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...]
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...]
Swap, sell and show
TOMORROW, FRIDAY 21 APRIL 2023 6-8PM AT THE CAMBERWELL LIBRARY MEETING ROOMS. Meet Ed with your banana box full of ephemera to sell or swap or giveaway. There will be snacks and a beverage. If you … [Read more...]
ZOOM about internment ephemera
ON MONDAY 1 MAY 2023 AT 7 PM, VIA ZOOM, find out what internees did in the many camps dotted across Australia during the two world wars. They were watched over by staff BUT HAD MUCH TIME TO OCCUPY. Ed … [Read more...]
Were you invited? What was on
ON 14 APRIL & 16 April 1951, THE BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES' CELEBRATED ITS CENTENARY OF DOING BUSINESS IN MELBOURNE. The Potters were invited to some of the events marking the centenary. They were … [Read more...]
Exhibition (competition) of philately (all kinds of mail stuff)
FREE EVENT IN GARDENVALE 10-4 ON 30 APRIL 2023 - Come and see VICTORIAN 2023 CLUBS’ COMPETITION – 30 April 2023 WHEN: 30 April 2023, 10: am – 4:00 pm, at midday & pizza and soft drinks will be … [Read more...]