The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Single sided Colour made from two pieces of cream silk, satin weave fabric joined with a single seam 28-31cm below upper edge. The machine stitched seam joins two selvedges together. The upper edge of the flag is also a selvedge; the width of the bolt of fabric being approximately 110cm. The lower edge of the flag has a cut, raw edge with no hemming or turning before being encorporated into the silk borders, except at the hoist edge. The fly edge is turned and hemmed towards the face of the flag. The hoist edge has been unevenly cut and folded once along the edge, wrong sides together. The colour is bordered on three sides with strips of emerald green silk satin; the upper and lower fly sections joined with a diagonal seam. The inner and outer edges of the borders are edged with narrow gold Russia braid, although there are sections missing. A line of Russia braid also extends along the inner edge of the hoist. The centre of the colour is richly decorated with silk, gold and silver bullion embroidered appliques, all handstitched and most backed with paper or linen. The applique at the top is a green silk banderole bearing 'VICTORIAN VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS' in bullion thread. Below this, an applique of the Royal Standard in in blue and red silk, gold lace and bullion thread and beneath this, a pair of embroidered bullion rifles, two upward pointed bayonets and a blue silk banderole bearing the Company's motto in Latin, 'FAMAM EXTENDERE FACTIS' which translates as 'fame will extend our good deeds'. In the centre are two crossed lengths of brown silk ribbon with two gold bullion wire tassels extending down from trefoil shaped plaited gold braid. At the bottom is an apricot silk banderole bearing 'RICHMOND COMPANY' embroidered in gold bullion wire. The lower left fly corner has been previously repaired using khaki green silk and cotton sateen.
This Regimental colour is one of a pair presented to Captain Septimus Martin of the Richmond Volunteer Rifles on 2 February 1861, at the Richmond cricket ground by the ladies of Richmond. This committee of women were wives, relatives and influential people connected with the Corps. The colours are believed to have been made by a Mrs Campion from Sandridge, Melbourne, a noted seamstress, also credited with making at least one other set of colours for the Castlemaine company and possibly also the Kyneton colours. The colours were designed by George Bourchier Richardson. Only four sets of colours were issued to the volunteer forces in Victoria after they were raised in 1859. The colours may have been used at the yearly volunteer encampments but their use was limited and they remained at the Company's drill hall following the demise of the Corps in 1884. Later army units raised in Richmond used the colours in parades and they made an appearance at the unveiling of the 22 Battalion roll of honour for the First World War in July 1923. The colours were eventually laid up at St Phillip's Church, Collingwood in 1928 and were moved to the Richmond Town Hall in 1967. The Richmond Colours are the oldest surviving Australian Colours.
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