Summary
An Entrée Card inviting the bearer to the Swearing-in Ceremony of His Excellency The Right Honourable Thomas, Baron Brassey, as Governor of Victoria. The ceremony was held in the Exhibition Building in 1895. The entrée card provides entry instructions and a complete programme of events.
Physical Description
Folded pink card trimmed with gold edges in the form of a booklet. The front and back cover are decorated with a floral pattern in blue ink. In darker pink there is printed in the centre of the front cover the letter 'G' and on the back cover in the centre is the British coat of arms, also in a darker pink. Inside, the first page is headed with the British coat of arms and the details of the event, on the second page is the programme which details the ceremony's proceedings including musical performances.
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Acquisition Information
Cultural Gifts Donation from Susan Lancaster, 05 May 2015
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Place & Date of Event
Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oct-Nov 1895
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Person Commemorated
Governor Thomas Brassey, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1895
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Inscriptions
Obverse: G/ THIS CARD ADMITS TO EAST/ ENTRANCE. Reverse:( first page) V.R/ EXHIBITION BUILDING, 1895. / Swearing-in Ceremony / OF/ HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE /THOMAS, BARON BRASSEY, / Of Bulkeley, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable / Order of Bath, /AS GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA / Admit (handwritten) Bearer. Reverse: (second page) (handwritten) $15 / PROGRAMME / PART SONG "Hail Britannia" Elsasser. / ROYAL METROPOLITAN LIEDERTAFEL./ ORGAN SOLO "Marche Militaire" Schubert. / Mr.G B. FENTUM. / PART SONG "Bandit's Chorus" (Ernani) Verdi. / ROYAL METROPOLITAN LIEDERTAFEL. /OVERTURE "Oberon" Weber. / ORCHESTRA. /RECIT. AND ARIA "Ernani Involamy" Verdi. / Mrs PALMER /CHORAL WALTZ " Blue Danube" Elsasser. / ROYAL METROPOLITAN LIEDERTAFEL. /OVERTURE "William Tell" Rossini. /CHORAL MARCH "Soldiers on the March Becker. / ROYAL METROPOLITAN LIEDERTAFEL./ Chorus 10/10/2013The Soldiers' Chorus" (Faust) Gounod. / ROYAL METROPOLITAN LIEDERTAFEL. / Leader of the Orchestra- Mr. GEORGE WESTON. Conductor- Mr. ERNEST WOOD. / SWEARING CEREMONY. / GOD SAVE THE QUEEN / mrs. palmer AND ROYAL METROPOLITAN / LIEDERTAFEL. / The first verse will be sung by Mrs. Palmer , and repeated in chorus / with the two following verses. The audience is specially invited to take part / after the solo.
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Overall Dimensions
180.9 mm (Width), 140.5 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Royal Exhibition Building: History of Events, 1879-1899, Victorian Colonial Governors, Ceremonies, Orchestras
