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ELECTION ENVELOPE

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Overview

A badly damaged brown paper envelope, one side is blank, and the other has text on the left half. Some of the paper has worn away. Envelope title in bold followed by instructional text reads[ --------lth Electoral Papers Only / ------NROLMENT COMPULSORY], followed by electoral information regarding who can vote. Also along the bottom text:[COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA / IF NOT DELIVERED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS, RETURN TO / The COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL REGISTRAR / AT - - - ]. On the right-hand side [POST FREE]

Historical information

The Armadale Hall was a regular polling station from 1936 to the 1970s
Postal voting was available to the public at the first official Federal Election held under the Commonwealth Electoral Act in 1903. It was briefly abolished in 1911 and reinstated in 1918.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2018.65

Item type

Documents

Themes

People
Social History

Width

39 mm

Height or length

185 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Title [No5 ON HIS MAJESTY's SERVICE]

Keywords

Armadale District Hall JULL Street ARMADALE

Statement of significance

LOW
From 1936 to the 1970s Armadale Hall was used as a Armadale polling place during state and Federal elections. This envelope represents the role the hall has played in State and Federal elections.

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Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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