TOMORROW, FRIDAY 21 APRIL 2023 6-8PM AT THE CAMBERWELL LIBRARY MEETING ROOMS. Meet Ed with your banana box full of ephemera to sell or swap or giveaway. There will be snacks and a beverage. If you … [Read more...]
ZOOM about internment ephemera
ON MONDAY 1 MAY 2023 AT 7 PM, VIA ZOOM, find out what internees did in the many camps dotted across Australia during the two world wars. They were watched over by staff BUT HAD MUCH TIME TO OCCUPY. Ed … [Read more...]
Underneath a pile of bookmarks
ESA MEMBER DAVID CROWE COLLECTS ANTIQUE BOOKMARKS, AND SOMETIMES THIS LEADS TO OTHER FINDS. David writes: Such a delightful surprise it was to find at the bottom of a box of surplus bookmarks a … [Read more...]
Were you invited? What was on
ON 14 APRIL & 16 April 1951, THE BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES' CELEBRATED ITS CENTENARY OF DOING BUSINESS IN MELBOURNE. The Potters were invited to some of the events marking the centenary. They were … [Read more...]
Read all about it – April 2023
DEAR ESA MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE LATEST NEWSLETTER ABOUT WEDDINGS AND DEATHS - LET US KNOW VIA COMMENTS' BOX. If you want to get our newsletters join up here. … [Read more...]
Exhibition (competition) of philately (all kinds of mail stuff)
FREE EVENT IN GARDENVALE 10-4 ON 30 APRIL 2023 - Come and see VICTORIAN 2023 CLUBS’ COMPETITION – 30 April 2023 WHEN: 30 April 2023, 10: am – 4:00 pm, at midday & pizza and soft drinks will be … [Read more...]
Ephemera of internment
Zooming in on internment Monday 1 May, 7pm (Eastern standard time) Ed Jewell has been collecting ephemera and items relating to internment of enemy aliens and prisoners of war in Australia in the … [Read more...]
Australian toys: a collection – book review by Wendi Bradshaw
FANCY A BOOK ABOUT AUSTRALIAN TOYS OF THE 20TH CENTURY WITH WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHY? Wendi Bradshaw has reviewed Australian toys; a collection, by Luke Jones, with photographs by Mark Spaven (Melbourne, … [Read more...]
Sweet and savoury
PLAN A VISIT TO MEALS AND MENUS OF THE PAST. UNTIL 30 JUNE 2023 AT THE STATE LIBRARY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA Sweet and savoury: enjoy a taste of our menu collection. Lovely example: Commonwealth … [Read more...]