WHAT HAPPENS IF A LIFE TIME OF COLLECTING, IT IS RECOGNISED AS A SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL HISTORY RECORD. In late 2022 the Royal Historical Society of Victoria took delivery of the Jones Collection courtesy … [Read more...]
How much paint do I need?
THE FORTHCOMING ISSUE OF THE EPHEMERA JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA will include the answer to this question, and others using mechanical ephemera. Does that raise another question, what is mechanical … [Read more...]
The ideal home
UNTIL JANUARY 2020, HOME IN AUSTRALIA, Australian experiences of home across the past 100 years - an exhibition covering from the ideal to homelessness. AT the Powerhouse Museum Sydney. They … [Read more...]
Kelpie helpie*
HELP WANTED I'm working on an interpretive centre project here in Melbourne which tells the story of the origins of the Kelpie dog breed. One of the objects that is being loaned for display is a small … [Read more...]
Stitch in time saves 9 – sew what? Exhibition snapshot
Exhibit Number: 9 Exhibit: STITCH IN TIME, SAVES 9 Collector: DP Occupation: conservator ESA member: 2 years DP: I actually purchased two old sewing machines first, with the plywood covers, then … [Read more...]
Mopping up at home
BLOTTERS ARE A FAVOURITE TYPE OF EPHEMERA - WHY? MADE OF PAPER. REFLECT ABSOLUTELY THE TIME WHEN THEY WERE PRODUCED (LOOK AT THIS SET). THEY ARE OBSOLETE WITH ALL with THE EXCEPTION OF KING CHARLES IT … [Read more...]
The spickanspan folk
HERE ARE THE COVERS OF TWO BROCHURES PROMOTING HOUSEHOLD CLEANING. The first is English and from 1914; the second is an Australian edition painting book "Old Dutch Cleanser" is an … [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...]
Exhibition of Tasmanian cook books (to 16 August 2014)
THIS IS AN EXHIBITION ABOUT COOKERY BOOKS AND THE PLACE OF COOKING IN TASMANIA and the place of cooking in Tasmanian history and society. It marks 150 years since the introduction of salmon to … [Read more...]