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Kew Historical Society IncDocument (item), KHS Newsletter No.117, December 2016
... 1916 conscription referendum... the home front 1916 conscription referendum mrs e ratten alexandra ...No. 117 DECEMBER 2016: Mayors of Kew / Robert Baker p1.Society news [Vale Jill O'Brien] p3. Ratting on the Yarra / Suzanne McWha p4. Saving the [Yarra] river parklands / Valerie Bourke p5. Vale - Marjorie Orr p8. Vale Bill Reeve p8. Mayors of Kew - Robert Morgan Young / Felicity Renowden p9. Mayors of Kew - Henry Francis Phipps / Robert Baker p9. Mayors of Kew - Job Smith / Felicity Renowden p9. Mayors of Kew - Henry Francis Mogg / Margaret Robinson p9. The Great War in Kew - Those that stayed / Andrew Frost p10. New to the Collection [Photographs and clothing donated by Micky Ashton relating to Cr John Marshall and his family] p11.The newsletters of the Kew Historical Society contain significant research by members that explores aspects of the Victorian and Australian Framework of Historical Themes. Frequently, articles on people, places and artefacts are the only source of information about an aspect of Kew, and Melbourne’s history. The contents of each newsletter as such is often significant historically, aesthetically, socially and or spiritually. khs newsletters, historical society newsletters, history -- kew (vic.), mayors of kew, kew town hall, josiah e barnes, ann carew, jill o'brien, family planning association of victoria, powerline action group, studley park conservation society, yarra bend park trust, villa alba, yarra river - fauna, rakali, hydromyini chrysogaster, kew where we live, henry kellett, j. f. c. farquhar, merri creek, state electricity commission of victoria, young street -- kew (vic.), natural resources and environment committee, merri yarra municipal protection committee, studley park association, prue sibree, hon robert fordham, transmission lines task group, national trust of victoria, australian conservation foundation, dr john colbatch, peter mcintyre, richmond high school, gerry hand, john halfpenny, victorian trades hall council, jan wade, powerline review panel, marjorie orr, bill reeve, valerie bourke, 2016, robert morgan young, henry phipps, woodlands, thornbury farm, job smith, berrington, 29 sackville street, herbert francis mogg, world war 1, ww1, the home front, 1916 conscription referendum, mrs e ratten, alexandra gardens, kew recreation hall, kew golf club, kew horticultural society, trinity grammar school, xavier college, 1st kew boy scouts, kew rifle club, patrick o’connor, kew band, cr john marshall, micky ashton -
Kew Historical Society IncBadge - Patriotic Button, Vote Yes Oct 28 1916, 1916
Frances Rigg was a local business identity in Kew, at one stage managing the local branch of the English, Scottish and Australian (ES&A) Bank at 175 High Street from c. 1920 until the 1940s. After Francis Rigg’s death, the collection of buttons and medallions was inherited by his son, Ken Rigg (1922-2014). The collection was subsequently donated to the Kew Historical Society in 2015 by Francis' grandson, Adrian Rigg, at the time of the Gallipoli & Beyond Commemoration in 2015. The collection covers a period of almost 40 years. The majority of the buttons are patriotic buttons, issued and sold during and immediately after the First World World War (1914-1918) to raise funds for national and overseas causes. The collection also includes a number of locally significant sporting event buttons and sporting club medallions, issued in the 1920s and 1930s.Patriotic and other pressed tin buttons and badges were produced in large numbers in the first decades of the twentieth century. By nature, insubstantial and ephemeral, they have not always survived. The collections of badges, buttons and medallions in the Kew Historical Society collection is homogenous and yet diverse, ranging from buttons sold to raise funds for the war efforts in 1914-18 and 1939-45, to those used at festivals and sporting events. Because of the manufacturing process, many surviving buttons and badges have been affected by inadequate storage, suffering from oxidisation and physical damage. These survivors are now historically and socially significant artefacts, revealing much about the attitudes and values of the period in which they were produced. Their widespread distribution means that they are frequently significant at a local, state, national and international level.In 1916 the Australian Government called for conscription of Australian men as voluntary recruiting did not seem to be producing sufficient numbers to supply the front line. Referendums were held in 1916 and 1917. Both referendums were defeated and conscription did not occur. This badge advocates a ‘Yes’ vote in the first referendum."Vote Yes / Oct 28 1916"conscription debate 1916, patriotic buttons, first world war (1914-18), world war one, referendum -
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Document (item), KHS Newsletter No.115, June 2016
No 115 JUNE 2016. What Price Memory? / Robert Baker p1. What’s On - June to September: Exhibitions, Monthly meetings p3. Heritage Issues: Dorothy Rogers Reserve / Brad Miles p4. The Great War in Kew 1916: The conscription debate / Andrew Frost p6. Historic Gardens Exhibition p6. Victorian Collections [Hat collection] / Robert Baker p7. More Examples of Lost Kew: Studley Park Toll Bridge, Salvation Army Citadel, Harp of Erin Hotel, Kew Recreation Hall p9. Membership & Donations p10. The newsletters of the Kew Historical Society contain significant research by members that explores aspects of the Victorian and Australian Framework of Historical Themes. Frequently, articles on people, places and artefacts are the only source of information about an aspect of Kew, and Melbourne’s history. The contents of each newsletter as such is often significant historically, aesthetically, socially and or spiritually. khs newsletters, historical society newsletters, history -- kew (vic.), alma figuerola, carmen figuerola, d'estaville, fred mcardle, ed mcardle, sacred heart church - kew, catholic young men’s society, cyms, sacred heart tennis club, oral histories, whs dickinson, frances dumaresq, dorothy rogers reserve, 4 studley park road, cr n.j. whiting jp, dorothy rogers, country roads board, vicroads, ww1, wwi, wwi conscription debate, kew town council, canon sutton, holy trinity church - kew, arthur wills, billy hughes, referendum 1916, victorian collections, marion blatchly, vaughan - victoria, middleton’s reef gold quartz mining company, smokers caps, r&m dower, milliners -- kew, anne harrison of kew, 146 high street -- kew, kathleen gervasoni, trove, dione mcintyre, dorothy benyei, penny bridge, studley park toll bridge, harp of erin hotel, edward glynn, melbourne hunt club, salvation army citadel -- kew, kew recreation association, kew recreation hall, henderson & smart
