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THE OFFICIAL PARTY GOING ABOARD THE COMMODORE'S BARGE, AT THE BOOM JETTY. THEY ARE THEN TAKEN OUT TO HMAS "KOOKABURRA" (FLYING HIS EXCELLENCY'S FLAG), PAST WHICH ALL NAVAL VESSELS WILL STEAM IN "LINE AHEAD". SHOWN ARE:- THE HONOURABLE MR C. L. A. ABBOTT, THE CIVIL ADMINISTRATOR; COMMODORE A. R. HALFHIDE CBE, ROYAL NAVY; HIS EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD GOWRIE VC PC GCMG CB DSO AND BAR.
HIS EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD GOWRIE VC PC GCMG CB DSO, SALUTES THE GUARD OF HONOUR AS HE LEAVES THE HMAS KOOKABURRA. ALSO SHOWN ARE:- COMMODORE A. R. HALFHIDE CBE, R
HIS EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD GOWRIE VC PC GCMG CB DSO AND BAR, TAKES THE ROYAL SALUTE FROM THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY GUARD OF HONOUR. SHOWN IN THE FOREGROUND, LEFT T
HMAS KARANGI, ONE OF THE BOOM WORKING VESSELS, SALUTING HIS EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD GOWRIE VC PC GCMG CB DSO AND BAR.
SENIOR NAVAL OFFICERS OF THE DARWIN AREA BEING PRESENTED TO HIS EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD GOWRIE VC PC GCMG CB DSO AND BAR. LEFT TO RIGHT:- THE ADMINISTRATOR, THE HON
NAVAL VESSELS STEAMING PAST HIS EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD GOWRIE VC PC GCMG CB DSO AND BAR. SHIPS IN ORDER FROM AHEAD TO ASTERN ARE:- HMAS KARANGI; HMAS KANGAROO; HMA
HMAS TOLGA (TL) COMING ABREAST OF HIS EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD GOWRIE VC PC GCMG CB DSO AND BAR, ABOARD HMAS KOOKABURRA.
