ProvenanceMenu for a dinner held during Navy Week 1984 to celebrate the centenary of the arrival of HMCS Protector in South Australia. SignificanceProtector was South Australia's colonial warship and the great pride of the colony. When the Boxer Rebellion broke out in China in 1900, the people of South Australia insisted on the British Government accepting the assistance of Protector. Eventually Britain agreed and Protector sailed to China as part of a colonial contingent. By the time they arrived there was very little war action left. The ship departed with great public fanfare and was welcomed home the same way.DescriptionMenu for a dinner held during Navy Week 1984 to celebrate the arrival in South Australia of HMCS Protector which arrived at The Semaphore at 6.00am on Tuesday 30th September 1884. Held on board H.M.A.S. Encounter.AcknowledgementAccession NumberHT 1994.7044