Royal Visit To Open The First Commonwealth Parliament was a 1901 Australian documentary film made by the Limelight Department of the Salvation Army in Australia.

The first Commonwealth Parliament was opened by the Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V) in Melbourne on 9 May, 1901.

Royal Visit To Open The First Commonwealth Parliament

The film included the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York at St Kilda pier on May 6 and external views around the opening of Federal Parliament on May 9. Other activities were shot during their visit, such as the Duke laying the Boer War Memorial Foundation Stone in Ballarat.

Royal Visit To Open The First Commonwealth Parliament

Minimal footage still survives today.

Royal Visit To Open The First Commonwealth Parliament

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1900s Australian films

Australian documentary films

1901 films

1900s documentary films

Black-and-white documentary films

1901 in Australia

Australian silent short films

Limelight Department films