Conference of Colonial Prime Ministers, April 1907

LPG/42

fonds

April 1907

Graphic Materials, Prints

910433

1 print - black & white - approx. 44 x 61 cm; mount 56 x 76 cm

Colonial leaders met in London in 1907 to discuss a broad range of matters. They discussed defence, trade, migration, naturalisation, judicial systems, acceptance of qualifications granted in other parts of the empire, taxation, fisheries, post and telegraph communications, British interests in the Pacific, labour laws, transport, African colonial federation, financial matters and treaty-making. At this meeting it was decided that the self-governing colonies would be called dominions, and the conference would change its name to Imperial Conferences.

Reference:
Te Ara. The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. newzealand.govt.nz. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/empire-and-commonwealth/2/3 (accessed 18 October, 2012)

A printed copy of a photograph of the representatives of the colonial parliaments of the British Empire:
Hon. Dr. Smartt, Commissioner of Public Work, Cape Colony
Hon. L.S. Jameson, C.B., Prime Minister, Cape Colony
Hon. Sir F.W. Borden, K.C.M.G., Minister of Militia and Defence, Canada
Mr. W.A. Robinson, Colonial Office
Mr. T.W. Holderness, C.S.I., Revenue and Statistics Department, India Office
Hon. Sir W. Lyne, K.C.M.G., Minister for Trade and Customs, Australia
Sir W. Ballie Hamilton, K.C.M.G., C.B., Colonial Office
Rt. Honourable Winston S. Churchill, M.P., Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Colonies
Sir Francis Hopwood, K.C.B., C.B., Permanent Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Secretary to the Conference
General the Hon. Louis Botha, Prime Minister, The Transvaal
Mr. H.W. Just, Colonial Office
Mr. G.W. Johnson, M.A., Colonial Office
Mr. J.L. MacKay, G.C.M.G., India Office, Secretary to the Conference
Hon. L.P. Broduer, K.C., Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Canada
Rt. Hon. Sir R. Bond, G.C.M.G, Prime Minister, Newfoundland
Rt. Hon. H.H. Asquith, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer
Hon. Sir J.G. Ward, K.C.M.G., Prime Minister, New Zealand
Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfred Laurier, G.C.M.G., Prime Minister, Canada
Rt. Hon. The Earl of Elgin, K.G., Secretary of State for the Colonies
Hon. A. Deakin, Prime Minister, Australia
Hon. F.R. Moor, Prime Minister, Natal
Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd-George, M.P., President, Board of Trade

Out of copyright: Created before 1955 (Photograph)
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.4578 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13

Inscription at bottom left hand corner of image: 'Russell'