Historical information

This item is a souvenir of the Bi- Centenary of Australia (1988) It features the new Parliament House in Canberra which was opened in May 1988 and cost more than one billion dollars to build and contains four thousand seven hundred rooms.

Significance

This item came from the estate of a well known Warrnambool lawyer and is retained as a high quality souvenir of the Bi-Centenary of Australia

Physical description

Circular ceramic plate. White concave surface with blue drawing of Parliament House, Australian Coat of Arms, flowers including banksia, Sturt Desert Pea, eucalypt and seven pointed stars. Reverse has raised inner rim and includes text in blue.

Inscriptions & markings

Front 1988
Reverse ROYAL COPENHAGEN DENMARK and crown.
COPYRIGHT THE A.B.A 1981
REG.TRADE MARK OF THE A.B.A.
USED UNDER LICENCE BY ROYAL COPENHAGEN
NEW PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA
Logo
Australia 1788-1988
Signature " Gorn Uestezaul"(?)