Historical information

During the construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme visitors would have required a Meal Pass. This ticket would have been produced at the office for the purpose of controlling the people entitled to a meal and the number of people requiring one.

Significance

Historical: This ticket indicates that a meal pass was required during the construction of the Kiewa Hydro Electric Scheme. This would have controlled the number of people entitled to a meal and enabled staff to both prepare the correct number of meals and to use the number of meals when finalising the budget.

Physical description

This orange ticket has been laminated. The writing on it is in black.

Inscriptions & markings

Name: Slade
S.E.C. / Kiewa Scheme No. 2703
Meal Pass (underlined)
Issued subject to the conditions stated on the Pass / Acceptance Receipt
H.H.C. Williams, Construction Engineer