Photograph - The Procession April 1918

Physical description

Black and white photograph glued to cardboard. The photograph captures a moment of a procession that took place on Monday April 1, 1918. There is a banner on the windscreen of the car that reads: Australia 1818-1918, a man in a suit is in the driving seat. An aboriginal man is standing on the back holding a boomerang and a sign: "Australia what it was 1818" another man is standing next in farmer's clothes holding wheat and a sign: "Australia has it is 1918". A child is standing near the car while two men on horseback can be seen in the background.
Sticker on the back: John Gill in his car parade in 1918. Manager of Unity mine, Long Gully.

Inscriptions & markings

W.H. Robinson photo Bendigo

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