SUN-BAKING, GETTING A TAN, GETTING SUNBURNED - THEY WERE THE WAYS TO MARK SUMMER IN AUSTRALIA - last century. This great card sums up the beach in the 1970s. There was some awareness of too … [Read more...]
Are we there yet? Driving holidays.
PASSPORTS FOR CAR TRAVELLERS, what's this? A Trove search dates the passport in the early 1960s as there are advertisements referring to it published in from 1960 to 1962. One of the … [Read more...]
Fire – natural disaster
BUSHFIRES ARE PART of Australia's history. "The weather conditions that set the scene for prolific unmanaged fire in the landscape are the same weather conditions that make the urban environment … [Read more...]
Christmas comes to the Outback
YES, CHRISTMAS APPROACHES, WITH SOME DELIGHTS FOR THE EPHEMERIST..Christmas cards, Christmas wrapping paper and tape. This time last year we posted a beautiful article by Michael Aitken about … [Read more...]
Paying tribute to early Australian collectors
WHAT ABOUT RECOGNISING EARLY COLLECTORS? HERE IS A MAN WITH A STORY SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR TO MODERN COLLECTORS. William Bednall was a printer, newspaper man and collector of many types of things including … [Read more...]