Historical information

Tree-planting ceremony on lawn of Kew Civic Hall (now Petrie Square), Cotham Road, Kew, December 1960, part of Centenary of Kew events. Mayor Cr W.H.S. Dickinson M.B.E., J.P., Mayor of Kew 1960-61. Kew Civic Hall, designed by Harold Bartlett, opened 23 April 1960. Centenary events in December included a Special Meeting of Council on 13th December 1960 to commemorate the Centenary, attended by Prime Minister R.G. Menzies, a tree planting ceremony and a youth ball. Original is sepia print.

Physical description

Colourised photograph, December 1960, Kew Civic Hall, Cotham Road, Kew. Mayor Cr W.H.S. Dickinson, black robes with fur trim and gold mayoral chain, planting a young conifer, assisted by man in white coat holding tree. Crowd watching on lawn. Low side wing of Kew Civic Hall behind with brick piers and clerestory windows, house at right.