Kalgoorlie Commonwealth Day

Item

Title

Kalgoorlie Commonwealth Day

Creator

Dwyer, J.J. (John Joseph), 1869-1928.

Date

1901

Identifier

2240B/4
000770D

Rights

This image is for personal use only. To publish or display it, contact the State Library of Western Australia

Source

Description

Celebrating the creation of the Commonwealth of Australia. The float was constructed and manned by Japanese of the goldfields and represented a Japanese man-of-war (Ref: Kalgoorlie Miner). They were used again in the 1903 procession marking the opening of the Goldfields Water Supply.

Format

1 photoprint : b&w.

isPartOf

Views of Kalgoorlie, and other goldfields towns, mines and aboriginals ; 2240B/4

Type

Still image

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