POSTER. RETURNED SAILORS' SOLDIERS' & AIRMEN'S IMPERIAL LEAGUE OF AUSTRALIA

Description

Framed hand coloured poster, text in blue on white background.Text reads: "Sydney Technical College Sub-Branch meetings, last Friday each month between the hours 12:30pm - 1:30pm. M.W. Klaws. Hon. Sec. (Main Inq. Office)". Centrally placed illustration of RSSAILA badge in red, white, blue. At the top of the badge is the Crown; below it are the national flowers of Australia (wattle), Scotland (thistle), England (rose) & Ireland (shamrock). The centre of the badge features a male sailor, soldier & airman with text on the LH & RH side of the badge - "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance".

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Probable Date

c1955

Statement of Significance

This poster registers the on-campus presence of a sub-branch of the RSSAILA (Returned Sailors', Soldiers' & Airmen's Imperial League of Australia) at Sydney Technical College in the early 1950s.
RSSAILA is part of the evolution of the Returned & Services League of Australia Limited (RSL) which was formed in 1916 as the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia (RSSILA). In November, 1940 its name changed to RSSAILA. In 1965, this organisation was renamed as Returned Services League of Australia (RSL). It became the Returned & Services League of Australia Limited (RLS) in 1990.
Source: www.rsl.org.au (visited 28 July 2012)

Item type

Object

Object Number

TA526

Object Home Location

Frame Stack Library

College

Ultimo

Object Current Location

TAFE Heritage Exhibition Area, Ground Floor, Ultimo College Library

Keywords

Returned Soldiers Sailors Airmens Imperial League Australia; RSL; Sub Branch; Sydney Technical College; Klaws

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