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This short film is actuality footage of Lord Lamington, Governor of Queensland, arriving by horse-drawn carriage to open Queensland Parliament on 18 May 1899. The carriage is escorted by members of Queensland’s Permanent Artillery on horseback. A guard of honour awaits, and then salutes, the governor’s arrival. After he exits, the carriage departs.
Curator’s notes
Lord Lamington was born Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie (1860–1940). He served as Queensland’s Governor from 1896 to 1901. 'Lamingtons’, a variety of sponge cake coated in chocolate and coconut, were named after him although sources differ as to how they got their name.
Construction on Queensland’s Parliament House building began in 1864. It was first occupied in 1868 and completed in 1889.
