CONSEQUENCES OF QUARANTINE, this early record of European quarantine at Port Jackson, including the burial ground. According to the Australian National Maritime Museum: Steel engraving titled … [Read more...]
I bought it at the September 2019 fair
NOT FAIR, NO FAIR IN SEPTEMBER 2020, so like others I am looking back at what I bought 12 months ago. And finding some joy. It seems longer ago and perhaps for that reason the first item to revisit is … [Read more...]
Local repositories for ephemera in local history societies
WHO ELSE VALUES EPHEMERA? DON'T OVERLOOK THE ROLE OF THE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY. Browsing FaceBook as we do for our own FaceBook page, we note with pleasure the work being done by local history … [Read more...]