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...]
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...]
25 December
RECENTLY COLLECTED AND REDISCOVERED CHRISTMAS EPHEMERA here we go There has been a resurgence of sorts in local stationery production. "Write to me" has a range including this play on words and … [Read more...]
I’ll drink to that – whoops, spilt it
AT OUR LAST SHOW & TELL, I BOUGHT A FEW, AND THEN PICKED UP A BOX OF NO LONGER LOCAL BEER COASTERS. Like the long gone commercial blotter, they combine the ability to soak up excess fluid with … [Read more...]
Go tiges
THE 2019 GRAND FINAL IS A CHALLENGE FOR COLLECTORS, Greater Western Sydney is so new. The tiger is for sale by ESA member Rick Milne. The great kick card is owned by ESA member Ian Stillwell, might be … [Read more...]
Collectors – book collectors
CHARLES STITZ IN BIBLIONEWS, JUNE 2019, ISSUE 42, P86 gives a fascinating account of some significant Australian book collectors. Stitz begins by describing how he got into the book selling game … [Read more...]
Man’s best friend
MAN'S BEST FRIEND, & WOMAN'S TOO IS THE DOG. We often feature indigenous fauna but there is a place to celebrate ephemera recording the well-loved canines. We draw on the collections of several … [Read more...]