Item 10: Concert

Accession Number PUBS002/001/001/003/010
Collection number Souvenirs 2 1/1/3/10
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 25 x 20cm
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 given by No. 36 Quota Concert Party aboard HMAT Port Lyttelton on Saturday 5 July 1919. The concert features instrumentals, songs, comic items and a character study. The covers of the program are illustrated with drawings of kangaroos, emus, swagmen and an Australian soldier.