Prime Minister Gorton visits Honeysuckle

Prime Minister John Gorton visits Honeysuckle Creek

Around 8:20 to 9:15am Monday 21 July 1969

At around 8:20am, Australian Prime Minister John Gorton paid a visit to Honeysuckle Creek
to see the role the station was playing in this most historic mission.

He was was given a tour by Station Director Tom Reid.

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Photos of the PM’s visit

(Updated scans and new photos.)

Frames from the above video

VIP Visitors’ Book entry

Video: The Prime Minister’s Statement

Click here for a report on the Prime Minister’s visit to Honeysuckle (40kb mp3 file) – part of the 7pm ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission) News bulletin on 21 July 1969. (Supplied by Mike Dinn.)

Lloyd Bott (Deputy Secretary Department of Supply), Prime Minister John Gorton, Allan Cooley (Secretary Department of Supply), Station Director Tom Reid.

Photo: Australian News and Information Bureau.
Preserved by Hamish Lindsay.
2019 scan and image restoration: Colin Mackellar.

The Prime Minister speaks with the Press.

From left: Unidentified; ABC Chief of Staff Ray Atcheson; Prime Minister John Gorton; Channel 7 Canberra bureau journalist Peter Martin.

Photo: Australian News and Information Bureau.
Preserved by Hamish Lindsay.

Prime Minister Gorton returned for an unofficial visit a little later.
Read that story by Hamish Lindsay and Danny Twomey.

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