Print - 'Laying the Foundation Stone', The Illustrated Australian News, Melbourne, 1879, Wood cut engraving of the laying of the (Royal) Exhibition Building's foundation stone on 19 February 1879, published in The Illustrated Australian News, 1879. The full page illustration shows a large crowd gathered to watch as a pulley system lowers the foundation stone into place. By the stone, are the Governor (Sir George Bowen) and the President of the Exhibition Commissioners
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