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The Beyer family display (2014), State Library Victoria, Melbourne -
The Beyer family display (2014), State Library Victoria, Melbourne -
The Beyer family display (2014), State Library Victoria, Melbourne -
Fancy dress carnival at the Elite Roller Skating Rink, South Yarra, c.1907 -
Francis PC Beyer with the roller polo team, c.1908 -
The Misses Beyer, champion skaters of Australia, c.1908 -
Program for the Grand Skating Carnival at the South Yarra Rink, 16 September 1903 -
The Misses Beyer, champion polo players on skates, c.1908 -
The Beyer family display (2014), State Library Victoria, Melbourne -
The Beyer family display (2014), State Library Victoria, Melbourne -
Skating medals and pins won by Ruby and Hilda Beyer, 1904–1908 -
The Beyer family display (2014), State Library Victoria, Melbourne -
Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen ticket issued to Miss Beyer, 27 March 1911 -
The Beyer family display (2014), State Library Victoria, Melbourne -
Scrapbook belonging to the Beyer family, compiled 1911–1913 -
The Beyer family display (2014), State Library Victoria, Melbourne -
The wedding of Ruby Beyer & Richard McGuinness Fitzgerald, 1909 -
Ruby and Richard McGuinness Fitzgerald with their son, Launcelot, c.1910 -
Richard McGuinness Fitzgerald embracing his son Launcelot, c.1910 -
The Beyer family display (2014), State Library Victoria, Melbourne -
Memorial plaque known as 'The Dead Man's Penny', c.1922 -
Commemorative letter, c.1922
Skating with the Beyer family SLV display
- June 2014–June 2015
- The Changing Face of Victoria
- Dome Galleries (Level 5)
- State Library Victoria
- Swanston Street
- Melbourne, Victoria
- Australia
- Curator: Christine Eid
New collection material and stories feature in the display about champion roller skaters Francis PC Beyer and his daughters Hilda and Ruby in the State Library Victoria's The Changing Face of Victoria exhibition.
Stories include Hilda's adventurous world tour in 1911 to see ‘the best’ in skating and Ruby's marriage to melodramatic actor Richard McGuinness Fitzgerald (known on stage as Max Clifton) who served abroad during the First World War.
This display is part of Christine Eid's ongoing research project into the Beyer family.