Item 8: Concert

Accession Number PUBS002/001/001/003/008
Collection number Souvenirs 2 1/1/3/8
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 25.9 x 20.4cm
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 No. 36 Quota Concert Party aboard HMAT Port Lyttelton at 7pm on Saturday 21 June 1919. The concert featured songs, humourous sketches, orchestral selections, duets and comic items. The back of the program features a drawing of a man in a suit reading 'Home Sweet Home' upside down.