Under the big top : Ashtons famous Gold Crest circus
- Bib ID:
- 7540425
- Format:
- Picture
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- POSTER 2023-5666 copy
- Description:
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- [Australia] : Ashtons Circus, [probably 2000]
- 1 poster : colour ; 59.3 x 83.9 cm
- Summary:
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Poster promoting Ashtons Circus. Title appears in upper third, flanked by circus images. Lower two thirds has 18 black framed panels designed for pasting on images of various acts. A brief history of the circus appears on the right.
- Biography/History:
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"Ashton's Circus (currently operating as Circus Joseph Ashton) is the longest-surviving circus in Australia, pre-dating most others in the English-speaking world. The circus was founded in Hobart, Tasmania in about 1849 by Thomas Mollor, and acquired in February 1850 by James Henry Ashton, a man schooled in the tradition of English circus and who had experienced the hard times of the nineteenth century. The circus operated as the Royal Amphitheatre or Royal Circus. When founder James Henry Ashton died in 1889, his son Fred, then aged 22, inherited the circus. The circus continued to be handed down throughout the family, and today it is run by the 6th generation of Ashtons, Michelle and Joseph and their sons Jordan and Merrik. As Joseph had founded 'Circus Joseph Ashton' in 1998 prior to his grandfather's retirement in 2000, it was decided to apply this name to the family's main circus reflecting the current state of ownership and operations. The prior name of "Ashton's Circus" was retired. Circus Joseph Ashton travels mainly in South Australia and Western Australia"--Wikipedia, sited 26 July, 2016.
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- Caption title.
- Vivian James Carter Collection.
- POSTER 2023-5666 copy Digital master available National Library of Australia
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Ashtons Circus, issuing body
- Also Titled:
- Ashtons famous Gold Crest circus
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