Fresh examples of who collects and why? Our founder, an English museum curator in Australia for the Bicentennial museum activity, collected paper bags - free or cheap, easy to store, and a record … [Read more...]
Out of the box: collectables & ephemera – show & tell
NOW WE KNOW WE CAN TAKE A ONE HOUR GREAT ESCAPE TO NAGAMBIE, FOR A CHANCE TO SHARE COLLECTIONS + COUNTRY HOSPITALITY + SUPPORT A LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY & MUSEUM, SUNDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2021. The … [Read more...]
The Bigger Ephemera World: The Ephemera Society (ES), United Kingdom
The Bigger Ephemera World: The Ephemera Society (ES), United Kingdom – Wendi Bradshaw Within the top banner of the home page of “The Ephemera Society” ephemera-society.org.uk is an image of the … [Read more...]
Rugby League badges’ guide
NSWRL to NRL - BADGES - NEW BOOK BY A NEW MEMBER Rugby League Badges and Pins Nick Pezikian - See special offer at the bottom of this post. Badges and pins have been worn by people in all walks … [Read more...]
Oranges & lemons & railways
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...]