DEAR ESA MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE LATEST NEWSLETTER ABOUT WEDDINGS AND DEATHS - LET US KNOW VIA COMMENTS' BOX. If you want to get our newsletters join up here. … [Read more...]
It is in the post
DEAR ESA MEMBERS IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE LATEST NEWSLETTER AND CALENDAR - LET US KNOW VIA COMMENTS' BOX. Inside: Bert Clark and his drawing implements; a review of Australian toys: a collection; … [Read more...]
Help wanted – bottles
FOUND IN VICTORIA, IN AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG, can anyone assist or direct the National Trust to someone who can assist? If you can assist or more information would assist you, let us know via the … [Read more...]
Dating – ounces or grams
WEIGHTS USED IN A RECIPE CAN HELP PIN DOWN THE DATE WHEN THE BOOKLET OR RECIPE SHEET WAS PUBLISHED: The conversion from imperial weights & measures to metric weights & measures was … [Read more...]
National geographic maps – worth anything?
ESA RECENTLY FIELDED A QUESTION ABOUT THE VALUE OF OLDER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAPS. My own guess was $0 but that's not quite right. Luckily I asked our member and map seeker Gerry Dorset, and he … [Read more...]
Meet Michael Taffe, bookmark collector
NEWish MEMBER MICHAEL TAFFE advises: Following an early career as a welfare worker and counsellor I became involved in education and the arts and have now retired as an archivist and professional … [Read more...]
President’s annual report 2021-22
THE 2021-22 ESA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WAS HELD BY ZOOM ON 8 DECEMBER 2022. WE HAD A QUORUM. THE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER REPORTS WERE ACCEPTED. IN CASE YOU COULDN'T COME HERE IS The president’s annual … [Read more...]
Let us shout you a drink (or two)
THIS IS NOW A PAST EVENT - ON WEDNESDAY 16 NOVEMBER, THE ESA ANNUAL DINNER. At the Old England Hotel, 459 Lower Heidelberg Rd, Heidelberg VIC 3084. About 20 members gathered for a bit of a … [Read more...]
2022 UPDATED calendar
2022 is back to the old meetings, fairs, other collector gatherings. What’s on in 2022? IMPORTANT UPDATE Subject to health directions (vaccination, masks and spacing) we plan to resume normal ESA … [Read more...]