The celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday on May 24 was renamed Empire Day in 1903 after her death in 1901. It was celebrated throughout the British Empire, including in Australia. Ballarat schools marched in procession with a salute at the Town Hall before attending church services at their respective churches. By the late 1950s the celebration became Commonwealth Empire Day the reference to Empire being dropped by the 1960s.These form part of a large family collection of bookmarks and local & family history items at Hymettus Cottage, home to the same family for the past 125 years in 2024. They have a well documented provenance and a known owner forming part of a significant and representative historical collection that reflects Ballarat's local history from a family perspective. They contribute to our understanding of social and family life in twentieth century Ballarat and providing interpretative capacity for family, local, and social history themes.Three Empire Day cardboard bookmarks each featuring an illustrated crown, with crossed Australian and British flags, each bookmark trimmed in gold. The first is simply for Empire Day and two commemorate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and the 1953 Royal Visit respectively.nil,empire day, royal visit, bookmarks, empire day movement, melbourne, coronation year 1953

Second copy taken 2008 shows changed colour scheme of exterior, decking with handrail added, shrubs established. Situated at rear of Tourist Information Centre, at no. 1 Esplanade.Colour photograph of the Lakes Entrance Historical Society's History Centre, Marine Parade. Photogrpaph shows building on site, soon after removal from Johnsonville school gound in 1999. Lakes Entrance Victoriahistoric buildings, community facilities

Julie Redmond Anne Langman and Lynne Murphy taken at St Brendans Ball Lakes EntranceBlack and white photograph showing Julie Redmond Anne Langman and Lynne Murphy taken at St Brendans Ball Lakes Entrancefundraising, people, schools, social history

Named in original photograph, Tommy Harbeck, Eva Harbeck, Mrs Williams, Mrs Fraser.Black and white photograph showing large group of school children and adults at the Post Office wharf with the Governor of Victoria, Lord and Lady Charmichael. Lakes Entrance Victoriaschools, celebration, genealogy, local history

Also another photoBlack and white photograph of Anna Cook Librarian East Gippsland Shire and teacher Lyn McCubbin with children from, Lakes Entrance Primary School Lakes Entrance Victoriamuincipal history, education, teachers