British High Commissioner, Vicki Treadell viewing the exhibition with Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tony Smith and President of the Senate, Scott Ryan. Background, Tania Zora, the curator of the exhibition. Photo: Penny Bradfield AUSPIC/DPS
THIS week marks the 80th anniversary of the worst bombing raid of the London Blitz, and the “Blitz Relics”, which were incorporated into the New Parliament House building, are all on display together outside the Parliament House theatre to mark the occasion.
“The Blitz” was a seven-hour attack that destroyed Britain’s House of Commons chamber, and damaged Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace and, as early as October 1942, then Australian Prime Minister John Curtin was presented by the British government with relics salvaged from damaged and destroyed London landmarks.