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Sound clip: Govenor-General at the Centennial Exhibition
The Governor-General Lord Galway's speech
Hear the speech by Governor-General Lord Galway: Introduction
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Transcript
{Applause}
'Mr Sullivan, Mr Mayor, ladies and gentlemen. It is indeed a very great privilege for me to have been invited to come here today with the purpose of opening this Centennial Exhibition. That the importance of the occasion is amply realised is demonstrated by this vast assembly which I see before me. Naturally, at a time like this, our thoughts go back to the commencement of the era covered by the Exhibition.'
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