Henry Parkes 
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NSW 2089
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Photos from the launch

Legislative Assembly Chamber, NSW Parliament House, 4 June 1999

 

Photos by Tony Leach, Spirit Films

Henry Parkes, played by actor Garry Ridgeway, speaks again in the Legislative Assembly Chamber.

 

The Governor of NSW, the Hon. Gordon Samuels, presents the Deed setting up the Foundation to the Chairman, Professor Brian Fletcher.

 

The Foundation's 1999 Board of Advisers (back, l to r) Brian Fletcher, Ian Thom, Alan Ventress, Peter Webber, Helen Irving; (front) Jane Gray and Ellen Elzey (Neal Blewett absent), with the Hon. Gordon Samuels and the Deputy Speaker, Mr John Price.

 

Parkes family members at the launch.

 

Ian Thom proposes the Toast to Sir Henry.