THE EPHEMERA SOCIETY PRODUCES JOURNALS ABOUT AUSTRALIAN EPHEMERA. The back page traditionally marks the smaller things in life - tea bag tags, matchbooks, mango labels. Issue #6 will show metal … [Read more...]
kids read the paper
MORE EPHEMERA OF SCHOOL DAYS - A University of Melbourne guide to sources on Victorian education advises that: From the 1872 Education Act until 1970 - the Victorian Education primary curriculum … [Read more...]
Subscription libraries – a history
ON 18 FEBRUARY 2020, THERE WILL BE A SYMPOSIUM ON THE HISTORY OF THE SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY. The State Library of New South Wales began life in 1826 as ‘The Australian Subscription Library’. It was then … [Read more...]
Back to school
EVEN IN 2020 ADVERTISING ENCOURAGES PARENTS TO BUY STATIONERY FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. We look back at exercise books. From 1953, from ESA member JY, this had the indispensable back cover with a … [Read more...]
Bushfires, forests – current concerns?
ANDREW H., PRESCIENT COLLECTOR, yes once again we raid his collection for a sadly topical look back at fires in the bush and bushfire (prevention) ephemera. This next one might appeal to our … [Read more...]