The Australian Women's Register

A collection of material relating to two very large choral/orchestral performances held at the Exhibition Buildings as part of the bicentennial celebrations in 1988 and Victoria’s 150th: Australia-Australia, and Victoria-Victoria. Faye Dumont was one of the principal organisers of both performances and her collection includes minutes of organising committees, correspondence, press-cuttings, performer contracts, music-scores, programs and photographs. Both performances involved massed choirs from across Victoria, the Melbourne Symphony, various soloists, Richard Divall, and a cast of thousands, and they were two of the largest staged events undertaken as part of these celebrations. The collection also contains similar material relating the first National Choral Festiva which Faye was also heavily involved with.