ProvenancePart of the Admans Collection. Given to William Admans.SignificanceThis invitation is part of a collection of documents related to William Admans and the creation of the Commonwealth parliament in 1901. Admans was a member of the Commonwealth parliamentary reporting staff, known as Hansard. He served Federal Parliament as Second Parliamentary Reporter from 1901 to 1932; and covered the events around the creation of the Commonwealth parliament in 1901.DescriptionInvitation printed in blue and gold on light board, with embossed letterhead and handwritten names.
At the top is printed in blue “The Commonwealth of Australia” above the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom. The coat of arms is in gold showing a lion and a unicorn either side of a shield. Below the coat of arms in blue text is printed “N.S.W. Government Celebrations”.
Below this header is printed gold text reading:
“Commonwealth of Australia
Inaugural Celebrations at Sydney
The Government of New South Wales
Requests the honor of
[handwritten] Mr & Mrs W Admans
presence at a Conversazione to be held in the Town Hall
on Wednesday 2nd January 1901.
Entrée at 2.30.P.M. This card must be presented.
In smaller writing, again printed in gold, to the bottom left of the invitation is:
“An answer is requested to the
General Secretary, 14 Castlereagh St.
by return Post.”Creator (person)Creator (organisation)AcknowledgementDate of Creation02/01/1901Date of UsageMaterialPaper DimensionType: Total
Height: 134
Width: 180
Unit (Lengths): mm Accession NumberHT 2004.0906
