Flag salute |
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| Title : | Flag salute |
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| Source : | B 63020/1 | ||
| Date of creation : | ca. 1912 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
A young boy salutes the Union Jack on a flag pole held by a young girl. In 1911 the South Australian Education Department outlined the ceremony of 'Saluting the flag' to be carried out in schools:
This included the loyal affirmation which by 1969 had been modified to: 'I am an Australian. I love my country. I salute her flag. I honour her Queen. I promise to obey her laws.'
The photograph is from a collection of lantern slides which belonged to Lydia Longmore, the first woman inspector of infant schols in South Australia. |
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| Related names : | Longmore, Lydia, 1874-1967 |
| Coverage year : | 1912 |
| Further reading : | Bonnin, Heather. Hours to remember: reflections on life in South Australia, 1889-1929, from the Children's Hour, Netley, S. Aust.: South Australian Government Printer, 1987 [see Chapter 5 'Lands of hope and glory'] Johnston, Marjorie. Growing up in the 50s, Kenthurst [N.S.W.]: Kangaroo Press, 1984, p. 24 [Ceremonies] 'Saluting the flag', The Education gazette, South Australia volume 27, number 298, 15 August 1911, p. 191 |
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