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Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book - Family History, Trevaskis. The Cornish Connection, 2007
History of Trevaskis family worldwide. Continuation of work began by by Dr. AE Trevaskis., Allentown, Penn, USA. Family trees. Census returns. English births, deaths and marriagesBeige cover, black lettering in map of Australia and Tasmania outline. Family shieldcornwall, trevaskis -
Clunes Museum
Badge
SHIELD-SHAPED BADGE TO COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF THE FIRST FEDERAL PARLIAMENT BY THE DUKE & DUCHESS OF CORNWALL & YORK IN MELBOURNE, MAY 1901local history, numismatics, badges, badges and tokens -
Tarnagulla History Archive
News article: 'Active Life of Marriage, Service', 22/02/1997
Donald Clark Collection.A news article with title 'Active Life of Marriage, Service', about Charlie Cornwalland Lorraine Cornwall (nee Calder) of Laanecoorie. schools, education -
St Kilda Historical Society
Ephemera - Special event program, In Celebration of the Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1901
Program for the first opening of Parliament after Federation. Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert (1865–1936), Duke of Cornwall and York was the second son of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The visit was part of an Empire tour and a tribute to the response made throughout the Empire during the Boer War. On their return to Britain the couple were proclaimed Prince and Princess of Wales and, on the death of Edward VII in 1910, became George V and Queen Mary.White coloured folded program, printed in purpleFront page/cover: UK Coat of Arms In Celebration of the Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. To meet their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York. Reception by His Majesty's Ministers of State for Australia, at the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on the 9th May, 1901. Middle pages: Programme (items listed) Back page/cover: Refreshments Will be Served all the Evening on the Ground Floor and in the Galleries 1901, opening of parliament, duke and duchess of cornwall and york, royal visits -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Document - Postal Order: Rowe to Potter, 26th September 1867
Williams Family Collection. Probably filled out at Tarnagulla Post Office. A postal money order for funds (one pound) sent from Benjamin Rowe in Tarnagulla to Cecelia Potter in Hayle, Cornwall, England. tarnagulla -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 1999
number in album 03568.02Colour photograph Murray Tanner President Lakes Bowls Club and Bill Cornwall Bruthen Bowls Club. Lakes Entrance Victoriabowls club, sports -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
000851.1; Letter 000851.2:Copy of Baptismal entry, Augustus Bostock birth details, 000851.1. 1884. 000851.2 late 20th century
Augustus Bostock was the 9th child of Robert & Rachael Bostock of Vaucluse Epping Forest, Van Diemen’s Land. He was only 4 years old when his mother died. He was inspired by his father to seek his fortune in the Western District of Victoria. He arrived around 1850. He married Margaret Aitkin in July 1865. Augustus owned several properties in the district and leased others. He sat on the court of Warrnambool, Mortlake or Hexham as required. He resided at Marramook in Hawkesdale and later moved to Vaucluse in Hopetoun Road Warrnambool, where he died in 1920 at the age of 87. He was involved in many aspects of life in the Western District, racing, cricket, and social activities to name a few. These two documents relate to the registration of Augustus Bostock’s birth 14/01/1833. This is one of a number of documents which relate to the Bostock family who were one of the most important pioneering families of the Western District. They owned and leased various properties around Warrnambool and were involved in many aspects of social and business life. This is a personal document which confirms details of the birth of Augustus Bostock.000851.1. Handwritten letter from General Register Office Hobart. Foolscap sized lined white paper with writing in black ink. 000851.2 Copy of baptisms in the parish of Campbelltown 1835. Handwritten entries in chart form with handwritten entries. 000851.1 General Register Office Hobart. 000851.2 Parish of Campbelltown in the county of Cornwall 1835. warrnambool, augustus bostock, robert and rachael bostock, campbelltown, hobart 1835. -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Medal - Medal - opening of the first federal parliament, 1901, \, 1901
Medal issued to commemorate the opening of the First Federal Parliament of Australia on 9 May 1901. The silver medal was minted by Stokes & Sons and presented to MLA Thomas Bent. Knighted in 1907, Bent served as Premier and Treasurer of Victoria from 1904-1909.At top of red ribbon Australian Arms over blue enamelled ribbon AUSTRALIA, below busts of Victoria and Edward VII in ovals; above, AUST. COMMONWEALTH / EST.1.JA.1901 / 63D. OF VICTORIA, R.I; below, FIRST PARLIAMENT OPENED / MAY 1901 / 1ST OF EDWARD VII / W.A. TAS. N.S.W. VIC. S.A. Q'LD. Reverse: Busts of the Duke and Duchess in ovals; above, OPENING OF THE FIRST / FEDERAL PARLIAMENT; below, T.R.H. / THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CORNWALL / AND YORK / MELBOURNE, MAY 1901Front: Inverse: Opening of the first/Federal Parliament/T.R.H./The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall/-and York-/Melbourne, May 1901. Back: Obverse: Aust. Commonwealth/Est. 1 Jan. 1901/63 D. of Victoria. R.I./First Parliament opened/May 1901/1st of Edward VII/ W.A. TAS. N.S.W. VIC. SA. QLDcelebration, numismatics, medal, federal parliament, 1901 -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Literary work - Book, Ward. Lock & Co., Limited, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, 1908
William Shakespeare 1564 to 1616 was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" . His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. They also continue to be studied and reinterpreted. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. At age 49 (around 1613), he appears to have retired to Stratford, where he died three years later. Shakespeare produced most of his known works between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were primarily comedies and histories and are regarded as some of the best work produced in these genres. He then wrote mainly tragedies until 1608, among them Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, all considered to be among the finest works in the English language. In the last phase of his life, he wrote tragicomedies (also known as romances) and collaborated with other playwrights. Many of Shakespeare's plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy in his lifetime. However, in 1623, two fellow actors and friends of Shakespeare's, John Heminges and Henry Condell, published a more definitive text known as the First Folio, a posthumous collected edition of Shakespeare's dramatic works that included all but two of his plays. The volume was prefaced with a poem by Ben Jonson, in which Jonson presciently hailed Shakespeare in a now-famous quote as "not of an age, but for all time.A book published in 1908 of Shakespeare works and significant as yet another reinterpreted of his plays only reinforcing that he was not only of his time but as his friend once said Shakespeare's works are for all time.The cover is burgundy coloured leather with embossed lettering and the inside covers are a dark green with a light symmetrical pattern. The edges of the pages are gilt.“The Complete Works of William Shakespeare” with introduction by Barry Cornwall (Bryan Walter Procter). Published by Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, London, New York and Melbourne. The book has an introduction by Barry Cornwall (Bryan Walter Proctor).flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, complete works of shakespeare, book, complete works of william shakespeare, barry cornwall -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Document - Methodist Order of Knights, Win a free MOK uniform by colouring this picture
The Methodist Order of Knights was the official youth organisation of the Methodist Church of Australasia. It originated in Hurstville, NSW, on the 4th October 1914 by the then Mr and later Rev Alex Bray. Alex Bray was a Sunday School teacher and spoke to his class of the Knights of the Round Table. In 1917 the Order of Knights was officially recognised by the Sunday School Dept of the NSW Methodist Conference. Courts spread thoroughout Australia. In 1927 the High Court of NSW called for designs for a badge and in 1929 the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia recognised the Order as an approved Organisation. In 1938 the Senior Section was organised into Degrees of Sincerity, Service and Sacrifice; the Junior Section into Pages' Degree with advancement to Esquire. In 1954 the Junior Section was reorganised into two groups: Pages 8 to 11 years and Esquires 12 to 15 years. The Knight's Motto: "Live Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong, Follow Christ the King, else wherefore born?" Courts of the Order: General Conference Department of the Christian Education - General Court - Provincial High Court - District Court - Local Court - Senior Court - Intermediate Court - Junior Court . Regalia: All members of the Intermediate and Senior Courts wore regalia consisting of a cloth shield superimposed by a cross of light and dark blue ribbons, and supported by a cloth collar. Esquire and Degree of Sincerity regalia: White collar and white shield. Degree of Service regalia: Green collar and shield. Degree of Sacrifice: Scarlet collar and shield. District Court regalia: Blue collar and gold shield. High Court regalia: Gold collar and purple sheild. General Court regalia: Purple collar and shield. Officers of the local courts wore their symbols as part of their regalia.Colouring in competition to be submitted to "Colouring Competition c/o 44 Cornwall Road, Sunshine before 5 p.m. on 16th June, '67"methodist order of knights -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Postcard, Atlantic Hotel and War Memorial, Newquay, c.1928
Collection of thirty-nine postcards donated by Jillian Rigby which had been owned by her grandparents, George and Edith Weir, who from c.1917 lived at 84 Princess Street, Kew. The mostly 'mint' postcards were purchased in Victoria and while travelling overseas. The sole dated postcard is dated from 1929. The postcards are numbered sequentially from 2017.0058.01-39. The remainder of the collection donated by Jill Rigby which was once owned by the Weirs of Broken Hill and Kew consist of costumes, costume accessories, photographs, and documents.The postcards in the Weir collection, especially those purchased on a trip or trips to the mother country, i.e. United Kingdom, represent a representative sample of sites that were considered significant to those Australians undertaking a reverse grand tour by member of the erstwhile colonies. Those postcards which are early views of Melbourne must have been produced commercially for some decades from the early part of the 20th century.Atlantic Hotel and War Memorial, Newquay, Cornwall. The postcard was probably purchased by George and Edith Weir on a trip to England and Scotland, circa 1928."Atlantic Hotel and War Memorial, Newquay"postcards, george and edith weir, atlantic hotel - new quay, war memorial - new quay, postcards -- newquay (uk), weir collection -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Document - Postal Order: Fraser to Fraser, 26th September 1867
Williams Family Collection. Probably filled out at Tarnagulla Post Office. William Fraser was a well-known mining identity in Tarnagulla. A postal money order for funds (ten pounds) sent from William Fraser in Tarnagulla to Elizabeth Jane Fraser in Camborne, Cornwall, England. tarnagulla -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Document
Invitation of Certificate to Mr C Swinburne from the Victoria Government to celebrations in Melbourne in connection with the opening of Federal Parliament by HRH The Duke of Cornwall and Yorkflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
St Patrick's Old Collegians Association (SPOCA)
Photograph - History, Prizes & Documents
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Kew Historical Society Inc
Document - Invitation To Meet their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall & York, His Majesty's Ministers of State for Australia, 1901
The commemorative booklet 'Our Invited Guests for the Opening of the First Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia : An open directory of the guests invited to Melbourne, May 9th 1901' lists invitees from each Australian State. The Misses Dowling are not on this list, however the booklet does list The Hon Thomas Dowling MLC, and his "lady" from Camperdown as well as Edwin Percy Dowling esq, Shire Secretary of Camperdown. Perhaps the Misses Dowling were part of this family. While not invited to the opening of Parliament on the 9th, the guest list for later events may have been extended on other occasions.The document design has artistic and aesthetic merit. While it is not rare, it is representative of the kinds of formal designs used for the Australian Commonwealth celebrations at the time of Federation, and is in excellent condition. Such items as this invitation have local, state and national historic significance as mementoes of a key moment in Australia's history. An invitation on card to the Misses Dowling to attend an evening reception at the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on 9 May 1901, to meet the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall as part of the celebrations of the opening of the first Federal Parliament. A figure of Britannia, in red dress and mailed vest holding a shield like the Union Jack, is on the left of the invitation; she reaches out her hand towards a younger female figure, representing Australia, who is dressed in blue and holds a shield which is white with a blue cross decorated with stars. The writing is on a scroll in the centre of the certificate, and there is a border of vines and vine leaves. The royal crest is at the base of the certificate.Printed on a banner across the top: 'IN CELEBRATION / OF THE / OPENING / PARLIAMENT of the COMMONWEALTH / OF AUSTRALIA' Printed below the banner: 'To meet Their Royal Highness / the DUKE and DUCHESS of CORNWALL & / YORK / His Majesty's / MINISTERS OF STATE FOR AUSTRALIA / have the honor to invite / [handwritten] The Misses Dowling / to an Evening Reception at the / Exhibition Building MELBOURNE, / on the 9th of May 1901, at 8 o'clock'.federation events - victoria, australian federation 1901, misses dowling - kew, royal visits, federation events - victoria, australain federation 1901, misses dowling, royal visits, melbourne exhibition building -
Creswick Museum
Flag, Early 20th Century
Federation of six states of Australia Rare Souvenir Flag from Federation of Australia 1901Silk printed flag. Union Jack as background with 6 stars representing the 6 States of the Federation. Portraits of their H.R.H George, Duke of Cornwall and York and his wife Mary, Duchess of Cornwall and York. A crown above their portraits and a scroll with the words Australian Federation 1901. After conservation the flag has been mounted on a pad and stored in box made to fit the flag.royal tour 1901, federation, -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Brochure, Beach Estate Cowes, c 1940's
Advertising Land for Sale in Cowes, Phillip IslandFour page colour Brochure advertising land in Devon Avenue and Cornwall Avenue, Cowes, For Sale. Illustrations of Cowes Pier, The Beach at Cowes and motoring on the Island.Four pages of Real Estate lingo!! Agents - Chas Grayden Jnr, Cowes and Duncan & Weller, Malvernreal estate, cowes phillip island, charles grayden jnr., cowes, duncan & weller, malvern & canterbury -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, Lakes Post Newspaper, 2014
Colour photograph of Shirley Hancock holding the Lakes Entrance Bridge Club Perpetual Trophy flanked by Bill and Heather Cornwall winners of the Hancock Trophy 2014boats and boating, tourism -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Document - Invitation to a Royal Review at Flemington, Sands & McDougall Ltd, 1901
The correspondent of The Argus recorded that: "The Parliament of the Commonwealth was opened yesterday by the Duke, of Cornwall and York, under a Commission signed by Queen Victoria and subsequently endorsed by King Edward VII. The ceremony was marked by the splendour and solemn impressiveness which befitted its historic importance. ... To-day the Heir to the Throne will review some 15,000 Australian troops at Flemington. ... It is a function which, on a lesser scale, might have been arranged at any time for many years past; but it could never previously have conveyed the meaning it does now. Soldiering was popularly regarded as a pastime here until South Africa tried the mettle of our men. It is serious business from henceforth. Those who followed the nascent aspirations of the volunteer soldiery in Australia must be impressed at the rapidity of their fulfillment. ... The document design has artistic and aesthetic merit. While it is not rare, it is representative of the kinds of formal designs used for the Australian Commonwealth celebrations at the time of Federation, and is in excellent condition. Such items as this invitation have local, state and national historic significance as mementoes of a key moment in Australia's history. Locally, the invitation is part of a group of Federation-related items owned and displayed at 'Fairyland' by Mrs Grace Tabulo, and a rare survivor of that collection.An invitation, mounted on card to the Royal Review held at Flemington racecourse on Friday 10 May 1901, as part of the Government of Victoria's Australian Commonwealth Celebrations. The border is vividly decorated with flags, shields and a large coat of arms. The photographic images depict various scenes of Flemington in Melbourne, in addition to two separate portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York. Illustrations of military servicemen on foot and horseback flank the central block of text. The invitation was part of the 'Fairyland Collection assembled by Jim and Grace Tabulo. The name on the certificate was expunged.Printed: AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH CELEBRATIONS/ The Government of Victoria/ requests the honour of the presence of/ [name deleted] / AT THE/ ROYAL REVIEW/ at Flemington on Friday/ the 10th of May 1901. Reverse: Mrs G. Tabulo, 57 Malmsbury St.federation events, royal review - 1901, federation -- invitations, grace tabulo -- fairyland -- 57 malmsbury street -- kew (vic.) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CORNISH COLLECTION: COPIES OF PAGES (BOOK) RE ELIZABETH GRAY AND SAMUEL GRAY
Document. Copies of pages (un-named book) re Elizabeth Gray and Samuel Gray. Elizabeth Gray (nee White) - born Cornwall 1837, died Bendigo 1887; Samuel Gray - born Cornwall 1837, died Bendigo 1907. Reference to Rev T J Thomas, Rev Mr Trebilcock, Mr J Davey, Mr R Harkness, Bible Christian Church (Bendigo).person, individual, elizabeth grey, methodist church. bible christian church bendigo. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Document - Invitation To Meet their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall & York, Commonwealth of Australia, 1901
The commemorative booklet 'Our Invited Guests for the Opening of the First Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia : An open directory of the guests invited to Melbourne, May 9th 1901' lists invitees from each Australian State. Mr & Mrs. J. M. Campbell are on this list, and recoded as residing at "Ramornie" 40 Pakington Street, Kew.The document design has artistic and aesthetic merit. While it is not rare, it is representative of the kinds of formal designs used for the Australian Commonwealth celebrations at the time of Federation, and is in excellent condition. Such items as this invitation have local, state and national historic significance as mementoes of a key moment in Australia's history. Locally, the invitation is part of a group of Federation-related items issued to James Maitland Campbell (and his wife). Campbell was three times mayor of Kew in the second half of the 19th Century and the owner of Ramornie in Pakington Street, one of the significant extant mansions in Kew.An invitation on card to Mr. & Mrs J. M. Campbell to attend an evening reception at the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on 9 May 1901, to meet the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall as part of the celebrations of the opening of the first Federal Parliament. A figure of Britannia, in red dress and mailed vest holding a shield like the Union Jack, is on the left of the invitation; she reaches out her hand towards a younger female figure, representing Australia, who is dressed in blue and holds a shield which is white with a blue cross decorated with stars. The writing is on a scroll in the centre of the certificate, and there is a border of vines and vine leaves. The royal crest is at the base of the certificate.Printed on a banner across the top: 'IN CELEBRATION / OF THE / OPENING / PARLIAMENT of the COMMONWEALTH / OF AUSTRALIA' Printed below the banner: 'To meet Their Royal Highness / the DUKE and DUCHESS of CORNWALL & / YORK / His Majesty's / MINISTERS OF STATE FOR AUSTRALIA / have the honor to invite / [handwritten] Mr. & Mrs J. M. Campbell / to an Evening Reception at the / Exhibition Building MELBOURNE, / on the 9th of May 1901, at 8 o'clock'.federation -- australia -- 1901, parliament -- australia, invitations -- 1901 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THOMAS LANGDON COLLECTION: INVITATION, 1901
Document. An invitation to Mr. T.R.Langdon to an evening Reception to meet the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, during the Celebration of the opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. 9th may 1901.document, memo, invitation to mr. langdon -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Trees go to ease floods, 2017
Melbourne Water will remove 35 trees from the embankments of the Vernon Street Reserve, also known as the Cornwall Street Retarding Basin, to reduce the risk of embankment failure.trees, blackburn south, vernon street, blackburn, melbourne water -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Mixed Media - Compact Disc, Family Tree Magazine, Family Tree 1881 Census, 2010 c
Free discs from family tree magazine includes census for Nottinghamshire, Northumberland, leicestershire, Cornwall, Lincolnshire, Kent, London, Glamorganshire, Huntingdonshire, Cambridge, Chester, Worcestershire, Yorkshire.genealogy -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Document - Invitation to a Royal Review at Flemington, 1901
The correspondent of The Argus recorded that: "The Parliament of the Commonwealth was opened yesterday by the Duke, of Cornwall and York, under a Commission signed by Queen Victoria and subsequently endorsed by King Edward VII. The ceremony was marked by the splendour and solemn impressiveness which befitted its historic importance. ... To-day the Heir to the Throne will review some 15,000 Australian troops at Flemington. ... It is a function which, on a lesser scale, might have been arranged at any time for many years past; but it could never previously have conveyed the meaning it does now. Soldiering was popularly regarded as a pastime here until South Africa tried the mettle of our men. It is serious business from henceforth. Those who followed the nascent aspirations of the volunteer soldiery in Australia must be impressed at the rapidity of their fulfillment. ... The document design has artistic and aesthetic merit. While it is not rare, it is representative of the kinds of formal designs used for the Australian Commonwealth celebrations at the time of Federation, and is in excellent condition. Such items as this invitation have local, state and national historic significance as mementoes of a key moment in Australia's history. Locally, the invitation is part of a group of Federation-related items issued to James Maitland Campbell (and his wife). Campbell was three times mayor of Kew in the second half of the 19th Century and the owner of Ramornie in Pakington Street, one of the significant extant mansions in Kew. An invitation, mounted on card to the Royal Review held at Flemington racecourse on Friday 10 May 1901, as part of the Government of Victoria's Australian Commonwealth Celebrations. The border is vividly decorated with flags, shields and a large coat of arms. The photographic images depict various scenes of Flemington in Melbourne, in addition to two separate portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York. Illustrations of military servicemen on foot and horseback flank the central block of text. The invitation was addressed to Mr & Mrs J. M. Campbell. James Maitland Campbell had been Mayor of Kew in the years 1889-90, 1890-91 and 1892-93.Printed: AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH CELEBRATIONS/ The Government of Victoria/ requests the honour of the presence of/ .../ AT THE/ ROYAL REVIEW/ at Flemington on Friday/ the 10th of May 1901. Handwritten on the dotted line: Mr. & Mrs. J. M. Campbellfederation events, royal review - 1901, james maitland campbell, federation -- invitations -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Book: Addresses To HRH The Duke of Cornwall, 1901
David Gordon Collection. Full title: Addresses To HRH The Duke of Cornwall & York, His Excellency the Governor General, The Earl of Hopetoun, From the Municipalities of Victoria Address from Borough of Tarnagulla on bookmarked page. -
Thompson's Foundry Band Inc. (Castlemaine)
Document - Sheet Music, Breezin Down Broadway!, 2002
Goff Richards was a prominent brass band arranger and composer from Cornwall22 Parts on A3 paper with full score for Brass BandThompson's Foundry Band inc. Stamp in Red on top Breezin' Down Broadway! arr Goff Richards - Another Opening Another Show There's No Business Like Show Business Get Me To Church On Time (from My Fair Lady) Oklahoma! That's Entertainment Seventy Six Trombones goff richards, broadway, irving berlin -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Document - Invitation to the Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth by His Royal Highness the Duke of York and Cornwall, Tom Carrington, 1901
The Correspondent for The Argus on 10 May 1901 described the opening on 9 May as: "The Parliament of the Commonwealth was opened yesterday by the Duke, of Cornwall and York, under a Commission signed by Queen Victoria and subsequently endorsed by King Edward VII. The ceremony was marked by the splendour and solemn impressiveness which befitted its historic importance. An immense assemblage of spectators, drawn mainly, of course, from this state, but in part also from each of the other federated states, and including representatives of other portions of the British Empire and of foreign powers, thronged the spacious, stately, and joyously decorated edifice. The picture was magnificent. It must have printed itself indelibly on the sensitive minds of the thousands of Australians who were privileged to behold it. We may assume that artists will reproduce it in worthy and imperishable forms, and that from generation to generation it will be familiar in the households of the Commonwealth. Our children's children, we may gladly say to-day, will not be ashamed of the function which inaugurated the self-governing rights of the southern British Nation. Nothing was omitted which could add to the grandeur and significance of the occasion. In a broad sense the proceedings were perfectly intelligible to the vast and sympathetic gathering, though the natural limits of a single human voice had to be accepted. The King's son, with his consort and the Governor-General and Lady Hopetoun by his side, and supported by the Governors of the states and other eminent personages, fulfilled his doubly-attested Commission with a simple dignity and a modest manliness altogether admirable. The ceremony was a brilliant spectacle, and, in its sentiment and suggestiveness, an inspiration to a loyal and patriotic people."The document design has artistic and aesthetic merit. While it is not rare, it is representative of the kinds of formal designs used for the Australian Commonwealth celebrations at the time of Federation, and is in excellent condition. Such items as this invitation have local, state and national historic significance as mementoes of a key moment in Australia's history. Locally, the invitation is part of a group of Federation-related items issued to James Maitland Campbell (and his wife). Campbell was three times mayor of Kew in the second half of the 19th Century and the owner of Ramornie in Pakington Street, one of the significant extant mansions in Kew.A colour lithograph mounted on card which is an invitation to the Opening of the First Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, 9 May 1901. The invitation was sent to Mr J.M. & Mrs Campbell. John Longstaff and Norman Lindsay’s design for the invitation includes symbolic female figures and coats of arms of the British and Australian Commonwealth. The central figure represents Justice. At her feet a crown and sceptre are laid, ‘to denote that the monarch will always acquiesce in laws passed by Parliament, provided they are just.’ On the left appears a figure of Britannia, above the royal coat of arms and in front of the white cliffs of England; on the right is a female figure representing Australia, with one hand out-stretched and above the Australian Coat of Arms. Behind her is a pastoral scene; she stands beneath a gum tree. At the top is a border of waratahs; on the left is a border of oak. The six states are represented in shields at the bottom of the card.Front, printed. gold ink: "Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth By his Royal Highness The Duke of Cornwall and York / The Government of Victoria requests the honour of the presence of / Mr. J . M. and Mrs. Campbell (handwritten / At the Celebrations in Melbourne in connection with the Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia."parliament of australia -- 1901, royal exhibition building -- melbourne (vic), james maitland campbell -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Certificate - Invitation to the opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1900
This certificate is an invitation to the opening of the first Parliament of Australia on January 1st 1901 in Melbourne. On this date the six Australian self-governing colonies were federated to become the six states of Australia. The designers of the certificate were Norman Lindsay and John Longstaff. This particular invitation was sent to George Rolfe and his wife and two of his stepdaughters, Annie and Florence. George Rolfe (1836-1919), a tea merchant from Melbourne, began buying blocks of land near the mouth of the Hopkins River in Warrnambool in the 1870s. By the early 1880s Rolfe owned 50 acres in the town, including farming properties and used the buildings near the mouth of the Hopkins as holiday accommodation. He called his property Lyndoch which he improved with the addition of stables, chaff and bone sheds, jetty, boathouse, reservoir, water well and windmill and extensive gardens and he spent most of his later life in this Warrnambool area. Lyndoch today is the site of an aged care facility. This certificate is of considerable importance for two reasons: 1. It is an important memento of a signal event in Australia’s history - the Federation of the States in 1901. 2. The certificate was an invitation to the family of a prominent Warrnambool person – George Rolfe of Lyndoch.This is a piece of thick paper with illustrations and decorations in brown, red, blue, yellow and green tonings. The lettering is in white with coloured capital letters. The images include the shields of the six Australian States, the Coat of Arms of Britain and Australia, outlines of two trees (gum tree and oak tree) and three symbolic female figures representing Justice, Britannia and Australia. The top border decoration represents the waratah flower. The names of the invitees on this certificate have been handwritten in black ink. ‘Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth by His Royal Highness The Duke of Cornwall and York’ ‘Mr G and Mrs Rolfe and the Misses Rolfe (2)’ george rolfe of lyndoch, federation of australia, history of warrnambool, george rolfe, opening of first parliament of australia -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THOMAS LANGDON COLLECTION: SOUVENIR INVITATION, 1901
Document. Illumination invitation mounted on board. Invitation to Mr. T.R.Langdon to meet the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York 1901, (see 6566.11 - personal invitation card). Souvenir copy of the Invitation with coloured Illustrations.document, memo, souvenir invitation