Sir Robert Menzies (left) with cricketers Ted Dexter and Don Bradman (right) at Manuka Oval, Canberra, 1963

Menzies, Dexter and Bradman at Manuka Oval for the playing of the Prime Ministers XI cricket match and the opening of the Bradman Pavilion, February 1963.

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National Library of Australia, obj-137282387

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