A FAMILY IS DOING THE RIGHT THING, THEY WANT TO GIVE AWAY A COLLECTION MADE OVER MANY YEARS AND MANY MILES. Let us know via the comments if you can assist. The ESA got an email - My father collected … [Read more...]
The next ephemera & collectables fair
SAVE THE DATE - SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2025 - THE EPHEMERA AND COLLECTABLES FAIR. WHERE: Parkview Room, Camberwell Civic Centre, Camberwell Road Vic. OPEN: 8.15-2.00 for members. (8.45 entry for non … [Read more...]
2025 EPHEMERA SYMPOSIUM
The Ephemera Society of Australia Inc. presents its 2025 symposium ‘From sweet collecting to finding a new home for all that paper’. When: Saturday 12 July 2025 12 pm to 4.15 pm. Where: Camberwell … [Read more...]
The 2025 symposium ‘Dogs Dogs Dogs’ and 4 other themes
TIME TO BOOK YOUR PLACE AT THE SYMPOSIUM ON SATURDAY 12 JULY 2025 - 12.15 - 4.15PM Speakers include Debra Parry, conservator, collector, and dog lover. She is combining these interests to … [Read more...]
Coming up
Melbourne 20/6/25 This Friday at the Camberwell library meeting rooms -the theme is-the best thing you've collected-might be something rare? expensive? recent?that fills a gap. Rsvp for … [Read more...]
Last week’s wintery ephemera from Facebook
Is this special decorative telegram for a rare event: the purchase of a Chevrolet? Or is the telegram special? It seems that the telegrams were a successful innovation from the early … [Read more...]
2025symposium
SAVE THE DATE - 12 JULY 2025, THE 2025 SYMPOSIUM - AN AFTERNOON OF TALKING ABOUT EPHEMERA - WITH SLIDE SHOWS and the traditional delicious afternoon tea. More details very soon. There will be a … [Read more...]
Australian trademarks and icons – a talk
TOMORROW, Sunday 18 May 2025 at 2pm, Mimmo Cozzolino, ESA member and author of Symbols of Australia will give a presentation at the Richmond, Burnley and Cremorne Historical Society. Where: … [Read more...]
Rare Book Week talks Tuesday 29 July 2025
Hoarder or historian? Is our history in a drawer, a scrapbook, or a curated collection? I, Mandy Bede, will be taking up one of my last ESA president activities on 29 July 2025. My talk … [Read more...]