AGNES VARDA'S TWO FILMS ABOUT GLEANING - originally gathering the useful remnants of the crop after harvesting) are being screened in Melbourne on Sunday 13 July at 2.30 pm and 4.15 pm at the … [Read more...]
Expert takes tour of State Library of Victoria’s exhibition – 9 July 2014
TOUR AT 5 PM ON WEDNESDAY 9 JULY: join a guided tour of the State Library of Victoria's Mirror of the world exhibition which celebrates the unique place of books in our hearts and … [Read more...]
Canadian threatens Vicks Vaporub
VICKS V BUCKLEY'S According to Wikipedia, W.K.Buckley Limited was a Canadian medicines manufacturer founded in 1919. It appears that in 1941, Buckley's started selling its Wintrol Rub in Australia - … [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...]
The best collections jump boundaries
INFLUENZA EPIDEMICS WERE NOT CONFINED TO HUMANS, and of course, horse influenza created its own ephemera. There had been outbreaks reported in newspapers in different parts of the country at different … [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...]
Book about the magazine – The Australian Women’s Weekly
PUBLISHED IN APRIL 2014, A HISTORY OF AN ICONIC (YES) AUSTRALIAN MAGAZINE, HAS HIT THE BOOKSHELVES. Previous Australian Women's Weekly editor Deborah Thomas and Vogue editor Kirstie Clements … [Read more...]
Rare book week 17-27 July 2014
THE WEEK of 17-27 JULY IS A FESTIVAL OF (FREE) FUN FOR COLLECTORS. It is organised by The Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers. We have highlighted events in our … [Read more...]
Discouragement of panic – ephemera of influenza
ON 31 JANUARY 1919, ACCORDING TO INFLUENZA OUTBREAK: Memorandum Published for General Information by the Influenza Advisory Committee the public should: avoid crowds - in streets, in trains, in … [Read more...]