ESA Member Simon Clegg will be filling two stalls on 22 May 2022, at the Ephemera Fair in Camberwell. WHERE: Parkview Room, 340 Camberwell Road Camberwell Vic. WHEN: 8.45 am to 2 pm (Ephemera Soc … [Read more...]
Here comes the sun
SUN-BAKING, GETTING A TAN, GETTING SUNBURNED - THEY WERE THE WAYS TO MARK SUMMER IN AUSTRALIA - last century. This great card sums up the beach in the 1970s. There was some awareness of too … [Read more...]
Are we there yet? Driving holidays.
PASSPORTS FOR CAR TRAVELLERS, what's this? A Trove search dates the passport in the early 1960s as there are advertisements referring to it published in from 1960 to 1962. One of the … [Read more...]
Girl detective – girl collector
YOUNGER COLLECTOR JANE MB EXPLAINS how she got interested in collecting: Nancy Drew has been around since 1930. But I, having read a couple of the books as a little girl, only began collecting the … [Read more...]
Knitting recipes
All in the head - no need for knitting instructions Initially knitters did not use pattern books. This was because: they could not read; only traditional patterns local to an area were used; and the … [Read more...]
Who is adding what to their collection? Monash Rare Books
TWO INTERESTING 'NEW' ITEMS ADDED TO THE MONASH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY'S RARE BOOKS COLLECTION: The first is a brochure for an indoor golf game:- "Schoenhut's indoor golf. The greatest game of … [Read more...]
Beautiful one day; perfect the next – Queensland in winter
SCIENTISTS HAVE RECENTLY ADVISED US OF SOMETHING WE ALL KNEW - WE NEED A DOSE OF SUNSHINE EVEN IN WINTER. Why go? The Great Barrier Reef The beach Getting there Where to stay … [Read more...]
It’s cold outside – let’s go to the snow
WISH YOU WERE HERE - THERE ARE MANY COLD PLACES IN AUSTRALIA IN WINTER, and Victoria's Ballarat is one of them. So it may not be so surprising that this postcard of the local constabulary arresting a … [Read more...]
Wearing the golden fleece
Every opportunity shop in at least the cooler, southern Australian states, has a selection of knitting books. To some these represent something of a treasure trove - they are time capsules about … [Read more...]