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Invitation to a Conversazione at Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1901

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Public Domain
Type
Invitations
Date
1901
Place
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Materials
Card, Ink
Collection
People's Paraphernalia collection no. 8
Accession number
1994.0033.0001

Description

Colour invitation card, with state emblems and drawings bordering a drawing of the Melbourne exhibition building. The text below reads in part 'AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH CELEBRATIONS / The government of Victoria requests...the presence of..Mr F.H. Bolton J.P. and Lady at a Conversazione in the Exhibition building...Tuesday 7th May 1901 at 8 p.m.'.

Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:01:05 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2026-09-30. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.