Commenwealth Avenue Bridge (1946)
This is a photograph of the Commenwealth Avenue Bridge after being re-built from 1925. This photo is a significant part of Canberra's history. It was taken in the early establishment of Canberra, before all the building/parking and extended roads were built off or/and next to it.
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"Lest we forget Armistice day 1919 - 45 on the eleventh hour, eleventh day of the eleventh month we shall remember in silence and the heartfelt gratiude the men who fell in the great war." Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, Governor - General, 8 November 1919.
In Australia and allied countries such as, New Zealand, Canada & United Kingdomit became known as Armistic Day, holding a 2minute silence.
After WW2 they renamed it Rememberance Day.
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