ProvenanceBadge produced by Burnside School to raise funds for the South Australian Children’s Patriotic Fund.
This fund was set up in 1915 after teachers approached the Director of Education to set up a charity that would combine the fundraising efforts of different schools in order to coordinate these efforts towards larger and targeted goals. Campaigns run by the SAPCF included selling badges and sweets, collecting tins and paper, knitting socks for soldiers and organising Christmas Boxes. The fund also hoped to instil patriotic pride in the students. It was run by a volunteer committee, which coordinated groups across the entire state for the duration of the war.SignificanceIllustrative of the badges that were popular as a means of raising funds or showing support for particular organisations or causes during World War I. This and other associated badges are a rich source of evidence on the material and cultural history of Australia, particularly during wartime. 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.DescriptionCircular badge: printed paper between tin base and celluloid cover. Colour image of a waterfall in blue, green, brown and white. Marked 'Burnside School Children's Patriotic Fund' '1918'.Creator (person)Creator (organisation)AcknowledgementDate of Creation1918Date of Usage1918MaterialTin
|paper
|celluloid Accession NumberHT 1986.0020
