Official Photos
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This book commemorating the Opening of Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station was given to members of the official party. This copy was presented to Lloyd Bott, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Supply. Click on the image to download a 1.2MB PDF file – scanned and assembled by Mike Dinn. With thanks to Michael Bott. |
Scans of each photo below.
The larger version of each is around 1MB.
In the main, they are unretouched and unmodified.
Captions are those in the photo album.
(Much higher resolution versions available on request.)
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16. Aerial Panorama. |
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1. Hands across the sea. |
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2. Honeysuckle Creek’s 85-ft antenna overlooks the ceremony. |
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3. The Ministry for Supply, Senator the Honourable Denham Henty, welcomes guests. |
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4. A glimpse of the Australian bushland setting. |
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5. The Prime Minister of Australia, the Right Honourable Harold Holt, M.P., officially opens the station. |
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6. Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Deputy Administrator of NASA, responds. |
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7. Dr. Seamans presents the Prime Minister with a model of the Apollo spacecraft. |
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8. International goodwill. |
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9. The Prime Minister and Dr. Seamans begin their tour of the station, escorted by the Minister for Suppy and Station Director Bryan Lowe. |
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10. Mrs. Seamans, Mrs. Holt and Mrs. Henty. |
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11. Space-Age Art – The Prime Minister (with Mrs. Holt) inspects his portrait. |
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12. Words of explanation by the Station Director. |
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13. The Prime Minister and Dr. Seamans inspect the Gemini-10 spacecraft on display. |
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14. General view of the Manned Space Flight display. |
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15. On Honeysuckle Creek’s “Cherry-Picker” (from left), |
Scans by Colin Mackellar.