2018 WAS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AUSTRALIAN CARTOPHILIC SOCIETY INC. Bob Ferris and Graeme Dickinson have put together a 76 page homage to all that the Society has achieved. The Anniversary … [Read more...]
Naughty banks?
THE FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BANKING ROYAL COMMISSION WERE MADE PUBLIC AT 4.10 PM TODAY, 54 FEBRUARY 2019. Here are some lovable or benign images of banking ephemera past. What were the … [Read more...]
Show & tell
NEXT FRIDAY, 14 FEBRUARY, @6 PM, we will be starting the collecting year in Melbourne with a Show & Tell gathering. Why might you come? Do you like looking at and talking about collecting? Do … [Read more...]
Still thinking about Australia Day
Extract from the Wangaratta chronicle 31 July 1915: Yesterday was celebrated as Australia Day. In Wangaratta a number of ladies were busy selling flags, buttons, badges, and other mementoes and … [Read more...]
Australia Day – background
Geoffrey Potter Local History Librarian Central Coast Libraries advises Australia Day began as a recruitment drive in WWI in the wake of the Anzac landing at Gallipoli. Towns all over Australia … [Read more...]
Book sale (Melbourne CBD)
THIS SATURDAY 25 AUGUST 2018, 10-4. The Royal Historical Society of Victoria has its annual historical book sale, open to the public. More than 4,000 history books on offer. Prices start at $1. All … [Read more...]
What is it worth and why?
Australia day badges – piece of social history There is an evolution in the way that badges are manufactured. But these badges are of interest for other reasons. In the first half of the 20th … [Read more...]
Delightful afternoon of collectors and collecting
SATURDAY 4 AUGUST, FROM 1PM to 5, join us for the annual symposium about ephemera collecting and collectors. It is not too late to join us. Saturday 4 August 2018 1.00 pm to 5.00 pm at the Webster … [Read more...]
Coasting to collecting at ESA swap meets
WE ALL HAVE OUR AREAS OF INTEREST IN COLLECTING. And we can all be led astray. How divine is this selection of Air-India coasters? I bought these not at the fair but at a swap meet held by the ESA . … [Read more...]