Kingston Hotel (Canberra, ACT)

Australia / Australian Capital Territory / Canberra / Canberra, ACT
 hotel, bar
In March 1963 Arthur Calwell and Gough Whitlam were photographed outside the hotel waiting to learn the decision of the thirty-six delegates to a special federal conference. This incident provided the source for Menzies' immensely damaging description of the Labor Party's policy-making processes as being controlled from outside by '36 faceless men'.
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Coordinates:   35°19'10"S   149°8'16"E
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