Lord Mayor's civic reception on occasion of 60th anniversary of first human flight into outer space
On the 20th August 2021, the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Mr Adrian Schrinner joined the Honorary Consul-General of Russia and Dean of the Consular Corps of Queensland, Ms Irina Bruk, to unveil the bust of Yuri Gagarin, the first person to make a journey into space. Thank you to the Dialogue of Cultures - United World Fund for this generous donation to our Planetarium.
L-R in the photo are:Lorinc Kovacs (Honorary Consul for Hungary), Rosie Harris (Consul General for Nauru), Anton Swan (Honorary Consul for Sri Lanka), Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Adrian Schrinner, Irina Bruk (Honorary Consul for Russia and Dean of the Consular Corps of Queensland), Marjon Ward (Honorary Consul for the Netherlands) , Li Zhou (Deputy Consul General for China), , Diana Lopes (Honorary Consul for Portugal) and Ana Hatherley (Honorary Consul for El Salvador).