Why in 1928 would Victorian Railways Commissioners publish a large recipe booklet, 72 pages, about how to use oranges? The answer lies with the appointment in 1920 of Harold Clapp as the railways … [Read more...]
Unprecedented #88 postcards
ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, A FRIEND MOURNED THE LACK OF POSTCARDS AVAILABLE TO TOURISTS WANDERING AROUND SOUTHBANK, MELBOURNE. So much has changed. On 15 September 2021, there are no tourists … [Read more...]
Book review: The Diary of a Bookseller
Shaun Bythel's The Diary of a Bookseller (London: Profile Books, 2018) Reviewer: ESA member Wendi B: As an initial disclaimer I have to admit that this isn’t the kind of book I would have been … [Read more...]
Redskins No More
Cathy Pryor, curator and postgraduate student in Museum and Heritage Studies at Deakin University, looks at a name change reflecting a new awareness about the old names for … [Read more...]
Unprecedented publishing opportunity
IS THERE A PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITY ON WHAT TO DO IN COVID CRISES? JUST AS THERE WAS IN 1919: This well-used book is Maritime Quarantine Administration : [Pt.] 1, Quarantine law and principles / by … [Read more...]
Out of the box: collectables and ephemera show and tell
SUNDAY 14 NOVEMBER, STARTING AT 11 AM IN NAGAMBIE, A MEETING FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN COLLECTING. The Nagambie Historical Society invites you to: 'Out of the box; collectables and ephemera … [Read more...]
Wattle Day
WHAT IS WATTLE DAY? The word from our Australian Parliamentary website is: Although wattle was associated with Australia from very early days, its significance increased around the time of … [Read more...]
It’s a set
SINGLE ITEMS CAN BE GREAT, flyer, trifolded, 14x8cm,soliciting your donation with accounts of the work of the Red Cross in 1958. But when it comes with a covering letter (three times the size … [Read more...]
Show & tell – what happens?
Show & Tell meeting on Friday 18 June 2021. After setting up the room and laying out refreshments, Amanda Bede absented herself because we had a strict cap of 10. Ed Jewell officiated and … [Read more...]