Souvenir of the Visit of the United States Fleet to Victoria, Australia 1925

Publisher Governments of the Commonwealth and Victoria

Printer Osboldstone & Co

Date1925

Object number00004354

NameBooklet

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsOverall: 10 x 222 x 287 mm, 150 g

ClassificationsEphemera

Credit LineANMM Collection Purchased with USA Bicentennial Gift funds

Terms

DescriptionThis booklet titled 'Souvenir of the Visit of the United States Fleet to Victoria, Australia 1925. Illustrating the Garden State of the Commonwealth' was produced by the Victorian government to commemorate the fleet's visit. The cover depicts a broadside view of the battleship USS PENNSYLVANIA, one of the 43 vessels to visit Melbourne. The booklet depics black-and-white photographic images of Victorian landmarks and scenery.SignificanceThis booklet 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.