NO, WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO SELECT A NEW PARTNER, rather to help us with dating some chocolate boxes and confectionery tins for a forthcoming Ephemera Journal of Australia article. Murray's were a … [Read more...]
Political posters – critical, poignant and collectible
Political posters – critical, poignant and collectible - ESA member Wendi Bradshaw A small, unexpected collection of political travel ephemera presented itself during a visit to Hong Kong, in late … [Read more...]
Latest Ephemera Journal
JUST OUT, ISSUE NO. 5 OF THE EPHEMERA JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA You can buy a copy via this website - fill in the form on the website and make a payment by direct deposit to ESA BSB 083 953 Ac 6213 … [Read more...]
Bottle-O!
THE EPHEMERA SOCIETY PRODUCES JOURNALS ABOUT AUSTRALIAN EPHEMERA. The back page traditionally marks the smaller things in life - tea bag tags, matchbooks, mango labels. Issue #6 will show metal … [Read more...]
kids read the paper
MORE EPHEMERA OF SCHOOL DAYS - A University of Melbourne guide to sources on Victorian education advises that: From the 1872 Education Act until 1970 - the Victorian Education primary curriculum … [Read more...]
Subscription libraries – a history
ON 18 FEBRUARY 2020, THERE WILL BE A SYMPOSIUM ON THE HISTORY OF THE SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY. The State Library of New South Wales began life in 1826 as ‘The Australian Subscription Library’. It was then … [Read more...]
Back to school
EVEN IN 2020 ADVERTISING ENCOURAGES PARENTS TO BUY STATIONERY FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. We look back at exercise books. From 1953, from ESA member JY, this had the indispensable back cover with a … [Read more...]
Bushfires, forests – current concerns?
ANDREW H., PRESCIENT COLLECTOR, yes once again we raid his collection for a sadly topical look back at fires in the bush and bushfire (prevention) ephemera. This next one might appeal to our … [Read more...]
Diaries
AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, LIKE TO THINK BOTH forwards and backwards - time to buy a new diary and to look back on diaries of the past. We are drawing on the collection of ESA member Richard F. … [Read more...]