Historical information

This is a photograph of a group of people dressed up in traditional Japanese costumes for a Church of England bazaar and fete C 1900. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Churches in Orbost provided venues for social activities, fellowship and entertainment. Many concerts, festivals and money-raising fetes were held by the church committees.
St. James' Anglican Church, Orbost, was conceived and built as a memorial to the men 'who served and suffered during the Great War' as noted on the foundation stone. The Right Reverend GH Cranswick, DD, Bishop of Gippsland, laid the stone on 1 October 1927.

Significance

This item is reminiscent of the late 19th - mid 20th centuries when church-going was more common

Physical description

A black / white photograph on grey buff card. It is of a large group of men and women dressed in traditional Japanese costume.

Inscriptions & markings

on front at top - handwritten - "E. H. NIXON" with an arrow pointing to the first lady standing in the back row.