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Program for a civic ANZAC commemoration, presented by the City of St Kilda, at St Kilda Town Hall on 24 April 1955.
Grey coloured card and single sheet of white paper folded, stapled together and printed in blue.
Program for an Anzac Day service at the Cenotaph, St Kilda, on 25 April 1953. Logo of City of St Kilda.
White paper, discoloured with age, printed in blue on one side
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Program for an Anzac Day service at the Cenotaph, St Kilda, on 25 April 1956. Logo of City of St Kilda.
White paper, discoloured with age, printed in blue on one side
anzac day, st kilda war memorial, city of st kilda
Program for an Anzac Day service at the Cenotaph, St Kilda, on 25 April 1955. Logo of City of St Kilda.
White paper, discoloured with age, printed in blue on one side
anzac day, st kilda war memorial, city of st kilda
Program for a civic ANZAC commemoration, presented by the City of St Kilda, at St Kilda Town Hall on 20 April 1952.
Grey coloured card and single sheet of white paper folded, stapled together and printed in blue.
anzac, anzac day, city of st kilda
Program for a civic ANZAC commemoration, presented by the City of St Kilda, at St Kilda Town Hall on 19 April 1953.
Grey coloured card and single sheet of white paper folded, stapled together and printed in blue.
anzac, anzac day, city of st kilda
Program for a civic ANZAC commemoration, presented by the City of St Kilda, at St Kilda Town Hall on 25 April 1954.
Grey coloured card and single sheet of white paper folded, stapled together and printed in blue.
anzac, anzac day, city of st kilda
Invitation in the form of a typed letter from the General Secretary of the Melbourne Swimming Club,, L M (Les) Phillips to attend a picture night at Leonards Cafe Baths on Monday 29 August. The films shown included films of the 1948 London Olympics and other films of swimming and general interest. The year of the event is unspecified. It could have been 1949 or 1955. The Club was established in 1894 and is not the same as the present day competitive swimming club of that name.
Quarto sized page of buff coloured paper, typed and written in black on one side
Handwritten correction of typed venue of event, changed from Gymnasium Richmond to "Leonards Cafe" St Kilda
melbourne swimming club
Invitation from the City of St Kilda to the official opening of the Cora Graves Elderly Persons Recreational Centre by Dr J H Lindell, Chairman of the Hospitals and Charities Commission, on 5 June 1956
White card, discoloured with age, printed in black on one side
cora graves centre, aged care, city of st kilda, cora graves elderly persons recreational centre
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 11 May - 6 June 1956. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 8 December 1955 - 4 January 1956. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 13 October - 9 November 1955. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 15 September - 12 October 1955. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 18 August - 14 September 1955. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 23 June - 20 July 1955. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 28 April - 25 May 1955. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 31 March - 26 April 1955. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 3 - 30 March 1955. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 6 January - 2 February 1955. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 2 - 29 December 1954. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 4 November - 1 December 1954. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 7 October - 3 November 1954. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 5 August - 1 September 1954. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Booklet of eight pages of various colours printed on both sides and stapled.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 29 March - 24 April 1956. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Card with four sections on each side coloured alternately on one side cream and orange, and the other side cream and green, and printed in black. Designed to be folded into four but has been flattened and laminated.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 14 February - 13 March 1957. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Card with four sections on each side coloured alternately cream and green and printed in black. Designed to be folded into four but has been flattened and laminated.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 14 March - 10 April 1957. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Card with four sections on each side coloured alternately cream and green and printed in black. Designed to be folded into four but has been flattened and laminated.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Program of films shown at the Broadway Theatre, Elwood, over the period 11 April - 8 May 1957. Includes advertising by local businesses.
Card with four sections on each side coloured alternately cream and green and printed in black. Designed to be folded into four but has been flattened and laminated.
elwood cinemas, broadway theatre - elwood
Entree card issued to Miss Hewitt of the National Council of Women, Victoria to attend a morning tea at St Kilda Town Hall on 3 March 1958 during the 1958 visit by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. The Queen Mother was in Australia over the period 14 February – 7 March 1958 to attend the British Empire Service League Conference in Canberra and visit Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania, Adelaide and Perth, and various provincial and country areas.
White coloured circular card, discoloured with age, printed in blue on both sides and with blue ribbon attached. The reverse side has been annotated in handwriting, in blue ink, with the name of the invitee.
Miss HEWITT National Council of Women, Victoria
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Invitation to citizens of St Kilda to attend a meeting about forming an Auxiliary to assist the elderly, to be held at St Kilda Town Hall at 8pm on 28 July 1955.
White card printed on blue on one side. Includes City of St Kilda logo.
aged care, city of st kilda
Invitation to a special meeting of St Kilda Council on 11 March 1957 at St Kilda City Hall to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first Council meeting.
Cream coloured card printed in gold on one side. Embossed with City of St Kilda logo.
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Invitation to a lecture on the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme, presented by the City of St Kilda, at the St Kilda Town Hall at 8pm on 7 April 1954. The lecture was to be illustrated by 'coloured lantern slides' and followed by a screening of the film 'Planning for Melbourne's Future'. The Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954: Report, compiled by the then Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Work, began the planning system for Melbourne. It planned for a population of 2.5 million in the 1990s, a population actually reached in the 1970s. .
White card printed in black on one side
melbourne metropolitan planning scheme, town planning, planning
Victorian Collections acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.
