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Melbourne Tram Museum
Pamphlet, Melbourne Pageant Committee, "The Melbourne Pageant - January 21 - 28 1980 - Salute to Australia, Cavalcade of Transport", 1980
... "The Melbourne Pageant - January 21 - 28 1980 - Salute to... Melbourne Pageant...Pamphlet - 3 fold DL - titled "The Melbourne Pageant...Neil McPhee - chairman of Melbourne Pageant Committee...Melbourne Pageant Committee... Trams tramways Australia Day MMTB Melbourne Tramcars Pageant ...Pamphlet - 3 fold DL - titled "The Melbourne Pageant - January 21 - 28 1980 - Salute to Australia, Cavalcade of Transport" advertising the planned events and dates with a map. Has name of Neil McPhee - chairman of Melbourne Pageant Committee Two copies held.trams, tramways, australia day, mmtb, melbourne, tramcars, pageant, melbourne pageant -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Poster, Victorian Government, "The Melbourne Pageant - January 22 - 29 1979 - Salute to Australia, Cavalcade of Transport", 1979
... "The Melbourne Pageant - January 22 - 29 1979 - Salute to... Melbourne Pageant...Poster - special size sheet, titled "The Melbourne Pageant... Trams tramways Australia Day MMTB Melbourne Tramcars Pageant ...Poster - special size sheet, titled "The Melbourne Pageant - January 22 - 29 1979 - Salute to Australia, Cavalcade of Transport" advertising the planned events and dates with a map. Two copies held.trams, tramways, australia day, mmtb, melbourne, tramcars, pageant, melbourne pageant -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, "The Melbourne Pageant", 1980
... "The Melbourne Pageant"... Melbourne Pageant... Transport cavalcade or "The Melbourne Pageant" for Australia Day... "The Melbourne Pageant" Light card, orange colour ticket for the 28 ...Light card, orange colour ticket for the 28 January 1980 Transport cavalcade or "The Melbourne Pageant" for Australia Day 1980. Features on ticket number side, tram T164, ticket number "000899" , "valid for single trip on special trams only 28 January 1980" and on reverse, BTM tram No. 40, with same validity message, fare "Child 20c" and on top of both sides of the ticket the words "The Melbourne Pageant". Ticket has been punched or nipped. See image files for both sides of the ticket.trams, tramways, tickets, melbourne pageant, tram cavalcade, melbourne -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, "The Melbourne Pageant", 1981
... "The Melbourne Pageant"... Melbourne Pageant... Transport Cavalcade or "The Melbourne Pageant" for Australia Day... "The Melbourne Pageant" Set of two light card, tickets for the 26 January ...Set of two light card, tickets for the 26 January 1981 Transport Cavalcade or "The Melbourne Pageant" for Australia Day 1981. 1816.1 - Adult Ticket 50c on light yellow card. - see images i3 and i4 1816.2 - Child Ticket 20c on white card - see images i1 and i2 Both tickets have photos of tram V214 on fare side and BTM/BTPS tram No. 27 on reverse. Both sides have the words "The Melbourne Pageant" and "Salute to Australia" and "Valid for single trip on special trams only 26 January 1981" . On non fare side of the ticket, the details of the Printer have been added by a hand stamp - "The Milldean Press / 30 Barcelona Street Box Hill, 3128 / Telephone: 03 - 88 4086". Tickets are un punched and un-numbered.trams, tramways, tickets, melbourne pageant, tram cavalcade, melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket Blocks, Ministry of Transport?, "The Melbourne Pageant", Jan. 1982
... "The Melbourne Pageant"... The Melbourne Pageant... side, two staples for the 1982 "The Melbourne Pageant", 25... side, two staples for the 1982 "The Melbourne Pageant", 25 ...Block of 50 tickets - 200gsm card, perforated on left hand side, two staples for the 1982 "The Melbourne Pageant", 25 January 1982. Features a photograph of T 180 and L 106 on the other side. Tickets priced at 60c each - single ride only. Numbers 09751 to 09800. Adult Collected by The Connies Melbourne. .1 - ditto - featuring photos of Bendigo 19 and Ballarat 27. Child - Ticket nos 12801 to 12850 - fare 20ctrams, tramways, tickets, australia day, the connies, the melbourne pageant -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, "The Melbourne Pageant", c1979
... "The Melbourne Pageant"... Melbourne Pageant... Transport cavalcade or "The Melbourne Pageant" for Australia Day... Trams tramways Tickets Melbourne Pageant Tram Cavalcade ...Light card, orange colour ticket for the 29 January 1979 Transport cavalcade or "The Melbourne Pageant" for Australia Day 1979. Features on ticket number side, tram V214, ticket number "006057" , "valid for single trip on special trams only 29 January 1979" and on reverse, a bus, with same validity message. Ticket has been punched or nipped. See image files for both sides of the ticket. 2nd copy 007828. .1 - set of 5 tickets for Melbourne Transport cavalcades; - Red card - 28/1/1908 - Horse tram 20c, un numbered. - yellow card - 30/1/1978 - 20c, No. 5365, with an image of X2 676 and a list of available cars on the rear. - orange card - 29/1/1979, as above No. 001385 - green card - 28/1/1980 - with S164 and Ballarat 40, No. 005002, 40c - Adult - orange card - 28/1/1980 - with S164 and Ballarat 40, No. 000304, 20c - Childtrams, tramways, tickets, melbourne pageant, tram cavalcade, melbourne, australia day -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Memorabilia - Event Materials, Melbourne Pageant Committee, Australia Day Pageant 1980, 27/12/2006 12:00:00 AM
... Pageant, Melbourne, 28 January 1980. .1 - Guide to all motor...Melbourne Pageant Committee... Australia Day Pageant, Melbourne, 28 January 1980. .1 - Guide ...Has a strong association with the 1980 Melbourne Pageant, and the involvement of the Bus and Coach Society of Victoria in the event. Various papers giving programme detailsEvent materials associated with the 1980 Australia Day Pageant, Melbourne, 28 January 1980. .1 - Guide to all motor vehicles, including buses of the Bus and Coach Society of Victoria - fourteen duplicated pages, stapled within a printed card cover - landscape format. Centre pages has a map of the Fitzroy and Treasury Gardens. .2 - Programme of events for the period 21st Jan to Monday 28th giving details of displays throughout the Melbourne CBD area. Printed quarto sheet on art paper, folded into three vertically.trams, tramways, bcsv, melbourne, australia day -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Memorandum, "Combined Public Schools Sports at Melbourne C. Ground & International Pageant at Como Park", 16/10/1934 12:00:00 AM
... "Combined Public Schools Sports at Melbourne C. Ground... "Combined Public Schools Sports at Melbourne C. Ground... Pageant Abandoned". "Combined Public Schools Sports at Melbourne C ...Memorandum - nine typed sheets (8"x10.5") - titled "Combined Public Schools Sports at Melbourne C. Ground & International Pageant at Como Park - Saturday 27 October, 1934" from DJ Davidson, District Traffic Superintendent S.S. Note paper pinned to front with inscription: "Combined Public Schools Sports at MCG & International Pageant at Como Park Sat 27/10/34" written in red pencil. "Copies to Insps" written in black pencil. Pin removed and discarded. Two newspaper clippings pinned to note paper. 1st titled "Bands at Como Park - Massed Recital To-Day - Finish of Centenary Thousand". "Argus" & "Sat 27/10/34" written in red ink. 2nd titled "Como Park Pageant Abandoned".Numerous notes written in black pencil across memostrams, tramways, instructions, events -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Age, The Sun, The Herald, The Pubic transport Mess - "Rail loop may turn cash tide, Jan. 1980
... Melbourne Pageant... Trams tramways Australia Day MMTB Melbourne Tramcars Pageant ...Set of four newspaper clippings regarding the Transport Pageant including photos of the events. .1 - The Age, 29-1-1980 - The Pubic transport Mess - "Rail loop may turn cash tide" with a graph of train and tram passengers per year, loss of passengers. Includes a photo of the TMSV horse tram and Ballarat 40 with a note that it had broken down. Written by Gerry Carman as Transport Reporter. .2 - The Sun, 29-1-1980 - "A tram link to history" featuring a photo of Alison Mercer patting the TMSV horse tram horse - Blossom. .3 - The Herald 28-1-1980 - "Remember when" with a photo of people enjoying a model Puffing Billy locomotive and Ethel Smith patting Blossom. .4 - The Sun 21-1-1980 - detailing the event programme - see also Reg Item 5573.trams, tramways, australia day, mmtb, melbourne, tramcars, pageant, melbourne pageant, public transport, passengers, tmsv, btps -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "A Cavalcade of Transport", 1978
... Melbourne Pageant...Trams tramways Tickets Melbourne Pageant Tram Cavalcade ...Light card, tickets for the 30/1/1978 "A Cavalcade of Transport" Child Ticket 20c on yellow - see images i1 and i2 Ticket Number 5364, featuring the X2 on one side, valid for special service only. Or rear provides a list of trams being used and the owner. Has punch marks for Up and Down services. Ticket is un punched.trams, tramways, tickets, melbourne pageant, tram cavalcade, melbourne, australia day -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "A Cavalcade of Transport", 1982
... Melbourne Pageant...Trams tramways Tickets Melbourne Pageant Tram Cavalcade ...Light card, tickets for the 25/1/1982 "A Cavalcade of Transport" Adult ticket - white card - featuring L and T class on the ticket - 60c - Nos. 0501 and 0502 Child ticket - white card - featuring Ballarat 27 and Bendigo 18 - 20c - Nos 12203 and 12204 Tickets are un punched, have been torn from a block.trams, tramways, tickets, melbourne pageant, tram cavalcade, melbourne, australia day -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - List, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Salute to Australia Pageant - Australia Day 1st February 1982", Jan. 1982
... Australia Day MMTB Melbourne Tramcars Pageant List ...List of tramcars used in the Australia Day Pageant, 1982. Prepared by the MMTB, titled "Salute to Australia Pageant - Australia Day 1st February 1982", "Background details of Vintage Trams in Service" for use on 1/2/1982. Printed on both sides of pink sheet of foolscap paper, using a wax stencil and duplicator. Gives details of MMTB 214 (V), Ballarat 27, MMTB 180 (T), Bendigo 19, MMTB 104 (L) and standby tram MMTB 164 (S). Details tram number, date built, for built for, points of interest and present operator. Also lists other vintage passenger vehicle displays in Wellington Parade, abbreviations and list of significant events concerning Melbourne tramways. 2nd copy added 22/08/04 - has had bottom section of sheet torn off. Images of this item shown.australia day, mmtb, melbourne, tramcars, pageant -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - List, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Salute to Australia Pageant - Australia Day 1st February 1982", "Background details of Vintage Trams in Service", Jan. 1982
... Trams tramways Australia Day MMTB Melbourne Tramcars ...List of tramcars used in the Australia Day Pageant, 1982. Prepared by the MMTB, titled "Salute to Australia Pageant - Australia Day 1st February 1982", "Background details of Vintage Trams in Service" for use on 1/2/1982. Printed on both sides of pink sheet of foolscap paper, using a wax stencil and duplicator. Gives details of MMTB 214 (V), Ballarat 27, MMTB 180 (T), Bendigo 19, MMTB 104 (L) and standby tram MMTB 164 (S). Details tram number, date built, for built for, points of interest and present operator. Also lists other vintage passenger vehicle displays in Wellington Parade, abbreviations and list of significant events concerning Melbourne tramways.trams, tramways, australia day, mmtb, melbourne, tramcars, pageant -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Photograph - Black and white print, Floral Parade and Pageant, 1934
... ." floral pageant melbourne centenary floral float city of footscray ...(1) Pamphlet advertising a Floral Pageant organised for the Victoria-Melbourne 1934-1935 Centenary to be held in November 1934. (2) Photograph of a Floral Float, "City of Footscray."floral pageant, melbourne, centenary, floral float, city of footscray, 1934, 1935 -
University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus Archives
Document, Floral Parade and Pageant, 1934
... 1.Pamphlet for Floral Pageant for Melbourne Centenary. 2... Boulevard Richmond melbourne Document Floral Parade and Pageant 1 ...1.Pamphlet for Floral Pageant for Melbourne Centenary. 2. Photograph of floral float "City of Footscray". Scannedfloral pageant, centenary, floral float, city of footscray -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Research Notes, Robert Green, "Trams and Tourism", c1994
... , tourist trams, Melbourne Pageant-Salute to Australia, V214, L... Pageant-Salute to Australia, V214, L and Y class trams, Melbourne ...Eight page A4 document, photocopied, stapled in top left hand corner, titled "Trams and Tourism", looking at the use of trams for tourist purposes in Melbourne, bath tickets, walks, beaches, connecting services with paddle steamers, royal park zoo, Beaumaris tramway, circular tickets, Doncaster, round trip tickets, St Kilda, Wattle park chalet, tourist tickets, tourist tours, tourist trams, Melbourne Pageant-Salute to Australia, V214, L and Y class trams, Melbourne Tourist Tram in June 1992 that did not eventuate. Has references and illustrating of tickets. Written by Robert Green 1994. See Reg Item 5675 for a sample cable tram round trip ticket.trams, tramways, tourist trams, tourist ticket, mmtb, the met, zoo tram, beaumaris, wattle park, doncaster -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Set of 9 loose tickets - non Melbourne, c1970 to 1990
... in a block - The Melbourne Pageant 29/1/1979 - nos 5644 to 51. 4... - The Melbourne Pageant 29/1/1979 - nos 5644 to 51. 4 - Set of two TMSV ...Set of 9 loose tickets 1 - British Railways platform ticket for LlanfairPG - the station with the longest name in the UK. 2 - two yellow tickets for the "A Cavalcade of Transport" 30/1/1978 - Nos 1823 and 5362 3 - set of 8 orange tickets in a block - The Melbourne Pageant 29/1/1979 - nos 5644 to 51. 4 - Set of two TMSV zoo horse tram tickets - Adult and Child - 0505 and 0005. 5 - NSW Railways ticket - Circular Quay to Bondi Junction - machine issued dated 26 Jul. 6 - Two tickets on cardboard for a SPER tour on the Glenelg tram 24/3/1974 and AETM 23/3/1974.trams, tramways, tickets, nsw, sper, aetm, tmsv, cavalcade, uk -
City of Greater Bendigo - Civic Collection
Souvenir - Etched Glass Tumbler, Greig's Honey, c 1956
... ring, torch and wreath], OLYMPIC PAGEANT / MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA...], OLYMPIC PAGEANT / MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA / 1956 / Faith Leech ...Held in Melbourne from the 22nd November to 8th December, the 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad or the Melbourne Olympics were the first held outside of Europe or the USA. The Olympic torch relay passed through Central Victoria on its way from Cairns to Melbourne. Faith Yvonne Leech (31 March 1941 – 14 September 2013) was born in Bendigo and won a gold medal in the 4×100–metre freestyle relay and bronze in the 100-metre freestyle at the Melbourne Games.Commemorative glass produced by Greig's Honey prior to the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956. The glass has both images and text printed on the outside and features an image of Faith Leech in swimsuit, accompanied by Olympic symbols and advertising text. [Head, shoulders and torso image Faith Leech], [Olympic ring, torch and wreath], OLYMPIC PAGEANT / MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA / 1956 / Faith Leech, Australia / May represent / in / 100 metres / freestyle / Greig's Honeyfaith leech, melbourne olympics, 1956, faith leech swimming pool -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Exercise Book, Keith Stodden, "Tickets 2", 1950's to 1980's
... - Melbourne Pageant 23 - 24 - Melbourne Rail and Tram - Travel cards... - Melbourne Pageant 23 - 24 - Melbourne Rail and Tram - Travel cards ...Exercise or Mapping book - Australian Mapping book, decorative cover with mathematical tables on the rear, plain paper, 48 pages holding tickets collected by Keith Stodden. Titled "Tickets 2". Tickets have been positioned using stamp hinges. Pages 1 - Sydney 2 - 5 - mixed VR Bus, MMTB, railway tours, National Trust, and other admission tickets 6 - 8 - Brisbane 9 - BTMS, TAA 10 - TMSV, Sydney 11 - MMTB 12 - Sandhurst Town, National Trust, mixed admission 13 - Sydney 14 - MMTB Bus 15 - Adelaide 16 - 19 - Brisbane 20 - 21- Melbourne Rail, 22 - Melbourne Pageant 23 - 24 - Melbourne Rail and Tram - Travel cards 25 - 26 - Auckland, MOTAT 27 - 28 - Travelcards, Ballarat, Bendigo, Perth, MMTB Swimming ticket 29 - Melbourne rail 30 - Ansett bus, rail and MTT Perth 31 - 32 - Rail travel cards 33 - CRB Westgate bridge toll, Neighbourhood tickets 34 - ARHS ACT, Westgate bridge toll vouchers, 35 - 37 - MMTB, Rail travel cards, ACT bus 38 - Muni, and Travelcard 39 - 40 - Rail, 41 - 42 - travel cards, ARHS ACT 43 - 44 - Travelcards, Santa tram Bendigo 45 - blank 46 - VicRail country ticket, Ansett boarding pass 47 - Levers coachlines.trams, tramways, tickets, the met, mmtb, adelaide, sec, tmsv, sydney, buses -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Exercise Book, The Reading Universal, "Tickets", 1950's to 1980's
... - mixed - Ansett, TAA, Ballarat ESCo, Melbourne transport Pageant... - mixed - Ansett, TAA, Ballarat ESCo, Melbourne transport Pageant ...Exercise or Mapping book - The Reding Universal Mapping book, blue front cover plain paper, holding tickets collected by Keith Stodden. Titled "Tickets". Tickets have been positioned using stamp hinges. Pages 1 to 13 - MMTB imperial, dual and decimal currency tram and bus tickers, including a Munitions workers fare concession certificate, Scholars Concession ticket, swimming, Adelaide. 14 - 15 - SEC and Brisbane tickets 16 - 17 - MTT Adelaide 18 - 24 - MMTB mixed and some railway card 25 - 26 - Sydney 26 - 28 - Hobart 29 - 30 - Mixed - MOTAT, Ferrymead, Brisbane, Hornibrook Highway Toll, 31 - 32- Melbourne Rail, mixed admission, VR Excess Fare 33 - 34 - SEC 35 - 36 - Dunedin 37 - 38 - Christchurch 39 - 41 - Wellington 42 - Auckland 43 - NZR rail 44 - MMTB 45 - 46 - MTT Adelaide, Tallahassee, St Claude 47 - 48 - Ballarat, Bendigo and TMSV 49 - MMTB 50 - TMSV, SPER 51 - Brisbane 52 - Parramatta Park (COTMA), Eurail pass 53 - Hong Kong, Melbourne rail, platform tickets, pram tickets, Begonia Festival car park, 54 - 55- Mixed - NZR, Wellington, 56 - Auckland 57 - 58 - AETM, Adelaide, 59 - 60 Adelaide, MMTB, Exhibition buildings car park, 61 - Radio receiving licence, mixed bus tricks, Ansett, TAA, 62 - cover - mixed - Ansett, TAA, Ballarat ESCo, Melbourne transport Pageant and MTA/The Mettrams, tramways, tickets, the met, mmtb, adelaide, sec, tmsv, sydney, buses -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Ceremonial object - Clothing, child's dress-up costume, c1927
A child's dress-up costume incorporating the Australian Red Ensign Flag made for a pageant c1927A child's dress-up costume c1927. An Australian Red Ensign Flag sleeveless top with detachable capeclothing, moorabbin, dressmaking, textiles, melbourme, velia dowdes house -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph, Margaret Gibson Blackbourn 1955, 1955_
The 'Queen of Lower Plenty' Pageant was held to raise money to build the Lower Plenty Oval. Photographs from the collection of Peter Blackbourn, a descendant of the Chapman Stock family. Annotations to photos by Peter Blackbourn.Photo of Margaret Gibson (later Blackbourn) being crowned Queen of Lower Plenty in 1955. Sash reads: Queen of Lower Plenty 1955peter blackbourn, margaret gibson, margaret balckbourn -
Greensborough Historical Society
Newspaper Clipping, 80th Anniversary Greensborough Methodist Church 1935, 05/04/1935
Brief history of Methodist worship in the Greensborough area, with an account of the pageant held in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the church.2 p. black and white text and photograph, copied from Trovegreensborough methodist church -
Federation University Historical Collection
Flag - Pennant, Victory Day Souvenir Bunting, 1946
This small pennant flag would have been produced to celebrate the end of World War 2. Elaborate arrangements were made for Ballarat's Victory Day celebrations at Ballarat on Monday, June 10. Morning church services were followed by a patriotic concert by the combined choirs in front of the city hall at 1.30pm as a prelude to an extensive street pageant and march, featuring lavishly staged tableaux of the Allied nations. ("Victory Day Celebrations at Ballarat." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) 30 Apr 1946: 20. Web. 18 May 2012) Four red felt triangular pennants attached to a wooden stick with white screen printed text. Screenprinted "Ballarat honours her gallant members of the Services. Victory Day Souvenir. June 10 1946ballarat victory day, victory day, world war two, world war ii, world war 2, world war, ballarat, flag, pennant, pageant, bunting -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood State School - Christmas Pageant, 1958
Coloured photographs (2)Note attached to photograph. Christmas Pageant, 1958. -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Booklet, Proclamation of Ringwood as a City - Saturday, 19th March, 1960
Souvenir brochure issued on the occasion of the Proclamation of Ringwood as a City by the Governor of Victoria, General Sir Dallas Brooks, on 190th March, 1960. Contents include facilities and activities of the Borough of Ringwood and other local organisations and associations, and a Programme of Pageant Events throughout the week. "1924 - Souvenir Brochure - 1960. ... This Souvenir Programme has been produced in order that we all may have a permanent record of this great event in the history of Ringwood ...". Athenian Oath of Citizenship.rinx -
Anglesea and District Historical Society
Tumbler, Souvenir Tumbler Melbourne Olympics 1956, Estimated 1955-1956
Glass tumbler with marks indicating the Olymic Pageant with the five rings and Melboourne, Australia, 1956 under that. It refers to Faith Leech, Australia may represent in the 100 metres freestyle and the picture of Faith Leech is on the other side of the tumbler.Olympics pageant, Olympic rings, Olympic torch. Picture of Faith Leech.tumbler, melbourne, olympics, 1956, greig's honey -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Book, P.R. Smith, Australian Pageant, 1958
... melbourne Book Australian Pageant Softcover Mandie Boyd, Study notes ...SoftcoverMandie Boyd, Study notes, and word definitions penciled in throughoutwalsh st library -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Photograph, The Sears Studio, Centenary Celebrations : Kew "Strong Post" St Kilda Road, 1934
Cr. W.D. Vaughan in 'Kew's Civic History' (1960) records that: "In connection with the Melbourne Centenary Celebrations in 1934, the Kew Council decided to organise a strong post as an appropriate gesture of welcome to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester. Also that the municipality be represented by a symbolic floral float in the Royal pageant. This was a striking entry and won first prize, and evoked much comment on account of its originality and truly Australian motif." The photograph of the Kew Strong Post was once part of the Municipal Collection of the former City of Kew and was presented to the Kew Historical Society before the move from the Walpole Street (Kew) Town Hall to new Civic offices in Charles Street in 1971.Historic photograph of participation by the City of Kew in celebrations for a royal visitFramed and glazed photograph on its original inscribed mount and original frame of the Kew "Strong Post" in St Kilda Road on the occasion of the visit to Melbourne of the Duke of Gloucester. The photograph has two components, at the upper left is a photo of the royal carriage while the man photo shows the people of Kew on a decorated 'Strong Post' on St Kilda Road, along which the procession progressed. T"Centenary Celebrations / Kew "Strong Post" St Kilda Road / On the occasion of the visit of / H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester / October 18th 1934."royal visits - melboure - 1934, duke of gloucester, kew (vic.) — municipal collection -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Souvenir, United Sunday schools, Red Leather Bookmark, United Sunday Schools' Demonstration, Melbourne, 6 May 1901, 1901
SUNDAY SCHOOL DEMONSTRATION. With three times three we coo-ee, The Prince we meet again; Our Princess May we welcome, With heart and voice amain. This was the welcome of the children of the Melbourne Sunday schools. The greeting came from over 30,000 youthful voices to the accompaniment of as many waving flags of diminutive size, held by the children. Probably not one of those who sang so lustily had witnessed the previous visit of his Royal Highness; or knew anything of it except as a traditional event, but the sentiment was a good and proper one all the same. The children were massed on the rising ground in the Domain, and apparently the long wait was not at all wearying. It was to most of them a huge picnic. They lunched on the grass, and filled in the intervening lime with games such as the juvenile heart delights in. At intervals something approaching order, was observed, and then songs, which have been in rehearsal for some weeks past, were sung under the baton of Mr. D. R. Davies, musical director, and to the lead of a united brass band of over a hundred instrumentalists under Bandmaster E; T. Code. A solo was also sung by Mr. H. J. Floyd. At all times the scene was an exceedingly animated one. Most of the children were attired in light costumes, and those in whose dress there was some color provided the necessary variety to make up a most picturesque scene. Probably there were nearly 35,000 adults and children at this spot. They occupied the frontage to St. Kilda-road, from Government House gates to the intersecting thoroughfare beyond. As the children were confined to the high ground, there was a green strip in front of them, and the dark green of the fir trees at the top of the slope made a most suitable background. Between these two lines of even coloring the children, with the easy freedom of youth, made perhaps as pretty a feature of the pageant as could be found anywhere in the whole route of the procession." (The Age, Tues 7 May 1901, p.6)This tiny battered piece of ephemera recording the United Sunday School Demonstration of 1901 must once have been exceedingly common, however in the context of the growing collection that the Society has relating to the opening of the first Commonwealth Parliament in Melbourne it has historic and social significance.Embossed red leather bookmark commemorating the 'United Sunday Schools Demonstration' in St Kilda Road in 1901 to welcome the Prince and Princess of Wales to open the first Commonwealth Parliament in the Royal Exhibition Building."United Sunday Schools Demonstration, Melbourne Australia, Melbourne May 6 1901"opening of the first commonwealth parliament - 1901, sunday schools - victoria, federation events - victoria - 1901, ephemera