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badge, fundraising

human history
  • Other Name

    WW1 fundraising badge (descriptive name)

    Australia Day 1918 (badge name)

  • Description

    WW1 fundraising badge: Australia Day 1918

    Australia Day 1918 button badge

    circular button badge with illustration of koala bear and gum tree inside band with white lettering: AUSTRALIA DAY / 1918

  • Place
    Australia
  • Associated Place

    Australia

  • Accession Date
    Unknown
  • Other Id

    2004x2.2 (temporary accession number)

    W0814 (war)

  • Department

    History

    War History

WW1 fundraising badge, Australia Day 1918 - obverse

Images and documents

Images

  • WW1 fundraising badge, Australia Day 1918 - obverse
  • WW1 fundraising badge, Australia Day 1918 - reverse
  • WW1 fundraising badge, Australia Day 1918 - obverse with ruler

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 2004x2.2, W0814
  • Cultural Origin

    unknown

  • Collection
    Australian WW1 Fundraising Badge
  • Primary Maker

     unknown (Badgemaker)

  • Place
    Australia
  • Date
    1918
  • Associated Notes

    WW1 fundraising badge: Australia Day 1918

    The Australian Red Cross 'Australia Day' was inaugurated in July 1915 to help raise large sums of money for its war effort. The day was celebrated annually during the war by people all over the country who would get together to hear musicians, eat from street food stalls, & buy badges from girls dressed in costume.Badges differed from each other as different Red Cross branches designed and sold their own.

    Australia Day 1918 raised 430,400 pounds in NSW alone.

    Note: The Australian Red Cross Australia Day is distinct from the national Australia Day celebrated on 26 January each year.

  • Associated Event
    WW1; 1914-1918
    Australia Day [26th January]; Australia
  • Associated Person

     Red Cross (Australia) (Badgemaker)

  • Associated Place

    Australia

  • Associated Date
    1918
  • Period

    World War 1, 1914-18/Wars

  • Signature/marks

    AUSTRALIA DAY 1918 (title)

  • Measurement Description
    32mm diameter
  • Subject Category

    fundraising/wars

    community organisations

    patriotism/wars

  • Classification

    badge, fundraising

    Badge, Fundraising

    Advertising Media

    08 Communication Artifacts

  • Last Update
    15 May 2023
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