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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial
• Sale Date:
  26 May 2019 ~ 12noon (AEST)
• Lot #:
  570
• Lot Description:
  50 Years of Federation, c1950 colour lithograph
  76.5 x 101cm. Linen-backed. Text includes “1901: First Federal Parliament opened. 1907: Arbitration Court fixes Basic Wage. 1914: The Sydney sinks the Emden. 1915: First blast furnace fired. 1917: Transcontinental railway opened. 1920-30: Farming becomes mechanised. 1928: Kingsford-Smith flies the Pacific. 1935: Hume Dam completed. 1942: Japanese Advance stemmed at Kokoda. 1948: Australia’s voice heard at U.N. 1949: Work begins on Snowy River Project. A Commonwealth Jubilee Poster. Produced by the Commonwealth Office of Education. Simmons Ltd, Glebe, Sydney.”
• Notes:
  The only example of this poster we have seen.
• Estimate:
  A$1,000 - 1,250
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Collectables

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