1080 1901 COMMONWEALTH INAUGURATION CEREMONIES IN SYDNEY: Group of four chromo-lithographic unaddressed (possibly PROOF) invitations issued by the Government of New South Wales, the events comprising the Inauguration itself, the Earl of Hopetoun’s swearing in at Centennial Park as first Governor-General, the “Pyrotechnical Illumination of Sydney Harbour on the 4th January”, and a Municipal & Civil Luncheon at Town Hall on January 7th to commemorate the swearing in of Governor General Hopetoun; the largest 20 x 27cm. (4 items). $500–750 1081 “H.R.H. The Duke of Cornwall and York Opening the First Commonwealth Parliament of Australia - May 9th 1901” photogravure after the original painting by Charles Nuttall (1872-1934), window-mounted, 70.5 x 113cm overall; other examples known to be held by the National Library of Australia, The State Library Victoria, and Museums Victoria Collections. Present in the image are 344 identifiable portraits of the principal dignitaries in attendance, including the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, Lord and Lady Hopetoun, the six State Governors, Sir Edmund Barton, Sir Samuel Griffith, and each of the members of the Inaugural Parliament (five future Prime Ministers amongst them). After Nuttall completed the painting, it was sent to Paris to be engraved; it then travelled to London and was inspected by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace before being returning to Melbourne. The original painting hangs today in the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne. Prints of the painting were hung in public buildings and private homes across the nation, helping keep the memory of Federation alive in the first decades after the formation of the new nation. $300–500 ❖ 1082 1901 FEDERATION: Souvenir invitation, “In celebration of the Opening - Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia - To meet Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall & York - His Majesty’s Ministers of State for Australia have the honor to invite Mr & Mrs W. Ramsay to an Evening reception at the Exhibition Building Melbourne, on the 9th of May 1901, at 8 o’clock”; designed by Julian & Howard Ashton, vibrantly coloured, overall 31 x 37cm. $200–300 ❖ 1083 1901 FEDERATION: Souvenir invitation, “Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth - By his Royal Highness The Duke of Cornwall and York - The Government of Victoria requests the honour of the presence of Mr & Mrs S.W. Ramsay (inserted in ink) - At the Celebrations in Melbourne in connection with the Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia”; 29 x 36cm. This invitation was designed by John Longstaff and Norman Lindsay. $200–300 ❖ 1084 1901 FEDERATION: Souvenir invitation, “United 1901 One Flag One Destiny - The Government of Victoria requests the honor of the presence of Mr & Mrs W. Ramsay at the Conversazione in the Exhibition Building on the Evening of Tuesday 7th May 1901, at 8pm”; designed by G.B.H. Austin, 30 x 36.5cm overall. $200–300 ❖ 1085 1901 FEDERATION: Souvenir invitation, “His Majesty’s Ministers of State for the Commonwealth of Australia request the honour of the presence of Mr & Mrs W. Ramsay (inserted in ink) in the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on Thursday, 9th May, 1901, to witness the Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth - Edmund Barton, Prime Minister”; designed by Sands & McDougall Limited (Melbourne), 31 x 36.5cm. $200–300 ❖ 1086 1901 FEDERATION: Souvenir invitation, “The Government of Victoria requests the honour of the presence of Mr & Mrs W. Ramsay (inserted in ink) at the Royal Review at Flemington on Friday the 10th of May 1901”; designed by Sands & McDougall Limited (Melbourne), 30 x 37cm overall. Superb condition. $300–400 ❖ 1087 The souvenir programme from the “CITIZENS’ STATE CONCERT in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke & Duchess of Cornwall & York”, Town Hall, Sydney, May 31st, 1901, with colour lithographic cover by William Brooks & Co., Sydney. $200–250 ❖ 1088 Vice-Regal silver presentation cigarette case, gifted by Lord and Lady Tennyson to Colonel Lewis Madley, Honorary Aide-De-Camp to the Governor of South Australia, with inscriptions “From Their Excellencies Lord & Lady Tennyson - August 1902” and “Southwell Jones from Col L.G. Madley - August 1906” (on reverse); manufactured by Arthur Cook (silversmith), Birmingham; weight approx. 58g. Enjoying a long and respected career as a militiaman and serving as Commissioner of Police from 1896, Colonel Madley served as Honorary Aide-De- Camp to three Governors of South Australia: Lord Kintore, Sir Fowell Buxton, and Lord Tennyson. $300–400 Ex 1080 1088 128
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