Comments on: One that got away http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2007/08/24/one-that-got-away/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:28:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jack Woodforde http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2007/08/24/one-that-got-away/#comment-1466 Jack Woodforde Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:05:32 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/lawrence/?p=175#comment-1466 A NICE SYMMETRY A nice place for the bust of Bruce might be alongside a bust of the former member for Bennelong, and both placed in the Australian National Portrait Gallery, formerly at Old Parliament house. But another Australian placement might be for the SMLE .303 rifle captured by the Turks at Gallipoli and eventually through Feisal given to Lawrence, thence to the IWM? A decent home might be the AWM, wouldn't you reckon? A NICE SYMMETRY

A nice place for the bust of Bruce might be alongside a bust of the former member for Bennelong, and both placed in the Australian National Portrait Gallery, formerly at Old Parliament house.

But another Australian placement might be for the SMLE .303 rifle captured by the Turks at Gallipoli and eventually through Feisal given to Lawrence, thence to the IWM? A decent home might be the AWM, wouldn’t you reckon?

]]> By: Mal Booth http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2007/08/24/one-that-got-away/#comment-1465 Mal Booth Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:03:44 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/lawrence/?p=175#comment-1465 Sorry, I missed this comment. We don't have a photo of the Kennet's dagger, but will shortly post some images of the dagger and other material that we are borrowing from All Souls College, Oxford. Mal Sorry, I missed this comment. We don’t have a photo of the Kennet’s dagger, but will shortly post some images of the dagger and other material that we are borrowing from All Souls College, Oxford.
Mal

]]> By: Adam http://blog.awm.gov.au/awm/2007/08/24/one-that-got-away/#comment-1464 Adam Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:14:31 +0000 http://blog.awm.gov.au/lawrence/?p=175#comment-1464 <p>Mal, where's the photos of the daggers?</p> Mal, where’s the photos of the daggers?

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