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Mr W.A.Brennan.
Member of Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, Melbourne, continuously from first meeting of Commonwealth Parliament, May 9th, 1901, until 1927. Served a term as President of the Gallery.

Arthur Norman Smith (1862 – 1935)
General President AJA 1910
Attended all sittings of the Commonwealth Parliament in Melbourne from 1901-1927.
Author of “Thirty Years The Commonwealth of Australia 1901-31”

The Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, Canberra, 1927.

Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, May 1931.
Back row: M Byrne (Australian United Press), S Speight (Sydney Morning Herald), E C O’Loughlin (Government Publicity Officer), O Olsen (Sydney Sun), U R Ellis (CP Publicity Officer), J Hewitt (Australian United Press), Warren Denning (Argus), W F Whyte (Canberra Times), F Percival (Sydney Morning Herald), L R McLennan (Argus).
Middle row: C F M Burr (Australian United Press), Alan Fraser (Sydney Sun), F Tremearne (Canberra Times), Miss L Denholm (Sydney Morning Herald), H S Innes (Sydney Morning Herald, Press Gallery President), Neville Smith (Melbourne Herald), J M Stanley (Sydney Daily Telegraph), S K Mitchell (Age).
Front row: M G T Woods (Sydney Sun), R Hughes Jones (Australian United Press), L F Fitzgerald (Sydney News Pictorial), H W Eather (Melbourne Herald), J R W Taylor (Sydney Morning Herald. Absent: E H Brenton (Melbourne Herald).

Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, April 1933.
Back row: S K Mitchel (Age), F B Tremearne (Australian United Press), R I Douglas (Sydney Morning Herald), D K Rodgers (Labor Daily)
Third row: R B Leonard (Truth), E J Hewitt (Australian United Press), E F Brenton (Melbourne Herald), R Lockwood (Melbourne Herald).
Second row: W Farmer Whyte (Federal News Service), C F M Burr (Australian United Press), S Speight (Sydney Morning Herald), O Olsen (Sun), L R McLennan (Argus), C Turnbull (Melbourne Herald).
Front row: A D Fraser (Sun), W E Denning (Argus), E W Waterman (Australian United Press), A J Weatherston (Canberra Times), H S Innes (Sydney Morning Herald, Gallery President), J A Alexander (Melbourne Herald), F Folkard (Sun), J F Boyce (Canberra Times), J M Stanley (Daily Telegraph), L E Fitzgerald (Sun Pictorial). Photo: A Collingridge.

Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, December 1934.
Back row: S K Mitchell (Age), E M Cox (Argus), G Wade (Canberra Times), D Speight (Sydney Morning Herald), R I Douglas (Official Publicity Officer), J Hewitt (Australian United Press), R B Leonard (Star), V Wright (Sun), L Basser (Telegraph).
Middle row: H A Standish (Sydney Morning Herald), F Folkard (Sydney Sun), M M Threlfall (Sydney Morning Herald), L R McLennan (Argus), D K Rodgers (Labor Daily).
Front row: F Tremearne (Australian United Press), D Gardiner (Melbourne Sun), O G Olsen (Sydney Sun), M Stanley (Telegraph), H S Innes (Sydney Morning Herald), J A Alexander (Melbourne Herald), J Anderson (Melbourne Herald), L McDonnell (Australian United Press), M Byrne (Star).

Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, December 1935.
Inset: S K Mitchell (Age) L Basser (Telegraph), A Moorehead (Melbourne Herald), A D Fraser (Sydney Sun).
Back row: F B Tremearne (Australian United Press), W A Thomson (Argus), L R McLennan (Argus), E D Gardner (Melbourne Sun).
Second row: G Burch (Australian United Press), R Nall (Sydney Morning Herald), M W Byrne (Star), G H Wade (Canberra Times), K Ingram (Canberra Times).
Third row: T Carrington (Truth), R B Leonard (Star), L McDonnell (Australian United Press), O G Olsen (Sydney Sun), G Dempsey (Sydney Sun).
Front row: B J Anderson (Melbourne Herald), D K Rodgers (Labor Daily), E J Hewitt (Australian United Press), F J Murray (Telegraph), W F Whyte (Federal News Services, Gallery President), H S Inness (Sydney Morning Herald), L E Fitzgerald (Melbourne Sun), J A Alexander (Melbourne Herald), E C O’Loughlin (Sydney Morning Herald). Photo: A Collingridge.

Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, December 1936.
Absent: J A Alexander (Melbourne Herald), S K Mitchell (Age), R B Leonard (Melbourne Sun Pictorial), F B Tremearne (Australian United Press).
Back row: K Murphy (Melbourne Herald), E H Cox (Argus), R I Douglas (Press Liason Officer), A Clementson (West Australian), L R McLennan (Argus).
Middle row: E H Brenton (Melbourne Herald), G Chinner (Adelaide Advertiser), D K Rodgers (Labor Daily), M Byrne (Sydney Sun), E J Hewitt (Australian United Press), G Imai (Asahi, Tokio), J M Stanley (Sydney Telegraph), L Palmer (Canberra Times).
Front row: R R Nall (Sydney Morning Herald), E S Bell-Smith (Australian United Press), N Murray (Sydney Sun), W F Whyte (Federal News Service), O G Olsen (Sydney Sun, Gallery President), B J Anderson (Melbourne Herald), L F McDonnell (Australian United Press), H S Innes (Sydney Morning Herald), R Maley (Sydney Morning Herald). Photo: A Collingridge.

Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, December 1937.
Absent: J A Alexander (Melbourne Herald), H Marshall (Melbourne Herald), E H Cox (Argus), J M Stanley (Sydney Telegraph), L F McDonnell (Brisbane Telegraph), F B Tremearne (Australian United Press), L Thomas (Australian United Press).
Back row: L R McLennan (Argus), J E Mitchell (Sydney Morning Herald), K Murphy (Melbourne Herald), S Speight (Sydney Morning Herald).
Middle row: E McLoughlin (Sydney Morning Herald), W F Whyte (Federal News Service), A Richards (Sydney Sun), H Austin (Age), L Palmer (Canberra Times), H Taperell (Australian United Press), R B Leonard (Sun Pictorial).
Front row: D Wilkie (Melbourne Herald), O G Olsen (Sydney Sun, Gallery President), W E Denning (Australian United Press), B J Anderson (Melbourne Herald), M Byrne (Sydney Sun), D K Rodgers (Labor Daily) Photo: A Collingridge.

Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, December 1938.
Absent: B J Anderson (Melbourne Herald), L F McDonnell (Brisbane Telegraph), G Chinner (Adelaide Advertiser), E H Cox (Argus).
Back row: E H Brenton (Sydney Telegraph), M MacCullum (Sydney Morning Herald), J E Mitchell (Sydney Morning Herald), F B Tremearne (Australian United Press), K S Schapel (Melbourne Herald).
Third row: E D Gardner (Melbourne Sun), W E Denning (Australian United Press), J Fisher (Daily News), H Taperell (Australian United Press), A Fisher (Adelaide Advertiser).
Second row: W Farmer Whyte (Federal News Service), O G Olsen (Sydney Sun), J A Alexander (Melbourne Herald), H Austin (Age), L Thomas (Australian United Press), C C Dawson (Government Publicity Officer).
Front row: E McLoughlin (Sydney Morning Herald), L Palmer (Canberra Times), M Byrne (Sydney Sun), R B Leonard (Melbourne Sun, Gallery President), N Murray (Sydney Sun), B Porter (Argus), D Wilkie (Melbourne Herald), R Lockwood (Melbourne Herald). Photo: A Collingridge.

Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, 1945.
Back row: L Leck (Sydney Morning Herald), W T Knox (Sydney Telegraph), A W Spurr (Argus), H Tilley (Australian Associated Press), F Fitzgerald (Argus).
Third row: J Corbett (Argus), J Hill (Melbourne Sun), N Prisk (Adelaide News), F Primrose (Sydney Morning Herald), W Morgan (Australian Broadcasting Commission), G Holland (Age) W Jenkings (Mirror), K Power (Mirror), J Commins (Australian Broadcasting Commission), C Halliday (Sydney Morning Herald), J Fingleton (Radio Australia), J Ashton (Sydney Sun), G Slater (Australian United Press), B Netterfield (Sydney Telegraph).
Second row: D Pilcher (Age), W Mountjoy (Sydney Tribune), G Bentley (Sydney Sun), A Campbell (Australian United Press) L Teese (Australian United Press), K Moses (Sydney Telegraph, K Mattingley (Melbourne Herald), S W Stephens (Adelaide Advertiser), H Sholl (Sydney Morning Herald).
Front row: Miss S Lambert (Australian Broadcasting Commission), J Allsopp (Australian United Press), Miss L Craig (Sydney Telegraph), W Bissell (Sydney Sun), N V Kearsley (Brisbane Telegraph, Gallery President), Miss N Musgrave (Mirror), A D Reid (Sydney Sun), Miss K Coyne (Australian United Press). Photo: Dwyer.

Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, 1948.
Back row: G Harriott (Sydney Morning Herald), L McDonnell (Brisbane Telegraph), W Brooks (Sydney Sun), L Leck (Sydney Morning Herald), L Glassop (Sydney Morning Herald).
Third row: K Murchison (Sydney Sun), A W Spurr (Australian Broadcasting Commission), E Shaw (Australian Broadcasting Commission), K Harris (Sydney Telegraph), L Love (Mirror), H Sholl (Sydney Morning Herald), E O’Loughlin (Sydney Morning Herald), B Hogben (Sydney Telegraph).
Second row: J Patterson (Argus), F Chamberlain (Melbourne Sun), J Kenny (Sydney Telegraph), R J Bennetts (Melbourne Herald), I McLachlan (Australian United Press), J Commins (Australian Broadcasting Commission), R Rutherford (Sydney Morning Herald), E Patten (Adelaide Advertiser), K Power (Mirror), N V Kearsley (Argus), J Coates (Australian United Press), K Kennedy (Radio Australia), F Coleman (Mirror), K Madden (Sydney Morning Herald), R Rea (Sydney Telegraph), J Winkler (Sydney Sun), L Morgan (Mirror).
Front row: F Primrose (Sydney Morning Herald), E Waterman (Melbourne Sun), W Bissell (Sydney Sun), Miss P Williams (Melbourne Herald), S W Stephens (Adelaide Advertiser, Gallery President), A D Reid (Sydney Sun), S R Hutchinson (Melbourne Sun), I Stewart (Age), B Netterfield (Sydney Telegraph). Photo: Dwyer.

First Lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, addressing members of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, September 1943.

Press conference with the leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, Dr H. V. Evatt (circa 1953).
L to R: Frank Jost (Australian Broadcasting Commission), Bernie Freedman (Melbourne Argus), Jack Commins (Australian Broadcasting Commission), Harry Holgate (Sydney Morning Herald), Stan Stephens (Adelaide Advertiser), Dr H. V. Evatt.

Opening of Radio Alley, Nov 29, 1988. Prime Minister Bob Hawke with Opposition Leader Andrew Peacock.
Photo: Paul Johns.

One Year On, August 17, 1989. Prime Minister Bob Hawke with Opposition Leader John Hewson. Photo: Mike Bowers.

Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, 1992

Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, 2011. Photo: Andrew Taylor.