Item 1: City of Essendon Patriotic Concert

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Essendon
Accession Number PUBS002/008/001/003/001
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall - closed: 19 cm x 14 cm
Object type Souvenir
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Essendon
Date made 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

Souvenir programme for a concert held to entertain troops during the First World War. Program for the City of Essendon Patriotic Concert held on Tuesday 8th September 1914 in the Town Hall. The concert was to celebrate the the departure of residents of the city who were going on active serivce with the First Australian Imperial Experditionary Force. Includes a nominal roll of the residents of Essendon who served in the First AIF.