[a] SCROLL: "(Australian Coat-of-Arms) \ ADVANCE AUSTRALIA \ To \ Field Marshall Viscount Horatio Kitchener \ of Khartoum and of the Vaal \ G.C.B., G.C.M.G., O.M. \ May it please Your Lordship / We, the Mayor and Councillors, behalf of the \ Municipality of Albany & the Citizens thereof desire to tender you a \ Very Hearty Welcome on this yo Visit to your Port. / It is almost needless for us to remind you of the Geographical \ & Strategical importance of this Port by whic practically all the com- \ merce of the Commonwealth passes in going to & from the Eastern States in \ trade with all parts of the world; but we hope that after Your inspection \ you will be duly impressed by the great gifts which Nature has bestowed \ upon this the South Western Port of Australia possessing as it does a Perfectly Safe & Land-Locked Harbour with deep \ water & a Safe & Commodious Anchorage in King George's \ Sound. \ We sincerely hope & trust you will have \ a Safe & Pleasant Journey back to the Old Country. \ On behalf of the Municipal Council of Albany W.A. \ this 28th day of January 1910. \ Councillors, (8 signatures follow) \ A. Armstrong\ Mayor \ Ernest B Paton \ To Clerk." Impressed with the seal of the Town of albany and illustrated with water colours of the old Post Office and Princess Royal Harbour in the left hand corner.
[b] LEATHER CASE: Red leather tooled in gold with gold quilted silk lining. On front: (Australian Coat-of-Arms) \ ADVANCE AUSTRALIA \ To \ Lord Kitchener \ of Khartoum and of the Vaal, \ G.C.B., G.C.M.G., O.M."
[c-d] COPIES: two textured and coloured (not exact) photographic copies of the address.
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
History Collection
Collection Item Data
| Accession Number: | CH1980.123.a-d |
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| Accession Date: | 9 Apr 1980 |
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Material
| Parchment/Paper | [a] parchment
[b] leather and silk
[c-d] paper
| a - Scroll |
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| Silk/Textile | b - Leather case |
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Measurement
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