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Australia Greets America
Australia Greets America

Australia Greets America

Printer
Date1925
Object number00028684
NameProgram
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 282 x 216 mm, 50 g
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Purchased with USA Bicentennial Gift funds
DescriptionThis souvenir program 'Australia Greets America 1925' was produced for the official State Government gala performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in Sydney on Tuesday 4 August 1925, in honour of the visiting United States Pacific Fleet. The front cover of the program depicts the flags of the United States and Australia united with a world globe, in the centre of an outline of Australia. As well as text, the program features photographic images, including Admiral Samuel Shelburne Robison USN; George Street, Sydney; Sydney Harbour; the National Art Gallery; and the gala cast.SignificanceThis program is significant as a souvenir of the 1925 goodwill cruise of the United States Pacific Fleet to Australia, which renewed the Australian-American alliance established by the Great White Fleet visit in 1908. The 1925 visit contributes to a long history of US Naval visits to Australian ports starting with the US Exploring Expedition in 1839-1840, followed by the 1908 visit of the Great White Fleet and later visits in the 1940s in the lead-up to World War II.