From:Rocky Hill War Memorial Museum
Name/TitleSouvenir Folding Post Card and WWI Fundraising Booklet
About this objectThe Souvenir Folding Post Card likely dates to c.1915. It has the appearance of an envelope, which opens and folds out to reveal 11 double sided panels featuring landscape photographs of Sydney. The photographs are black and white tinted with colour over the top. The front of the postcard features the 1912 Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia. There is a blank square for placing a postage stamp and a space to write a postal address.
Included are: Sydney Heads, From Manly; Sydney Heads; Sydney Harbour, Showing Cremorne; Sydney Harbour, From Federal Government House; Fort Denison, an Old Historic Landmark of Sydney Harbour; Farm Cove, Sydney Harbour; Sydney Harbour, from Dawes' Point; Watson's Bay Sydney Harbour; The Spit, Middle Harbour, Near Sydney; Clifton Gardens, an Ideal Holiday Resort of Sydney Harbour; Sydney Harbour; Ocean Beach, Manly near Sydney; Bronte Beach, a Favourite Spot; Bondi Beach, an Ideal Spot, Sydney; Coogee, near Sydney, a Popular Seaside Resort; lavender Bay, Sydney Harbour; Mosman's Bay, Sydney Harbour x 2; Fig Tree, Lane Cove River; Suspension Bridge, Crossing Long Bay, Middle Harbour; Audley, National Park, near Sydney; Botanical Gardens, Sydney.
The World War I fundraising booklet from 1915 is titled "Our Australian heroes of the Dardanelles". It was authored by Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, a British war correspondent whose vivid dispatches from Gallipoli heavily contributed to the birth of the ANZAC legend. The rectangular brochure has a cover of thick tan coloured paper that is hole punched and tied together with tri-colour ribbon (red, white and blue). It features an illustration of a kneeling Australian soldier aiming a rifle.
The inside of the booklet is Ashmead-Bartlett's account of accompanying an Australian fleet who were the covering party for the landing at Gaba Tepe. The front cover states it was "Sold to augment the fund for our wounded soldiers".
MakerStar Photo. Co.
Maker RolePrinter
MakerBathurst "Times" Office
Maker RolePublisher
Date MadeC.1915
PeriodEarly-20th-Century
Place MadeSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Place MadeBathurst NSW
Medium and MaterialsPostcard: Cardstock, paper, printer's ink
Booklet: Paper, printer's ink, ribbon
Style and IconographyPrinted
TechniquePrinting
MeasurementsPostcard (when closed): 16cm width x 10cm height
Booklet: 9.2cm width x 22.7cm height
Subject and Association KeywordsFundraising for the War
Subject and Association KeywordsWorld War I
Subject and Association KeywordsThe Great War
Subject and Association KeywordsRoyal Australian Navy (RAN)
Subject and Association KeywordsTourism
Object TypeCommemorative Objects
Object number2026.1041
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved
