The Great White Fleet
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Title of Exhibition/Event | The Great White Fleet |
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Type of Exhibition/Event | Exhibition/event |
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Visual artist | Baguley, Margaret |
Place of Publication | Pentagon, Washington, D.C. |
Description of Exhibition/Event | The Great White Fleet (2020) was the popular nicknames for the powerful United States Navy battleships which completed a journey around the globe from 16 December 1907, to 22 February 1909, by order of United States President Theodore Roosevelt. On 20 August 1908 well over half a million Sydneysiders turned out to watch the arrival of the United States (US) Navy's Great White Fleet'. For a city population of around 600,000 this was no mean achievement. The largest gathering yet seen in Australia, it far exceeded the numbers that had celebrated the foundation of the Commonwealth just seven years before. By making his initial request directly to American diplomats rather than through imperial authorities, Alfred Deakin, the Australian prime minister had defied protocol, but he was also taking one of the first steps in asserting Australia's post-colonial independence. |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 430302. Australian history |
360602. Fine arts | |
Byline Affiliations | School of Education |
Date | 2022 |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7x07/the-great-white-fleet
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