Item 17: The Napierrots

Accession Number PUBS002/001/001/003/017
Collection number Souvenirs 2 1/1/3/17
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 32.5 x 20.2cm
Object type Souvenir
Maker Unknown
Place made At sea
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 concert held to entertain troops returning to Australia after the First World War. This program is for a performance by the Napierrots Concert Party aboard HMAT Port Napier at 7pm on 19 June 1919. The front of this program is illustrated with images of a ship, a bottle of beer, a woman and a sloping boat deck with humorous captions. The back features an annotated map of the route taken by HMAT Napier showing the miles covered over 24 hour periods.