Promoting the national institutions

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In the 1990s, a number of ACTION’s Renault PR100.2 and PR100.3 buses were painted in special liveries, to promote Canberra’s national institutions.

Bus 808 outside the Australian National Gallery, promoting the Elvis Lives exhibition.
Bus 835 wore a pink Questacon livery, and is pictured outside the Questacon building in Parkes.
Bus 840 wore an Australian War Memorial livery, and is pictured outside the AWM Building in Campbell.
Bus 869 wearing a Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) livery.
Bus 872 in a livery promoting the National Film and Sound Archive, pictured outside the Archive building in Acton.
Bus 873 promoting the National Trust, posing alongside the inspiration for its offside livery.
Bus 880 wearing an Australian National Botanic Gardens livery, pictured in the ANBG carpark.
Bus 941 pictured in an Australian Institute of Sport livery, at the Institute in Bruce.
Bus 994 wore a special livery to promote the Old and New Parliament Houses.
Bus 994 wore a special livery to promote the Old and New Parliament Houses.

This page was last updated on 28 April 2024

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