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LEATHER BOOKMARK WA CENTENARY

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1929

Overview

Beige coloured strip of leather, fringed at top and bottom. Carved into the leather is text and in the middle a image of a black swan with an orange beak swimming amongst some bull rushes.

Historical information

This bookmark was used in Armadale to celebrate the centenary of WA in 1929.
This bookmark belonged to Arthur George Berry (born 1923), the brother of John Berry who previously donated a similar bookmark AK 1999-48.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2019.14

Material

Leather

Width

5 cm

Height or length

23.5000 cm

Themes

Inscriptions and markings

Carved text[1829-1929 / West / Australia's /100th / Birthday / A / Memento / of / Armadale.]

Keywords

centenary 100yrs of Western Australia

BERRY Arthur George

Armadale

Year

1929

Statement of significance

MEDIUM
A souvenir produced to celebrate the centenary of the establishment of the Swan River Colony in 1829. The bookmark was owned and used by Arthur George Berry who was 6 in 1929. His brother John also had an identical bookmark.
The bookmark tells the story of celebration of the Swan River Colony and represents the type of material produced to commemorate the event and either given to local WA children or sold.

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

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Comparative significance criteria

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Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

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