AGNES VARDA'S TWO FILMS ABOUT GLEANING - originally gathering the useful remnants of the crop after harvesting) are being screened in Melbourne on Sunday 13 July at 2.30 pm and 4.15 pm at the … [Read more...]
Expert takes tour of State Library of Victoria’s exhibition – 9 July 2014
TOUR AT 5 PM ON WEDNESDAY 9 JULY: join a guided tour of the State Library of Victoria's Mirror of the world exhibition which celebrates the unique place of books in our hearts and … [Read more...]
Canadian threatens Vicks Vaporub
VICKS V BUCKLEY'S According to Wikipedia, W.K.Buckley Limited was a Canadian medicines manufacturer founded in 1919. It appears that in 1941, Buckley's started selling its Wintrol Rub in Australia - … [Read more...]
It’s cold outside – let’s go to the snow
WISH YOU WERE HERE - THERE ARE MANY COLD PLACES IN AUSTRALIA IN WINTER, and Victoria's Ballarat is one of them. So it may not be so surprising that this postcard of the local constabulary arresting a … [Read more...]
The best collections jump boundaries
INFLUENZA EPIDEMICS WERE NOT CONFINED TO HUMANS, and of course, horse influenza created its own ephemera. There had been outbreaks reported in newspapers in different parts of the country at different … [Read more...]