Blue felt banner with yellow and white screen printing and gold fringing. Rays emblem in centre. On wood hanger with turned ends."METHODIST GIRLS' COMRADESHIP RAYS' SECTION ALBERT ST. BALLARAT"methodist girls' comradship rays section, methodist church albert street ballarat

Methdodist Girls' Comradeship Rays' Section 1st Monitor sash. Blue cotton with white bias binding and "M" and "1st" in fabric paint. Rosette of blue, white and gold. This sash does not conform with the Methodist Girls' Comradeship Rays' Section Dress and Regalia constitution.methodist girls' comradship rays section, methodist church albert street ballarat

Methdodist Girls' Comradeship Rays' Section 2nd Monitor sash. Blue cotton with white bias binding and "M" and "1st" in fabric paint. Rosette of blue, white and gold. This sash does not conform with the Methodist Girls' Comradeship Rays' Section Dress and Regalia constitution.methodist girls' comradship rays section, methodist church albert street ballarat

Methdodist Girls' Comradeship Rays' Section 3rd Monitor sash. Blue cotton with white bias binding and "M" and "1st" in fabric paint. Rosette of blue, white and gold. This sash does not conform with the Methodist Girls' Comradeship Rays' Section Dress and Regalia constitution.methodist girls' comradship rays section, methodist church albert street ballarat

Sir Albert Ernest Coates (1895-1977), surgeon, was born on 28 January 1895 at Ballarat, Victoria, eldest of seven children of Arthur Coates, letter carrier, and his wife Clara Annie, née Eustice, both Victorian born. Although their worldly possessions were few, Arthur and Clara raised their family in an affectionate atmosphere and instilled in them the virtues of honesty, industry and education. They were strong supporters of the Methodist Church. (Australian Dictionary of Biography extract). Arthur apparently was a Home Missionary at one stage of his life.Coates in formal dress.coates, arthur

Sash was worn at all meetings except where the program made it in impractical.MGC001.1 and MGC001.2 Royal blue cotton sashes with white two white bars worn in the centre, and a rosette in royal blue, white and gold. methodist girls' comradship rays section, methodist girls' comradeship albert street ballarat, wesley rays ballarat

Blue cotton oblong table cloth with blue felt screen printed Methodist Girls' Comradeship Rays' section emblem in one corner.methodist girls' comradship rays section, albert street methodist church sebastopol ballarat