Help Wanted

Souvenir Pennants – help wanted

Collect political material for Canberra

Chocolate wrappers

Kelpie helpie*

Pricing advice

Fowler’s some answers! Thanks

Fowler’s questions – they never stop – can you help?

Looking for directions

Help wanted

All day: Untitled Event

6:30 pm: Addendum (archiving the ephemeral)(Melb)

5:30 pm: Post War Migrant Protest talk (Canberra)

8:30 am: ESA Ephemera and Collectables Fair

10:00 am: History books and collectables' fair (Melbourne)

ESA Ephemera and Collectables Fair

July 21, 2019 by Pat Powers Leave a Comment

Researching Australian Souvenir Pennants I am researching the origin and history of Australian felt souvenir pennants. If you have any information or leads on the history, manufacture and/or … [Read more...]

May 7, 2019 by mbede Leave a Comment

YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU! TO COLLECT ELECTION FLYERS, STICKERS, POSTERS...The National Library collects and preserves printed election campaign materials to ensure a permanent record Australia’s federal … [Read more...]

April 3, 2019 by mbede Leave a Comment

CHOCOLATE EATERS AND WRAPPER COLLECTORS ALERT. We have received a request for assistance from a fellow albeit champion collector: Dear Sir or Madam, I am member of the British Ephemera Society … [Read more...]

May 3, 2018 by mbede Leave a Comment

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...]

November 15, 2017 by mbede 2 Comments

HELP WANTED TO VALUE CARDS, part of a sequence from 1928. The inquiry is: I have a set of John Player Cigarette Cards 1928-29 Footballers. They are numbered 51 to 75. I am inquiring as to … [Read more...]

October 19, 2017 by mbede Leave a Comment

INFORMATION HAS COME TO HAND FROM A FRIENDLY COLLECTOR REGARDING SOME OF OUR QUERIES. Here goes: Karen's query - I have a Vacola jam jar sealing machine and some bottles labelled Fowler's … [Read more...]

October 17, 2017 by mbede 4 Comments

FOWLER'S FANS CAN YOU HELP WITH ANSWERS/INFORMATION? Is Fowler's enthusiasm an addiction one cannot quench? We get more and more questions for Mark Benbow about Fowler's can anyone else … [Read more...]

October 5, 2017 by mbede 2 Comments

HELP WANTED #1 TRAVEL Our inquirer writes: I am looking for some direction to where I may locate an old travel brochure from around 1979. It was promoting a tour to Singapore and Hong Kong … [Read more...]

July 23, 2017 by mbede Leave a Comment

QUERY VIA THIS WEBSITE Anyone know what these initials stand for: M.B.E.H.C.U. We have a 1917 tin button an example of it is here … [Read more...]

September 2019

September 3, 2019All day

September 17, 2019 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Melbourne Conversations: Addendum (archiving the ephemeral)
What records do Australians keep, and what do we burn?

Local artist Leisa Shelton will burn her 40-year archive as she opens her exhibition 'Addendum: Archiving the Ephemeral'. Join our panel of librarians, digital archivists and artists as they discuss the importance of the archives we have inherited, and those we leave behind.

Date: Tuesday 17 September
Time: 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Location: Abbotsford Convent, Industrial School building
Cost: Free, but bookings essential.

Melbourne Conversations: Addendum (Archiving the Ephemeral)
What records do Australians keep, and what do we burn?

Date: Tuesday 17 September
Time: 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Location: Abbotsford Convent, Industrial School building
Cost: Free, but bookings essential

September 18, 2019 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Post War Migrant Protest & Ethnic Activism (Canberra)

This presentation by a Fellow of the National Library of Australia draws on the collection's vast array of records including ephemera.

In Australia in the late 1960s, the rate of migrant return exceeded the rate of emigration, compelling the government to consider the needs and concerns of new and older migrants. Dr Alexandra Dellios will be discussing her investigations into the Library’s records of the Greek Welfare Society and key member, Spiro Moraitis.

Dr Alexandra Dellios is cultural historian in the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies and is a National Library of Australia Fellow.

Where: Theatre, Lower Ground 1, National Library of Australia.
Free.

September 22, 2019 8:30 am – 2:00 pm

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 the public who donate to Society. Discover a treasure on the ESA Table for gold coin donations.
Refreshment stall and a room for catching up or taking a closer look at your purchases.

Early bird entry for ESA members 8.30am. Not yet Members 9.15am

Where: Foyer & Parkview Room, 340 Camberwell Rd, Camberwell, Victoria

Cost: Adults $5, Concession $4

3 All day: Untitled Event September 3, 2019All day Read more

17 6:30 pm: Addendum (archiving the ephemeral)(Melb) September 17, 2019 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Melbourne Conversations: Addendum (archiving the ephemeral) What records do Australians keep, and what do we burn? Local artist Leisa Shelton will burn her 40-year archive as she opens her exhibition 'Addendum: Archiving the Ephemeral'. Join our panel of librarians, digital archivists and artists as they discuss the importance of the archives we have inherited, and those we leave behind. Date: Tuesday 17 September Time: 6.30pm to 7.30pm Location: Abbotsford Convent, Industrial School building Cost: Free, but bookings essential. Melbourne Conversations: Addendum (Archiving the Ephemeral) What records do Australians keep, and what do we burn? Local artist Leisa Shelton will burn her 40-year archive as she opens her exhibition 'Addendum: Archiving the Ephemeral'. Join our panel of librarians, digital archivists and artists as they discuss the importance of the archives we have inherited, and those we leave behind. Date: Tuesday 17 September Time: 6.30pm to 7.30pm Location: Abbotsford Convent, Industrial School building Cost: Free, but bookings essential Read more

18 5:30 pm: Post War Migrant Protest talk (Canberra) September 18, 2019 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Post War Migrant Protest & Ethnic Activism (Canberra) This presentation by a Fellow of the National Library of Australia draws on the collection's vast array of records including ephemera. In Australia in the late 1960s, the rate of migrant return exceeded the rate of emigration, compelling the government to consider the needs and concerns of new and older migrants. Dr Alexandra Dellios will be discussing her investigations into the Library’s records of the Greek Welfare Society and key member, Spiro Moraitis. Dr Alexandra Dellios is cultural historian in the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies and is a National Library of Australia Fellow. Where: Theatre, Lower Ground 1, National Library of Australia. Free. Read more

22 8:30 am: ESA Ephemera and Collectables Fair September 22, 2019 8:30 am – 2:00 pm ESA Ephemera and Collectables Fair 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 the public who donate to Society. Discover a treasure on the ESA Table for gold coin donations. Refreshment stall and a room for catching up or taking a closer look at your purchases. Early bird entry for ESA members 8.30am. Not yet Members 9.15am Where: Foyer & Parkview Room, 340 Camberwell Rd, Camberwell, Victoria Cost: Adults $5, Concession $4 Read more

October 5, 2019 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Royal Historical Society of Victoria

239 A'Beckett Street

Melbourne, Victoria 3000

Australia

9326 9288

Map

The Royal Historical Society of Victoria has an annual book fair.

This one is bigger and better than ever with lots of great donations from historians and the like.

Members of the Society get first go on 3 October, all others can come on Saturday 5 October 2019.