Historical information

A photo of Mrs Billie Sims receiving a certificate. The blue paper label says:
"Legacy Helping to keep the Aussie Flag Flying"
President of the Australian National Flag Association of Victoria, Mr Ross Watson, O.A.M. (right) together with the Secretary of the Association, Mr Henry Farrell, thanked the ladies of Melbourne Legacy for their contribution to help keep the Aussie Flag Flying.
Through the President of Melbourne Legacy Widows' Club, Mrs Billie Simms, Ross Watson presented a framed certificate to mark the splendid work of Melbourne Legacy Widows in attaching miniature Australian flags to thousands of sprigs of rosemary prepared for Anzac Day marchers and for the 2,000 plus school children who attend Legacy's annual Anzac Commemoration Ceremony at the Shrine of Remembrance."
Similar to another certificate from the Australian National Flag Association given to the Melbourne Legacy Club in June 1984.
It was with a group of photos from 1988 to 1990 in a folio with paper labels (see items 01042 to 01049).
The explanation of the source of the rosemary was in the same folio but the described photo is missing. It says the rosemary donated to Legacy each year for the sprigs of rosemary handed out to the public comes from nurseryman, Peter Hannah, who sourced a cutting from a bush in Frankston which was said to come from a cutting brought home by a wounded soldier.

Significance

A record of widows preparing rosemary as gifts for the public and the story behind the source of the rosemary. Rosemary is sign of remembrance.

Physical description

Colour photo of a widow receiving a certificate, a blue paper label and a yellow document explaining the source of the rosemary.

Inscriptions & markings

Blue paper label explains the certificate in black type.