YES ITS COMPLICATED SOMETIMES TO WORK OUT IF A BOOKLET WAS TREMENDOUSLY CHEAP OR EXPENSIVE ORIGINALLY. But the Reserve Bank of Australia is here to help, at least between 1901 and last year (2023). … [Read more...]
Ephemera Peculiaris – dearest Dove
READ ALL ABOUT IT - Ephemera Peculiaris: Or, ephemera derived ‘of peculiar, strange, odd or unusual characteristics…’ Wendi Bradshaw delves into older worlds of unrequited love and advice probably … [Read more...]
Show & tell Friday 16 Feb 2024 6-8pm
IF YOU LOVE LOVE AND COLLECTING, COME TO THE NEXT SHOW & TELL, FRIDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2024, 6-8PM, LIGHT SUPPER PROVIDED. All members and other collectors invited. The evening will proceed with … [Read more...]
Show + tell – ask about your ephemera
AT OUR LAST MEETING ON FRIDAY 19 JANUARY 2024, WE WENT AROUND THE TABLE showing and telling about recent finds, ephemera about work and travel, and with questions about items. Newish member Marilyn … [Read more...]
Visiting the State Library of Queensland
NOT ONLY DOES THIS LIBRARY HAVE INTERESTING EXHIBITIONS FOR THE EPHEMERA COLLECTOR, but also these bookmarks showing selections from the SLQ's collections, collected in January 2024, standard bookmark … [Read more...]
Past issues of the Ephemera Journal available (but not many)
WE HAVE A SMALL SUPPLY OF BACK ISSUES OF THE EPHEMERA JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA. If you are interested please use the kookaburra form - and tick the box for the one you want. No. 5 Ida … [Read more...]
Recently collected
ATTRACTING OUR ATTENTION, AND THUS OUR DOLLARS, is a big part of the work of NGOs' marketing teams. This seems to be a good idea from the Salvos, buy a meal get a paper plate as a record, December … [Read more...]
Dating during WW1
THE KOOKABURRA SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME MORE POPULAR IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. Were there federation kookaburras? Or did their "laugh at anything attitude" fit better with courage in the face of … [Read more...]
Kookaburra issue – buy a copy
WELCOME TO THIS WONDERFUL ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL, CELEBRATING THE LAUGHING JACK AND TWO DIFFERENT COLLECTIONS. Non members can buy a copy for $15 + $5 postage. Members can buy an extra copy for … [Read more...]