ARCHIE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING, HE HAS PASSED AS THEY DO IN THE USA. YES HE HAS DIED. There is a report from the US, in The Australian 16 July 2014, that Archie has died. Archie is now 73 (we have … [Read more...]
Book about the magazine – The Australian Women’s Weekly
PUBLISHED IN APRIL 2014, A HISTORY OF AN ICONIC (YES) AUSTRALIAN MAGAZINE, HAS HIT THE BOOKSHELVES. Previous Australian Women's Weekly editor Deborah Thomas and Vogue editor Kirstie Clements … [Read more...]
Lost and loved – home made street posters
STREET POSTERS ARE ALIVE AND WELL IN MOST SUBURBS. Generally one expects to see the garage sale advertisement followed by the plea for help for a lost animal. But there are some more unusual street … [Read more...]
Proud as a peacock of the quality – Package tour – a guide to SA ephemera
MANY WILL HAVE ENJOYED CONSULTING ESA MEMBER VIVIENNE O'NEILL'S Yesterday’s Paper – Collecting Ephemera in Australia. Vivienne O'Neill and David Tuckwell have just (Easter 2014) published Package … [Read more...]
Dangers of show & tell
WHILE WE ARE ENCOURAGING THE WORLD TO THINK OF COLLECTING AS A HEALTHY WAY TO SPEND TIME, here is a cautionary tale reported in the West Australian, 4 September 1944. ACCIDENTALLY … [Read more...]
Booker prize winning character was a collector of buttons
NEW YORK BASED NOVELIST PETER CAREY (born in Bacchus Marsh, Australia) WROTE ABOUT COLLECTORS in his Booker prize in 1988 for the novel, Oscar and Lucinda (UQP, 1988). The two main … [Read more...]