Summary
Invoice delivered by the Municipal Association of Victoria to the City of Richmond for the proportion of costs shared by the municipalities of Victoria for the addresses of the H.R.H. the Duke of Cornwall & York, and the Governor General at the opening of the first federal parliament of Australia, which took place at the Exhibition Building on 9 May 1901.
Physical Description
Blue paper, ledger form printed in black ink, with a stamped signature. On the reverse side is writing printed in blue ink
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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, 9 May 1901
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Person Named
Right Honourable John A. Hopetoun KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC, 9 May 1901
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Inscriptions
Obverse: OFFICES- " THE EXCHANGE ,' 369 Collins Street, / Melbourne, 1st June, 1901. / The [handwritten] Richmond City Council, / Dr. to the Municipal Association of Victoria. tabled: [left column]DATE OF CLAIM / 1901/ June 1 [centre column] PARTICULARS OF CLAIM./ To proportion of cost of Addresses presented by the / Municipalities of Victoria to H.R.H. the Duke of Cornwall and York, and to His Excellency the /Governor- General. /SIgnature of Claimant [stamped] C.H.Weaden/ Secretary/ EXAMINED/ TOTAL [right column] AMOUNT / £ s. d. /3:3:0/ £3:3:0 Reverse: (MEMO:- The Municipal Association has now in preparation a Volume (Royal 4to 120 pages ) containing half tone pro[illeg] reproductions of the Joint Municipal Addresses, together with copies of the signatures of all the Councillors and Municipal Clerks of the 250 Municipalities throughout Victoria by whom the Addresses were signed. The Book will also contain views of the Town Halls and Shire Halls of the various Municipal Districts of the State. / The volume will form an appropriate record of those holding Municipal Office at the date of the Inauguration of the Commonwealth, and the cost of the copy which will be forwarded to your Council as soon as it is available is included in the amount mentioned in the within account.)
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Overall Dimensions
210 mm (Width), 170.2 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Opening Ceremonies, Australian Federal Parliament Opening Ceremony, 1901, Receipts, Royal Visits, Accounts, Souvenirs, Local Government
