Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Australia Day Procession Marred By Rain
Brisbane, February 1.- Although heavy rain marred Australia Day celebrations today, the mile-long procession through Brisbane streets was watched by a crowd of 30,000.
The procession began at 10.30 a.m. with a motor cycle police escort and a motor cycle club’s display of more than 50 riders. A nine-man mounted police escort led the major part of the procession.
Police officials said that the procession was a real try-out for the mounted escort, which will perform Royal duties when the Queen arrives. Ten pipe and brass bands, 30 floats and army displays made up the procession.
Among the floats were a four-horse Cobb and Co coach entered by the Royal Geographical Society and the Native Affairs Department’s float of aborigines in war-paint wielding boomerangs and spears.
The aquatic carnival on the Brisbane River was watched by 20,000 people, who stood in the rain to