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Zoom Turning of first sod for construction of Parliament House by the Minister for Works and Railways, Percy Stewart, with a Keystone steam shovel driven by Joe Lea.

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Turning of first sod for construction of Parliament House by the Minister for Works and Railways, Percy Stewart, with a Keystone steam shovel driven by Joe Lea.

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1 January 1923

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National Archives of Australia added a rephotograph:

Can only presume the first sod is somewhere underneath

July 4 2011
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National Archives of Australia updated the location of this photograph.
July 29 2011 Reply
Robert Breen says:
March 31 2013

The date on Photo 2641 - Turning the first sod ... -should read "28 August 1923", I think.

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