Item 2: Second welcome and presentations to St Kilda's (1914) Anzacs

Accession Number PUBS002/008/002/001/002
Collection number Souvenirs 2 8/2/1/2
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 19 x 12.6cm
Object type Souvenir
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, St Kilda
Date made 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Souvenir program for a reception held after the First World War. This program is for a reception concert held at 8pm on Wednesday 14 May 1919 in St Kilda Town Hall. The reception was organised to welcome home soldiers from St Kilda who had left Australia on active service in 1914. The program for the evening featured instrumentals, vocal performances, recitations and comedy. Presentations were made to ninety St Kilda servicemen returning from the war at 9pm by the Mayor of St Kilda, Councillor A Sculthorpe.