COMO IN SOUTH YARRA IS BEDECKED WITH COLONIAL CHRISTMAS CARDS. This is an opportunity to see wonderful late 19th century Christmas ephemera, especially cards, and decoration. If you want to … [Read more...]
Looking for Christmas cards in the colonies
THE NATIONAL TRUST (VIC) IS LOOKING FOR NORTHERN HEMISPHERE PUBLISHED CHRISTMAS CARDS CIRCULATING IN THE COLONIES, 1880s TO 1900. There will be an exhibition at the end of the year looking at … [Read more...]
25 December
RECENTLY COLLECTED AND REDISCOVERED CHRISTMAS EPHEMERA here we go There has been a resurgence of sorts in local stationery production. "Write to me" has a range including this play on words and … [Read more...]
Ephemera Journal of Australia April 2018
Contents Trade cards Tin collector explains his hunger Take-away paper cups Ian Banks - Records of an everyday life Dating - Be careful about the company you keep Australia … [Read more...]
Australian Christmas Card Competition
In 1881 John Sands ran a competition to find illustrations of Australian Christmas scenes. Here is a long description of the competition and some results. CHRISTMAS CARDS. By the enterprise and … [Read more...]
Images of Australia (maps)
WE LIKE TO COLLECT IMAGES THAT SHOW THE MAP OF AUSTRALIA. Here are some lovely examples. Final item, one of Mimmo Cozzolino's tea towel calendars. This … [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...]
Christmas comes to the Outback
YES, CHRISTMAS APPROACHES, WITH SOME DELIGHTS FOR THE EPHEMERIST..Christmas cards, Christmas wrapping paper and tape. This time last year we posted a beautiful article by Michael Aitken about … [Read more...]