Historical information

A notice of a charity ball that was being held for Legacy. It mentions that there was dancing from 8.30 pm to 3 am, dinner was at 9, and tickets were £15 each and could be ordered using the card inserted in the notice. A newspaper article on Trove talks about the organising committee being unusually all male doing such a good job.
Charity balls were held with the proceeds from the evening going to aid Melbourne Legacy. The ball was held under the patronage of 'His Excellency the Governor of Victoria, General Sir Dallas Brooks.'

Significance

A record that Legacy used gala dinners and balls for fundraising events.

Physical description

Printed notice x 4 pages of a ball to be held in aid of Legacy, at Palais de Dance, St Kilda, 30 November 1956.