Item 6: Souvenir programme

Accession Number PUBS002/001/001/004/006
Collection number Souvenirs 2 1/1/4/6
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 11.6 x 21.1cm
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 three performances by the Rising Sun Concert Party aboard HMT Somali in early 1919. The concerts were held whilst HMT Somalia was 'homeward bound from the Great War'. The first concert was held on 18 January 1919 titled 'Farewell to Western Australians'. The second concert in this series, 'Farewell to South Australians', was held on 27 January 1919. The third concert, 'Our Anti-Flu Effusion', was held Saturday 1 February 1919.