Menu for an outing on board QGS LUCINDA for the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

Date16 January 1909

Object numberANMS0518[003]

NameMenu

MediumInk, paper.

DimensionsHeight 138mm, width: 88mm.

ClassificationsEphemera

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionMenu for the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science outing to Moreton Bay and Islands on board QGS LUCINDA, catered by Rowe's.HistoryThe Queensland State Government Steamer LUCINDA was an iron-hulled, paddle-wheeled vessel built by William Denny and Son in Dumbarton in 1884. LUCINDA was the Queensland Government launch from 1885 until 1925, hosting cabinet meetings and entertaining guests such as the Duke and Duchess of York in 1901. Perhaps the most notable event to take place onboard occured on 27 March 1891 when a sub-committee tasked with drawing up a draft constitution for the Commonwealth of Australia boarded LUCINDA. Samuel Griffith, Charles Kingston and Edmund Barton were among the group. LUCINDA was later used as a mailship and coal lighter before ending service in 1932.SignificanceQGS LUCINDA holds an important place in the development of Australia as a nation as it was onboard this vessel that the draft constitution for the Commonwealth of Australia was drawn up in 1891. Shipboard menus such as these were often printed to be souvenirs and were collected as mementos of their travels by crew and passengers.