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This pic was taken at the Canberra peg driving ceremony which took place on Thursday 20th February, 1913...the Canberra peg driving ceremony marked the commencement of the layout of the city. Note that the Canberra Inauguration Ceremony was a different occasion...it was held a few weeks later on 12th March, 1913... trove.nla.gov.au/work/231185735 - the National Archives version of this pic identifies the surveyor as P. L. Sheaffe [ie. Percy Lempriere Sheaffe]... trove.nla.gov.au/work/231041977 - Sheaffe also appears in this other National Archives pic...there's quite a bit of info on him out there, in the digitised newspapers, etc... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15400549 - SMH, 24th February, 1913...item on the peg driving ceremony... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31397070 - the Queanbeyan Age, 25th February, 1913...a bit more detail on the peg driving ceremony... Same occasion...King O'Malley hammering in the first survey peg... www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/51971479047/ Also same occasion www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/51972480136/ trove.nla.gov.au/work/230953530 - National Archives pic of the 2nd peg being driven in... What a shame they had to ruin such a beautiful part of the country by putting Canberra there. They should have just built some great big fortress in Melbourne from where they could have issued edicts and sent their tax collectors and police to terrorise the population. Now that democracy has been cancelled goodness knows what use they'll have for Canberra.

29 November 1910 is a Tuesday ...

Sir Hugh Lane was mentioned by the Duke in his speech at the inauguration. London Evening Standard - Wednesday 30 November 1910:

Subsequently his Royal Highness proceeded to the Transvaal School of Mines, where he inaugurated the Art Gallery. In his speech the Duke said that the inauguration marked an important era in the historyof Johannesburg. He commented on the value of the gallery to the aspiring artist or student and the uplifting effect artistically that it would have on the public. His Royal Highness concluded by remarking that Johannes- burg owed a debt of gratitude to Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Philips, Sir Hugh Lane, Mr. Otto Beit, Mr. Smuts, Councillor Hofmeyr, Mr. Neumann, Mr. Max Michaelis, and others for their personal efforts and their generous contributions.

" ... The initial collection was put together by Sir Hugh Lane, and exhibited in London in 1910 before being brought to South Africa..."
From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg_Art_Gallery
- which also says the Gallery opened in 1915 ??

Edit - As you were; it was completed in 1915. Ooops!

There is a Lutyens-designed art gallery in Johannesburg, but per the article below, Lutyens first visited in November 1910, and thats the building completed in 1915, not the one pictured here.
www.lutyenstrust.org.uk/portfolio-item/johannesburg-art-g...

Ah, from the beachcomber's wiki page: The Johannesburg Art Gallery collection was opened to the public in 1910, before the gallery itself had been built, and was housed at the University of the Witwatersrand