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Port Macquarie Museum

Name/Title

Booklet, Commonwealth of Australia Jubilee

About this object

Printed booklet issued to school children to commemorate fifty years in the life of the Commonwealth of Australia from 1901 to 1951. The 40 page illustrated booklet begins with a message to the school children of Australia from the Prime Minister, Robert Menzies and then outlines some of the principal events in the history of Australia. The booklet has a full colour cardboard cover. The spine is stapled.

Many Australian schools held their Jubilee celebrations around Empire Day (24 May) where school children were issued with a special Jubilee medal and a copy of the commemorative booklet.

At Port Macquarie, plans for an outdoor Empire Day celebration for the Jubilee year were cancelled due to inclement weather. Instead representatives from infant, primary and super-primary classes gathered at Port Macquarie's District Rural School under crowded conditions with proceedings relayed by the school amplifier system to class rooms where other pupils were gathered in class groups. After a number of speeches and readings, Dr. Nicol McLaren, President of the Parents' and Citizens' Association, assisted by Mrs. Keena, President of the Mothers' Club, presented the Jubilee medals and booklets to class representatives for distribution to individual pupils.

Maker

Commonwealth of Australia

Maker Role

Publisher

Date Made

1951

Place Made

Canberra

Medium and Materials

Paper, ink, metal

Inscription and Marks

Inscription on fly page 'Jan Williams/ Nana Glen 3C/ North Coast/ N.S.W.' and on title page 'Lorna McLennan/ Nana Glen'

Measurements

170mm L, 143mm W

Subject and Association Keywords

Commemorations

Credit Line

Donor: Miss Manchester

Object Type

Commemorative booklets

Object number

B482

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