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Invitation to a Bachelors of Greenough Ball

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1907

Overview

Printed card with hand-written name

Historical information

This invitation was sent to Eliza McDermott of Gum Tree Farm, Greenough. She would have been about 29 at that time. Eliza married Albert Criddle in 1913 and moved to Dongara.
St Catherine's Hall was built at Central Greenough in 1898, and in the early 1900s was a very popular social venue. A report of this Bachelors Ball can be found in The Geraldton Guardian, 28th May 1907.

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Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB2614

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

115 mm

Height or length

76 mm

Depth

2 mm

Inscriptions and markings

The Bachelors of Greenough
Request the pleasure of the company of
Miss McDermott
at a Ball, to be held in St Catherine's Hall,
Greenough, on Friday evening, May 17th, 1907.
Dancing to commence at 8.30 p.m.
Committee - A.G. McCarthy, W. Wiley, W. Harrison, R. Thompson, G. Connolly
D. Hamersley Hon. Secretary
R.S.V.P.

Contextual Information

This invitation is a scarce survivor of the many social events held at Greenough pre WWI.

Keywords

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Geraldton
Western Australia
Australia

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Object’s condition or completeness

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