This souvenir booklet is a photographic record of the Old Gum Tree, Glenelg, the site at which South Australia was proclaimed a state of the British Empire on 28th December, 1836. The booklet starts with the earliest known photograph which dates to circa 1870.
A special feature of the 180th Proclamation Day was the production and free distribution of a photographic history booklet, with pictures from the City of Holdfast Bay History Centre of ceremonies from 1887 to the present day.
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A special feature of the 180th Proclamation Day was the production and free distribution of a photographic history booklet, with pictures from the City of Holdfast Bay History Centre of ceremonies from 1887 to the present day.