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Photograph, Bull, Hugh Jones, 1897-1993, [St Patrick's Day Parade, Bourke Street, Melbourne]
... Bookshop, 3UZ radio broadcasting HQ.
St Patrick's Day Parade began at St Patrick's Hall in Bourke Street (demolished 1957) and passed Parliament House where Archbishop Daniel Mannix, seated in an open car saluted the 10,000 Roman Catholic school children, 14 Irish bands and horse teams decorated with shamrocks. The procession ended in Exhibition Oval (now the northern end of Carlton Gardens) where sporting events, exhibitions of Irish dancing and a display of fancy drills, floral dances and Swedish exercises were held.
Source: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243311448 parades 1930-1939 catholic church Photographer notations on slide: "B19". Glass plate ...
Elevated view looking west from Parliament House of marching boys led by a band with watching crowd and dignitaries in an open car. Corner of Bourke and Spring Streets. Visible buildings are Imperial Hotel, Apollo Theatre (later Palace nightclub), Spencer's Old White Hart Hotel, The Salvation Army Building, Ellis Bird's Bookshop, 3UZ radio broadcasting HQ.
St Patrick's Day Parade began at St Patrick's Hall in Bourke Street (demolished 1957) and passed Parliament House where Archbishop Daniel Mannix, seated in an open car saluted the 10,000 Roman Catholic school children, 14 Irish bands and horse teams decorated with shamrocks. The procession ended in Exhibition Oval (now the northern end of Carlton Gardens) where sporting events, exhibitions of Irish dancing and a display of fancy drills, floral dances and Swedish exercises were held.
Source: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243311448Photographer notations on slide: "B19".parades, 1930-1939, catholic church