Postcard - LESLIE JOHN BAGUST COLLECTION: VALENTINE BENDIGO POSTCARDS, 1940

Physical description

Leslie John Bagust Collection. Bendigo. Black & White Photograph Souvenir Collection ? Rose Series. 1940. King George V Memorial; Conservatory Gardens, Bendigo. The Monument is constructed from all Australian materials it is cast bronze, 3.7 metres (12 feet high), took 12 months to complete at a cost of £750 AUD in 1938 or the equivalent to 1.26 million dollars AUD in 2013. To the right is the Gold Monument and the tower on the School of Mines building.

Inscriptions & markings

Valentine Publishing Co. Pty Ltd. Melbourne

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