VISITORS ARE RAVING ABOUT THIS EXHIBITION ON AT THE MELBOURNE MUSEUM. It is about the World War 1 experience of Victorians - fighting, injured, recovering, home front, opposition to the … [Read more...]
With fondest love from your loving brother Jim
HERE IS SOME CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE FRONT BY WAY OF A SERIES OF POSTCARDS. They are sent by soldier, Jim Jorgensen to his family, principally his youngest brother Stan who were all at home on the … [Read more...]
Swann sale of advertising, children’s books etc 22 January 2015
22/1/2015- HERE IS A NICE ONLINE 3D CATALOGUE TO VIEW - I would love to go to a Swann auction one day - this catalogue is a pretty good substitute. On offer are: advertising; children's … [Read more...]
National Library of Australia’s ephemera captures nation’s values
The Canberra times has run a story about ephemera collecting at the National Library - speaking to Catherine Aldersey who many will remember from the 2014 symposium. The journalist, John Thisleton, … [Read more...]
End of school year
END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR - SPEECH NIGHT, NO MORE UNIFORM, THROW AWAY THE TEXTBOOKS. We thought that recordings of the achievements of the little darlings in a play, dancing, singing or at speech … [Read more...]
New year’s resolutions – learn to sing
HERE IS A WAY TO START A NEW HOBBY WITHOUT SCARING THE NEIGHBOURS - start singing in the shower - best way to loosen the under-utilised vocal cords. This booklet, with waterproof plastic … [Read more...]
Australian carols
CHRISTMAS IN SUMMER PRESENTS LOTS OF CHALLENGES WHEN FOLLOWING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE TRADITIONS. Singing about snow, sleighs, reindeer and like require a lot of imagination and ignore our actual … [Read more...]
Postman has been again
WHEN YOU WANT AN AUSTRALIAN CHRISTMAS CARD, WE LOOK TO ANIMALS AND SUN TO DEMONSTRATE PLACE OF ORIGIN. Here are some more cards from the last two decades that take up these themes. The … [Read more...]
This man kept a record of daily life in small pocket books
WE HAVE TEMPORARY OWNERSHIP OF 3 BOXES OF SMALL DIARIES KEPT BY A MELBOURNE BUSINESS MAN. We have been searching them unsystematically. We would like to do them more justice one day looking at them … [Read more...]