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Now ablaze the pyre is ready to go. Regatta Point
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3394
A staff member prepares and lights the pyre, Regatta Point
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3393
Water police come to the rescue as the pyre goes up in smoke, Regatta Point
1 February 1989
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3399
Staff accompany the coffin to the waterside. Regatta Point
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3387
A second canoe capsizes. Regatta Point
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3396
The pyre is released and drifts towards the second canoe.
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3398
"Friends, Canberrans, Civicmen lend me your ears" - Alan Fitzgerald. Regatta Point
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3391
Alan Fitzgerald prepares to deliver his eulogy, Regatta Point
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3389
Smoke starts billowing from the pyre, caused from leftover fuel in the 44 gallon drum, Regatta Point
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3397
A canoe tows the pyre out into the lake. Regatta Point
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3395
Staff accompany the coffin to the waterside. Regatta Point
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3384
A lagerphone was used to mark the occasion. Regatta Point
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3390
Staff accompany the coffin to the waterside.
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3385
The coffin is unloaded. Regatta Point
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3383
The funeral procession marking the end of the NCDC begins, City Hill carpark opposite Nara House
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3380
The coffin is taken down to the be launched. Regatta Point
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3392
The funeral procession is underway, City Hill carpark opposite Nara House
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3381
Staff accompany the coffin to the waterside. Regatta Point
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3389
Alan Fitzgerald, a well known journalist an ex director of the NCDC, awaits the arrival of the procession. Regatta Point
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3382
Staff accompany the coffin to the waterside.
1 February 1989.
Part of the Office of the Surveyor General photographic collection: act.accesstomemory.org/ACT3-3386