[Richard Casey drinking cocktails with four unidentified men, 1957] [picture] / Australian News and Information Bureau

Bib ID:
3646050
Format:
Picture
Online Version:
National Library of Australia digitised item
Description:
  • 1957
  • 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 21.2 cm.
Biography/History:

Minister of a number of federal departments from 1933 to 1940. During the Second World War held a number of senior wartime posts before becoming Governor of Bengal from 1944 to 1946. Re-elected to the House of Representatives in 1949 and was Minister of various government departments until 1960 when he received a life peerage as Baron Casey of Berwick. He became Governor-General of Australia from 1965 to 1969.

Notes:
  • Title devised by cataloguer based on compactus card.
  • Condition: Marks, stains, creases, writing and paper glued to back of photograph.
  • Inscription: "Seato 6/97. No. 3. 01271."--on reverse.
  • Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137156018
Subject:
Casey, Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron, 1890-1976 -- Portraits
Other authors/contributors:
Australian News and Information Bureau
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