I wonder how many Australia Day badges were circulating in Adelaide in 1918?
Wonder no more – the newspaper, The Register, answered it – 37 from private establishments or employee groups, 6 official and 8 for the Carnival – read the full list here (the badges are from the collection of EJ and photographed by Mimmo C.)
Amended list of Buttons — On account of the numerous buttons which are being issued in connection with Australia Day, the committee supplies the following list of buttons issued and on sale by employees of private establishments:—
Adelaide Co-operative Society – Scales.
Harris Scarfe & Co. – Machine Gun.
F C Catt Stores – Piccaninny. Bagot, Shakes & Lewis – Shepherd.
Vacuum Oil Company (2)— Bulldog and Wreath, Flag and Soldier.
SA Loco. Association (2) – Engine; Magpie and Signal.
G. & R. Wills & Co. – Kookaburra.
Town Hall Committee – Coat of Arms;
Australian Implement Company – Waratah and Blossoms.
James Marshall & Co. (2) Lubra & Liberty.
Miller Anderson limited (2) -‘For Them’ and Gum Babies.
Sneyd’s – Kookaburra.
James Smith & Co. – Soldier and Kangaroo on Map of Australia.
Shierlaws – Southern Cross and Clasped Hands.
Donaldson’s Limited – Britannia and Kangaroo and Flags.
Elder Smith & Co. – Load of Wool.
South Australian Farmers’ Co-operative Union (2) – Farm Scene & Group of Animals and Wheat.
Charles Birks (2) – Native Bear, Kookaburra
Matthew Goode – Aboriginal.
John Martin & Co. (2)— Britannia … Bulldog
J. T Fitch (2)— Young Australia and Native Bear … Boomerang and Blackfellow. Craven & Co. (2) – Soldier … Blue Bird.
Miss Durie and Goode, Durrant, and Co. – Australian flag.
GPO — Girl at the Telephone.
Dalgety’s – Sheep & Spray of Wheat
Blue Bird Girls Association – BlueBird.
T & G. Life Society – Child with Australian Flag.
Girl Bank Clerks – Monogram of the Girl Bank Clerks Association.
Public Service – Old Government Seal.
Official Buttons. The subjoined will be on sale on Australia Day as official buttons for street sales:
Enamel Metal Brooch – Laurel Wreath and Boomerang, 21/
-Enamel Metal Brooch – Australia, 5/- .
Shilling Buttons (4) – Australian Flag with Soldier, Kangaroo; and Emu . Kangaroo and Laurel Wreath . Britannia . Silhouette Soldier Metal Buttons – Magpie design.
Carnival Buttons
Carnival buttons obtainable at the Exhibition 1/-
Motor Ambulance – Motor Ambulance
ANA – Wattle Blossom and Crescent.
Caledonian Society (2) – Lion Rampant, Scotch Piper.
The Carnival Button – Lubra and Piccaninny.
League of Empire – St George and Dragon.
Japanese Stall – Geisha.
School of Arts – Mushroom design.