministry.

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Composite photograph of 9 vignette portraits of Edmund Barton, George Turner, Alfred Deakin, John Forrest, CC Kingston, William Lyne, JG Drake, Philip Fysh and RE O'Connor.

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