Summary
Newspaper cutting announcing an 'At Home' celebration to be held for the returned servicemen who were connected with 'the Moreland dances'. Miss Elsie Storie of Brunswick, later of Canterbury, was one of the organisers. It was advertised in Table Talk, 4 September 1919, to be held on 6 September at 'The Pavilion, The Grove, Moreland (now Coburg). The successful event was described on 11 September: 'most enjoyable...The Hall was artistically decorated with gum foliage, and the flags of the Allies, and delightful music added greatly to the enjoyment of dancers.' The descriptions of hostesses gowns included that of Miss Storie, who wore a smart frock of cherry crepe georgia and georgette, trimmed with silver' (Table Talk, 11 Sep 1919, p.33 - HT 39284).
Part of a collection of paper-based ephemera relating to the life of Miss Elsie Storie, a middle-class Melbourne woman who was born around 1895, lived through both wars, and remained in Melbourne all her life.
Physical Description
Yellowed newspaper cutting with tears on left edge. It has been roughly cut out, with the lowest line partly cut off.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Images & Image Making, Home & Community, Public Life & Institutions
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr John Millward, Mrs Millward, 2007
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Organiser of Event
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Place & Date of Event
The Grove, Moreland, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 Sep 1919
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Publisher
Table Talk, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 Sep 1919
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Inscriptions
Printed: 'TABLE / The following hostesses have issued / invitations for an "at home" to be / held at the Pavilion, the Grove, More- / land, on September 6, in honour of / returned soldiers connected with the / former Moreland dances:- Mesdames / Melville, Hume Cook, Maine, Neuen- / dorf, jun., Sutton, Priestly, and / Misses Mitchell, E. Schulte, Store, N. / Smith, R. Schute, Elwood, Shorrocks, / Shawe and Kirmsee.'
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Overall Dimensions
59 mm (Width), 53 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Celebrations, Military History, Newspapers, World War I, 1914-1918