ON 21 APRIL AND 28 APRIL 2021 Two great ZOOM conservation talks for the Australian Heritage Festival, in collaboration with a local conservator, Debra Parry. The talks explain how to care for … [Read more...]
Why are Private Collectors Important?
TALK ON 28 APRIL 11 AM ABOUT Why are Private Collectors Important? We all collect, and some of us collect for the commonwealth. In their own time, collectors achieve what curators and other … [Read more...]
Michael Gudinski
MEDIA REPORTED ON ALL THE THOUGHTFUL DETAIL THAT WENT INTO THE STATE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MICHAEL SOLOMON GUDINSKI A.M., FOUNDER OF MUSHROOM RECORDS AND HUGE CREATOR AND INFLUENCER IN THE AUSTRALIAN … [Read more...]
Why are private collectors important?
PART OF THE NATIONAL TRUST HERITAGE FESTIVAL , COME AND HEAR ABOUT WHY WE SHOULD VALUE PRIVATE COLLECTORS 28 APRIL, 2021 11AM AT THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA, SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS We … [Read more...]
Road atlases
TRAVEL EPHEMERA COMES IN MANY FORMS, and a favourite, although often a bit battered is the free road maps from petrol stations, tourist bureaus and the like. Here is a selection that has found its … [Read more...]
Travel ephemera
TASMANIA - ALWAYS A TRAVEL DESTINATION and thus the generator of some nice ephemera: This map from a Sydney based map producer has a lovely logo - extracted above - a rocket with the company … [Read more...]
Healthy eating
'GLUTEN STEAK' & 'WEET GRIST' ANYONE? THIS BRIGHT LITTLE BOOKLET FROM THE 1960s PROMOTES HEALTH EATING. It looks at food groups and also introduces some new products - may be they needed more … [Read more...]
Movie ephemera
This simple flyer/programme promoted the season if films at the Metro, Collins Street, Melbourne. There is a typo of the telephone number in the lower right hand corner of the double page spread … [Read more...]
Font and more font
ARE YOU SOMEONE WITH AN EAGLE EYE FOR DETAIL?DO YOU WANT YOUR COLLECTION TO BE ORGANISED BY, SOME PRINCIPLE?DO YOU NEED TO TAKE CERTAIN ROUTES TO AVOID AWFUL SIGNS? Three stars ***good not … [Read more...]