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Drouin Shire Secretary Thomas J. Ryan (behind desk) talking to Councillor Frederick Lilley

Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-

 

"U429/28. Local administrator is Shire Secretary Thomas J. Ryan (behind desk) talking to Councillor Frederick Lilley (whose son, a veteran of Crete, is now training in the Royal Australian Air Force in Canada). Shire Council (9 members) attends to town's roads, vermin and noxious weeds, development work, affore [?] station, streets, drainage, health. Council does not control police, education, which comes directly under state." --Printed on label.; Title devised by cataloguer from caption on label.; Condition: Good.; Inscriptions: "Photo by Fitzpatrick ; U429.28" --In ink and pencil on reverse. "Paul Guillumette, Inc. 475 Fifth Avenue, New York City" --Stamped on reverse.; Part of the collection: Drouin town and rural life during World War II.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24144981.

 

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Uploaded on September 23, 2011
Taken sometime in 1944