Item 32: Concert Programme - SS Ulysses Accession Number: PUBS002/001/001/004/032

Description

Souvenir invitation and programme for a concert held to entertain troops during the First World War. The souvenir invites Major Walter Whyte Ellis to a performance by the 13th and 14th Battalions, held on the SS Ulysses on 23 January 1915. The reverse of the programme depicts a Scottsman with bagpipes, a rose, a thistle, a shamrock, and a kangaroo. Songs, recitations, a musical monologue, and a sketch were performed.

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Accession Number
PUBS002/001/001/004/032
Maker
Unknown
Classification
Published Collection
Object Type
Souvenir
Measurement
Overall - open: 18 cm x 23 cm
Date Made
1915
Place Made
At sea
Whole/Part
Item
Item Count
1
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Copyright
Commonwealth of Australia copyright

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