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Kew Historical Society Inc
Badge - Patriotic Button, Vote Yes Oct 28 1916, 1916
... conscription debate 1916... level. conscription debate 1916 patriotic buttons first world ...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 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal, Kew Historical Society, Newsletter No.115, June 2016
... : The conscription debate / Andrew Frost p6. Victorian Collections [Hat ...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. 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.Published quarterly since 1977, the newsletters of the Kew Historical Society contain significant research by members exploring relevant 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.non-fictionWhat 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. 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.