SHOPPING BY POST? New? This recent donation, to the freebie table at the Ephemera Society's fairs, is a reminder that it was once exciting to shop using a printed catalogue rather than browsing in a … [Read more...]
Unprecedented #11 The Brett Sutton of 1900 Victoria
BRETT SUTTON'S ANTECEDENTS? PANDEMICS BEFORE 1919? YES, THERE WERE EARLIER HEALTH CONCERNS WORLDWIDE AND HERE IN AUSTRALIA. This small, 13 page, 16.4x10.4cm stapled booklet was printed in Melbourne … [Read more...]
Unprecedented #19 Quarantine stations
CONSEQUENCES OF QUARANTINE, this early record of European quarantine at Port Jackson, including the burial ground. According to the Australian National Maritime Museum: Steel engraving titled … [Read more...]
Help wanted 1963 stereo pictures
STEREO PICTURES FROM 1963. ESA member Sue Ann Barber would like some help. Hello there! Hope everyone is well. Can you please ask everyone on the page if they have copies of TV Week magazine from … [Read more...]
Pandemics #10 NOW 2020
ARE YOU COLLECTING THE EPHEMERA OF TODAY'S PANDEMIC? Our institutional collectors will be interested, the National Library, state libraries, state museums and of course local history collections as … [Read more...]




