TAKE A LOOK AT A WEDDING HELD DURING A PAPER SHORTAGE, AT THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR in Grenfell, NSW in 1918. When I visited one of our regular ephemera donors (DB) to pick up a box of … [Read more...]
Vale Alan Waters
Vale Alan Waters 2022 – Paper World founder and foundation Ephemera Society member From the Paper World website: THE HISTORY OF PAPER WORLD Paper World founder, Alan Waters, initially … [Read more...]
The Jones Collection: a century of family’s life in Coburg
WHAT HAPPENS IF A LIFE TIME OF COLLECTING, IT IS RECOGNISED AS A SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL HISTORY RECORD. In late 2022 the Royal Historical Society of Victoria took delivery of the Jones Collection courtesy … [Read more...]
Australian Food Icons – a talk
AUSTRALIAN FOOD ICONS from the MATERIAL HISTORIES SERIES RUN BY THE OLD TREASURY BUILDING IN MELBOURNE You can view it in the Old Treasury Building website. Happy little Vegemite soldiers: … [Read more...]
Rare Book Week, last week of July 2023
WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HOW TO BUILD A COLLECTION ABOUT FAR FLUNG PEOPLE, OFTEN NOT ENGLISH SPEAKING, WHO WERE IMPRISONED IN AUSTRALIA IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS? Well come to Rare Book Week (RBW), and on … [Read more...]