Historical information

The following were office bearers of the Kiata Progress Association in 1958:
K. Jordon (President)
G. Osborne (Secretary)
Ivan Cole & S. Clark (Vice_Presidents
Alison Jordan (Assistant Secretary)

It is a assumed that the Kiata Progress Association Wildflower Exhibition was the predecessor of the Little Desert Wildflower Exhibition is held each year in September-October.

Kiata is a town in the Wimmera region between Nhill and Dimboola, western Victoria, Australia.

Physical description

Correspondence from Kiata State School to the Ballarat School of Mines concerning an Exhibition of Wildflowers, 1958
.1-2) Two page hand written letter dates 20 August 1958 and signed by G.B. Osborne, Honorary Secretary of the Kiata Progress Association.
.3) one page typed letter (carbon copy) dated 28 August 1958 in reply to above
.4) Printed flyer advertising the Kiata Progress Association Exhibition of Wildflowers and Museum of Natural History to be held in Kiata Hall on 25 September to 05 October 1958. The flyer includes photographic depictions of Kakea Petiolaris, Hakea multilineata and Mallee Hens.