470.79

Black and White Photograph mounted on cardboard showing a large group of elderly gentlemen outside the Gardens Pavilion. some are holding banners. These bear the symbols of the Australian Flag (Union Jack and Southern Cross plus various wording. 1) Pioneers 1860 and upwards; 2) Pioneers 1856- 1859; 3) pioneers from 1840- 1849; 4) Pioneers 1850 to 1852; 5) Pioneers 1853 to 1855. A typed caption pasted onto bottom of photo reads "A reunion of Old Identities 1896" The photo was taken at the Botanical Gardens, Ballarat.