Opening of the National Vision Research Institute (NVRI)
 Catalogue Number: 1216 Opening of the National Vision Research Institute (NVRI) Category: Photographs Sub-Category: Photograph People and events Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1975 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Melbourne Description Of Item: Colour photograph 8.9 x 12.6 cm of the celebration following the official opening of the National Vision Research Institute (NVRI) in May 1975. AOA President Arthur Ley proposes the toast to the NVRI. Historical Significance: The official opening, by the Premier of Victoria, the Rt Hon Rupert Hamer ED, was conducted in the Elizabeth Younger Ross Hall (now demolished) in the grounds of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital which was then located on the triangle of land bounded by Cardigan St, Keppel Street and Lytton Street (since demolished). Professor PO Bishop of the John Curtin School for Medical Research gave the oration. The guests then walked from the hall to the accompaniment of the St Andrews Pipe Band to tour the NVRI and join a party in the car park of the NVRI. How Acquired: Record of VCO Condition: Good although some fading Location: Archive office. South wall. Cube 5 Album 2 |