Pinecone – Doris Todd
Doris Todd1923
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In August 1923, in near gale-force winter winds, the first sod was turned at the site of the provisional Parliament House of the Australian Federal Government in Canberra. Percy G Stewart, Minister for Works and Railways, performed the ceremony in front of approximately 1900 people assembled on Camp Hill: The sacred soil was carried away, not only in bags by many good people who had much better dirt at home, but also on their clothes and their ears. J Gibney, Canberra 1913-1953, AGPS Press, Canberra, 1988
Some of this soil was fashioned into a pinecone by fourteen-year-old Doris Todd, who came to Canberra that year with her parents. Her father Robert Todd was a plumber’s assistant at the provisional (now Old) Parliament House. The pinecone souvenir is a homemade souvenir of a unique occasion, created by new residents in a new city. They give a personal perspective to a nationally significant event.
作品介绍
- 标题: Pinecone
- 创作者: Doris Todd
- 日期: 1923
- 实际尺寸: 7 x 4.5 x 2 cm
- 出处: Gift of Wendy Allen 2003
- 材质: ceramic, glazed
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