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CANBERRA, ACT. MR. NELSON T. JOHNSON, UNITED STATES MINISTER TO AUSTRALIA, SOON AFTER HIS ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA HANDED HIS LETTERS OF CREDENCE TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA, LORD GOWRIE, AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. OFFICIAL GROUP PHOTOGRAPHED AFTER THE CEREMONY. LEFT TO RIGHT: MR. MILES COX; MR. E.E. PALMER, NEWLY APPOINTED CONSUL-GENERAL FOR THE UNITED STATES IN AUSTRALIA; CAPTAIN E.L. COOK; MR. J.R. MINTER, FIRST SECRETARY TO THE UNITED STATES LEGATION, CANBERRA; COL. VAN S. MERLE-SMITH, NEWLY APPOINTED UNITED STATES MILITARY ATTACHE; MR. R.A. KIDDER, VICE-CONSUL FOR THE UNITED STATES IN SYDNEY; LIEUT. R.H. ODELL, ASSISTANT MILITARY ATTACHE; LIEUT-COL. W.R. HODGSON OBE, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, CANBERRA; CAPTAIN L.S. BRACEGIRDLE CMG DSO, MILITARY AND OFFICIAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA. FRONT: SIR FREDERICK STEWART, AUSTRALIAN MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS; MR. NELSON T. JOHNSON, UNITED STATES MINISTER TO AUSTRALIA; LORD GOWRIE; THE AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER, THE HON. ARTHUR W. FADDEN.
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Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
11 September 1941
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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