Commonwealth Day luncheon

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This week's theme will probably be Federation, because that's what I have. To start with, a menu from a luncheon on Commonwealth Day, 1903





A little booklet that I forgot to note the name of has what appears to be a description of the luncheon, complete with speeches. The page says:

Yesterday was the second anniversary of the birth of the Australian Commonwealth, and first occasion upon which that event has been celebrated formally in Launceston. The proceedings took the form of a luncheon in the banquet room of the Albert Hall somewhat hurriedly arranged, but attended by a widely representative gathering, the object being to establish in the minds of Tasmanians that the first of January should be regarded as the red-letter day in the history of the Commonwealth, and as worthy of remembrance as the Americans' Fourth of July. Those present represented almost every branch of the pubic service of the Commonwealth.


Those present included:

Mayor, Alderman D. Storrer, MHA
Major-General Sir Edward Hutton, Commandant of the Australian Military Forces
Commander Macalister, of HMS Torch
Senator Lt-Col Cameron
Senator J.H. Keating
Colonel Legge
Colonel Bayly, A.A.G
Major Danger, A.D.C
Lt-Col Martin
Major Harrap
Captain Heritage
Mr P. M'Crackan, MHA
Mr L Tulloch, Master Warden of the Marine Board
Dr Parker
Mr W.A. Whitaker
Mr J.B. Waldron
Mr Prichard
Mr A. Evershed
Mr A. Gye
Mr John Gunning
Mr F.R. Unsworth
Mr J Foubister
Mr E.A. Windsor

Comments

[gillpolack.livejournal.com]

Very nice!