In The
University of New England Mace I presented a photograph I took in April 1957
of the beautiful silver mace which was donated that year to the newly
autonomous University of New England by its then Deputy Chancellor, Phillip
Arundel "P.A." Wright, a New England grazier and a great benefactor
of the university.
The occasion was the first graduation ceremony after its
donation, and the photo in the post linked above is a photo of the mace on
display at afternoon tea on the Southern Lawn of Booloominbah.
During the graduation ceremony itself the mace was formally
presented to the Chancellor, Sir Earle Page, by the University’s Master of
Processions, Paul Barratt Snr, later to be appointed to the honorary position
of Esquire Bedell.
I believe this photo to be an official one. It is a scan of
a slide which I found in my father’s collection; I have another which I took with
his camera from further back in the audience.
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