Zooming in on internment Monday 1 May, 7pm (Eastern standard time) Ed Jewell has been collecting ephemera and items relating to internment of enemy aliens and prisoners of war in Australia in the … [Read more...]
New year’s greetings
NEW YEAR MEANS SNOW FOR THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND CREATED SOME BEAUTIFUL SCENES. WE LOOK BACK HERE, AND FINALLY FORWARD TO THE 2010S WITH SOME AUSTRALIAN NEW YEAR EFFORTS. Alcohol and new year … [Read more...]
Collectors and ephemera
Fresh examples of who collects and why? Our founder, an English museum curator in Australia for the Bicentennial museum activity, collected paper bags - free or cheap, easy to store, and a record … [Read more...]
Unprecedented #88 postcards
ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, A FRIEND MOURNED THE LACK OF POSTCARDS AVAILABLE TO TOURISTS WANDERING AROUND SOUTHBANK, MELBOURNE. So much has changed. On 15 September 2021, there are no tourists … [Read more...]
Wattle Day
WHAT IS WATTLE DAY? The word from our Australian Parliamentary website is: Although wattle was associated with Australia from very early days, its significance increased around the time of … [Read more...]
On the cards – for father’s day
LOOKING AT MEN ON EPHEMERA - some specifically for father's day - this Sunday. Drawn from our website archive. … [Read more...]
Nigel is back @the fair
YES THE FAIR AGAIN,this Sunday,22 September 2019, 340 Camberwell Rd, Camberwell Vic. We are having a preview of Nigel Shipley's stall. Games' instruction manuals. Tourism Gippsland, … [Read more...]
ESA Collectables & Ephemera Fair 18 SEPTEMBER 2022
More than 40 stalls of ephemera Posters, postcards, badges, swap cards, trade cards, advertising, packaging, letterhead, programmes, vintage magazines, comics +++ We have generous members of … [Read more...]
Ephemera Journal of Australia January 2016
Contents Confectionery Money boxes Australian football cards - pre AFL era Advertising pocket mirrors Art Deco ephemera Yarra and Port Phillip postcards Meet the (badge) collector Gallipoli's … [Read more...]