ProvenanceBadge produced for Commemoration Day 1915.
Commemoration Day is the older term for Proclamation Day. The proclamation of South Australia was on 28 December 1836, the day when Captain, later Governor, John Hindmarsh announced the establishment of government in South Australia as a British province. Proclamation Day 1915 was celebrated at Glenelg with a range of athletics and aquatic sporting events. The Glenelg Commemoration Day Sports Association ran the day in support of South Australia’s wounded soldiers. Out of 176 applications, 155 attendees were accepted. The week of celebrations opened on the night of Monday 27 December with a performance by the Glenelg town band. The events were listed as the Encourage Stakes, distance 130 yards; Sprint, distance 75 yards; Sheffield, distance 180 yards; Lemnos amateur handicap 100 yards. The swimming events were the Handicap 100 yards race and the 150 yards race. The festivities included children’s sports, motor boat races, sailing boat races as well as travelling concerts. The week of entertainment brought tourists to Holdfast Bay.SignificanceIllustrative of souvenirs produced for fundraising and celebrations of Proclamation Day.
These badges are a rich source of evidence on the material and cultural history of fundraising and sporting organisations in Australia. The symbols, colours and mottoes used on the badges themselves also express ideas about the values and identity that Australians held in the early to mid-twentieth century, particularly during wartime.DescriptionCircular badge: printed paper between tin base & celluloid cover. Blue rim: marked 'Glenelg' 'Commemoration'. Centrepiece : sepia picture of sailing ship. Marked ' "H.M.S. Buffalo" 1836'.Creator (person)Creator (organisation)AcknowledgementKeywordsProclamation Daycommemorative badgesDate of CreationDate of UsageMaterialtin
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