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Hi, I have a Vintage facebook page where I posted this wonderful photo yesterday. According to the comments received, the names could have been reversed as Phyllis Danaher is third from the left, not third from the right. www.facebook.com/VintageQueensland/photos/a.1877323714141...

Hi Aussie~mobs! We checked out the feedback - it's so good to see people interacting with the photo and adding new knowledge. The description is now being updated to reflect the correct order of the dancers. Thanks for your help in making this a better resource for everyone.

State Library of Queensland You're very welcome. :-)

With her 1926 tour of Australian cities including Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide , Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, formerly principal artist of the Russian Imperial Ballet, became the first world-famous ballerina to tour Australia and around the world. Greeted by a crowd of 10,000 people on arrival by train from Melbourne, Pavlova had become well-known to world audiences for her signature role in The Dying Swan, a ballet created for her, which was of only four minutes duration. In rare public comments, she exhorted Australians to support the art she loved: “If you would like to do something in your country for my art, my Russian art, then I shall be glad to help you. I wish you happiness and prosperity. Your duty is to help your country to get these things.” The ‘Pavlova’ dessert was created in Anna Pavlova’s honour during her tour of Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s. To this day, the creation of the ‘Pavlova’ is claimed by both countries. Source www.governor.nsw.gov.au/government-house/stories/in-famou...

Great picture.