ON SUNDAY 21 MAY 2023, YOU CAN PUT THIS CONSTIPATED LOOKING KANGAROO OUT OF ITS MISERY BUT GIVING IT A NEW HOME. When: SUNDAY 21 MAY 2023, 8.45am to 2pm (members get early bird entry … [Read more...]
Cricket clear out
THIS SUNDAY, 21 MAY, PHIL EDWARDS IS CLEARING OUT HIS CRICKET COLLECTION AT HIS STALL IN THE FOYER OF THE EPHEMERA FAIR. Phil says I will be bringing some rare cricket cards to the ephemera fair. … [Read more...]
Ephemera – milk – bottle tops
OVER TIME WE WILL ADD LOCAL EXAMPLES OF EPHEMERA REFERRED TO IN THE EPHEMERA BIBLE, Maurice Rickards' Encyclopedia of Ephemera (New York: Routledge, 2000). Here is a nice example of … [Read more...]
Military treasures
ON 15 May 2023, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE TREASURES OF THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTE - The RUIS has an extensive library. What you may not be aware of is that they also have a large number of … [Read more...]
Next Ephemera Fair
Weddings past
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...]
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...]
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...]
When an avid collector dies
WHEN JOAN MATHESON, A COLLECTOR OF 90 YEARS STANDING DIED, her daughter Karen had the onerous task of clearing up and going through each piece of paper in an endeavour she took on to respect her … [Read more...]