Promotion and program for a lecture and concert that was arranged by the City of St Kilda at St Kilda Town Hall on 19 June 1942. The lecture topic was 'The Empire's Air Forces at War', by British War Correspondent William Courtney, and the entertainment included musical performances and a film screening.Cream coloured paper (discoloured with age) printed in black on one sidewilliam courtney, margaret schofield, arnold matters, thea phillips, noel nickson, city of st kilda, arnold colman

Invitation and ticket to a lecture and concert arranged by the City of St Kilda at St Kilda Town Hall on 19 June 1942. The lecture topic was 'The Empire's Air Forces at War', by British War Correspondent William Courtney, and the entertainment included musical performances and a film screening. Admission was free but donations were collected for the St Kilda Patriotic Society.Folded grey-brown coloured light card printed in dark bluewilliam courtney, margaret schofield, arnold matters, thea phillips, noel nickson, city of st kilda, arnold colman, st kilda patriotic society

Promotion and program for a free lecture and concert at St Kilda Town Hall on 19 June 1942. The lecture topic was 'The Empire's Air Forces at War', by British War Correspondent William Courtney, and the entertainment included musical performances. Although free, silver coin donations for the St Kilda Patriotic Society were sought.Buff coloured paper printed in black on one sidewilliam courtney, arnold matters, thea phillips, city of st kilda, anthony ferrara, st kilda patriotic society

This book was part of the Frank Wright Collection. His early tutor, Percy Code, is mentioned in the book. Percy Code was senior conductor of the ABC, and commenced his musical career as a violinist but transferred his musical talent to the trumpet.Red hard covered book of 197 pages, and a number of black and white images. The book contains the following chapters: - 1. A Century and a Half of Music 2. Music of the Australian Aborigine 3. Personally Speaking 4. Biographical sketches (Amy Sherwin, Ada Crossley, Nellie Stewart, Melba, W.A. Laver, Alberto Zelman, Amy Castles, Peter Dawson, Percy Grainger, Hohn Lemmone, John Amadio, Horace Stevens, Evelyn Scotney (born Ballarat), Una Bourne, Browning Mummery, Daisy Kennedy, Essie Ackland, Dorothy Helmrich, Florence Austral, Bernard heinze, Harold Williams, Arnold Matters, Lauri kennedy, Gladys Moncrief, John Brownlee, John Dudley (born Ballarat), Marjorie Lawrence, Alan Eddy, Eileen Joyce, Joan Hammond, Nancy Weir, Noel Mewton-Wood, Raymond O'connell) 5. Australian Composers (May Brahe, Margaret Sutherland, Roy Agnew, Horace Gleeson, William G. James, Alfred Hill, Frank Hutchins, Lindley Evans, Horace Keats) 6. The Men with the Baton (G. Marhsall-Hall, Henri Verbruggen, Slapoffski, Fritz Hart, , Arundel Orchard, Edgar Bainton, Alberto Zelman, Bernard Heinze, Percy Code (Ballarat), William Cade, Joseph Post, John Farnsworth Hall) 7. Broadcasting in Australia 8. Violin Makers in Australia 9. Life in a Symphony Orchestra Appendices a. Choral Societies of Australia b. Doctors of Music c. A Selection of Records of Australian Composition. frank wright, percy code, music, bernard heinze, zelman, alberto zelman, joseph north, j.w. dawson, louis hattenbach, didgeridoo, nellie stewart, harold williams, lauri kennedy, tarczynski, nelson oliver, william dolphin, radio, new number

Typed notes mentioning the earning of pocket money, The Great Gold Transaction which tells of two boys, aged 7 and 8 going to the Bank of Victoria in View Street and selling their gold, the visit by American sailors to Bendigo, A Matter of Morals and Ethics which tells of two boys who were given 3d by some ladies preparing for a tea-meeting to buy some milk. After a mishap crossing a gully they lost the 3d, so they went to a herd of goats and milked some to fill their pail. The boy’s mother was horrified. Also mentions the train crash at the Sunshine Station and about their house and the tradesmen who called, e g the milkman, baker, etc.document, the great gold transaction and a matter of morals and ethics, bendigo advertiser, bendigo independent, mrs jones, mrs james mcduff, lewis ad whitteys blacking, bill leigh, bank of victoria, c b c of sydney, great white fleet, arnold street methodist sunday school, nelson and sons, highroads of history