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

9:30 am: Postcard fair

1:00 pm: Ephemera: documents of everyday life (online webinar)

6:00 pm: Anarchy in the archive

6:00 pm: ESA Show & Tell & AGM

All day: Stamp, coin and postcards' fair (Vic)

9:30 am: Box Hill (Vic) Record, Comic and Card Fair

6:00 pm: Collecting maps (Sydney)

11:00 am: A peek inside the Caroline Simpson Library (tour Sydney)

1:00 pm: Sydney Rare Book Fair

1:00 pm: Sydney Rare Book Fair

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

9:30 am: Postcard fair

1:00 pm: Ephemera: documents of everyday life (online webinar)

6:00 pm: Anarchy in the archive

6:00 pm: ESA Show & Tell & AGM

All day: Stamp, coin and postcards' fair (Vic)

9:30 am: Box Hill (Vic) Record, Comic and Card Fair

6:00 pm: Collecting maps (Sydney)

11:00 am: A peek inside the Caroline Simpson Library (tour Sydney)

1:00 pm: Sydney Rare Book Fair

1:00 pm: Sydney Rare Book Fair

ESA Show & Tell - AGM

ESA Show & Tell - AGM

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October 2019

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.

October 13, 2019 9:30 am – 2:00 pm

Australian Cartophilic Society offers postcards and other ephemera at its regular fairs.

Where: Waverley Masonic Centre, 318 Stephenson’s Rd, Mount Waverley.
When: Sunday 13 October 2019, 9.30am-2pm.
Entry: $5.

October 16, 2019 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

The National Library has been selectively collecting Australian printed ephemera since the early 1960s as a record of Australian life and social customs, popular culture, national events, and issues of national concern.

Join us in this webinar to get an overview of the National Library’s ephemera collections. It will look at what we collect, why and how we collect it, and how to access material in our ephemera collections.

October 16, 2019 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Melbourne Museum

11 Nicholson Street

Carlton, VIC 3053

Australia

0394288023

Map

The Protest Collection at Museums Victoria

Museum curators have been out and about documenting a number of significant political, Indigenous, environmental and feminist protest movements in recent years including Marriage Equality, Women’s March on Melbourne and School Climate Strike.

The material collected sits alongside material from seminal movements such as the fight for the 8 hour day, women’s right to vote and the 1967 referendum. What does this new material tell us about current protest culture?

Curators will share what they have been adding to your State Heritage Collection and then Kristy Dickinson from Haus of Dizzy, will lead a Q and A with the voices these collection are raising.

You need to buy a ticket via the link below.

October 25, 2019 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

We will start with a review of the last year by way of the AGM- an opportunity to influence future events and directions.

This will be swiftly followed by by an informal evening going around the table showing recent collected ephemera and chatting with fellow enthusiasts.

Where: Library meeting rooms, 340 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria

Cost:$5 for not yet members

Please RSVP for numbers text 0402 575 405 or email mmbede810 AT gmail.com.

October 26, 2019All day

Burwood Heights Uniting Church

Cnr Burwood Hwy and Blackburn Rd

Burwood east, Vic 3151

Map

No more details available at this time. Noted via the Victorian numismatic journal.

October 27, 2019 9:30 am – 4:00 pm

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The Box Hill Fair is Australia’s longest running fair.

The Box Hill Fair advises it:

specialises in dealers selling Records, Comics, CD’s, Cards and other associated collectables. Dealers come to the fair from all over Australia. We’ve got sellers bringing their stock from Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Tasmania and also as far as the Northern Territory!
The Box Hill Record Fair has 1000’s of collectible Records, rare cards, hard to find comics and lots, lots more. Melbourne’s biggest Record fair. You’ll find Rare Records, collectible 45’s, Beatles Records, Kiss Records, hard to find CD’s, music posters, music memorabilia, football cards, swap cards, rare comics, Batman comics, Superman comics and heaps more.

Where: Box Hill Town Hall, 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Vic. Open 9.30am - 4pm
Entry: $4.
Early Bird Shopping 8.30am. $10.00.

October 30, 2019 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

'Collecting maps: an uncharted journey' presented by Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM at the State Library of New South Wales

Clancy has been an avid map collector for over 40 years, from $20 tourist maps to rare charts of exploration. Each map in his collection has a story attached - whether it be the first selection he bought in London or the Matthew Flinders atlas he bought in 1978. Hear Clancy discuss his collecting journal!

October 31, 2019 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Special, in-depth, curator-led tour of the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection (CSL&RC), the library of Sydney Living Museums.
Since the 1980s, the CSL&RC has quietly and diligently amassed a collection focusing on the post-1788 history of the home in Australia, a collection that covers a range of material culture formats. Architectural pattern books, furniture design books, manufacturers’ trade catalogues and sample books published in both Australia and overseas shine a light on our houses, interiors and gardens. Many of these publications are not held by any other Australian library.

Tour numbers are limited to 30. Book tickets by going to this link.

Where: The Mint, 10 Macquarie St, Sydney

November 1, 2019 1:00 pm – November 2, 2019 2:00 pm

McLaurin Hall

The Quadrangle

University of Sydney

NSW

Map

Booksellers from New South Wales and other states offering rare antiquarian books and printed material.

Where: MacLaurin Hall, The Quadrangle, University of Sydney

When: Friday 1 November 1-7pm and Saturday 2 November 10am-4pm

Free entry.

More information

November 1, 2019 1:00 pm – November 2, 2019 2:00 pm

McLaurin Hall

The Quadrangle

University of Sydney

NSW

Map

Booksellers from New South Wales and other states offering rare antiquarian books and printed material.

Where: MacLaurin Hall, The Quadrangle, University of Sydney

When: Friday 1 November 1-7pm and Saturday 2 November 10am-4pm

Free entry.

More information

5 10:00 am: History books and collectables' fair (Melbourne) 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. Read more

13 9:30 am: Postcard fair October 13, 2019 9:30 am – 2:00 pm Australian Cartophilic Society offers postcards and other ephemera at its regular fairs. Where: Waverley Masonic Centre, 318 Stephenson’s Rd, Mount Waverley. When: Sunday 13 October 2019, 9.30am-2pm. Entry: $5. Read more

16 1:00 pm: Ephemera: documents of everyday life (online webinar) October 16, 2019 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm The National Library has been selectively collecting Australian printed ephemera since the early 1960s as a record of Australian life and social customs, popular culture, national events, and issues of national concern. Join us in this webinar to get an overview of the National Library’s ephemera collections. It will look at what we collect, why and how we collect it, and how to access material in our ephemera collections. Read more 6:00 pm: Anarchy in the archive October 16, 2019 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Melbourne Museum 11 Nicholson Street Carlton, VIC 3053 Australia 0394288023 Map The Protest Collection at Museums Victoria Museum curators have been out and about documenting a number of significant political, Indigenous, environmental and feminist protest movements in recent years including Marriage Equality, Women’s March on Melbourne and School Climate Strike. The material collected sits alongside material from seminal movements such as the fight for the 8 hour day, women’s right to vote and the 1967 referendum. What does this new material tell us about current protest culture? Curators will share what they have been adding to your State Heritage Collection and then Kristy Dickinson from Haus of Dizzy, will lead a Q and A with the voices these collection are raising. You need to buy a ticket via the link below. Read more

25 6:00 pm: ESA Show & Tell & AGM October 25, 2019 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm ESA Show & Tell - AGM We will start with a review of the last year by way of the AGM- an opportunity to influence future events and directions. This will be swiftly followed by by an informal evening going around the table showing recent collected ephemera and chatting with fellow enthusiasts. Where: Library meeting rooms, 340 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria Cost:$5 for not yet members Please RSVP for numbers text 0402 575 405 or email mmbede810 AT gmail.com. Read more

26 All day: Stamp, coin and postcards' fair (Vic) October 26, 2019All day Burwood Heights Uniting Church Cnr Burwood Hwy and Blackburn Rd Burwood east, Vic 3151 Map No more details available at this time. Noted via the Victorian numismatic journal. Read more

27 9:30 am: Box Hill (Vic) Record, Comic and Card Fair October 27, 2019 9:30 am – 4:00 pm [caption id="attachment_8378" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Cover for 'Earth and Sun and Moon' 1993, Columbia.[/caption] The Box Hill Fair is Australia’s longest running fair. The Box Hill Fair advises it: specialises in dealers selling Records, Comics, CD’s, Cards and other associated collectables. Dealers come to the fair from all over Australia. We’ve got sellers bringing their stock from Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Tasmania and also as far as the Northern Territory! The Box Hill Record Fair has 1000’s of collectible Records, rare cards, hard to find comics and lots, lots more. Melbourne’s biggest Record fair. You’ll find Rare Records, collectible 45’s, Beatles Records, Kiss Records, hard to find CD’s, music posters, music memorabilia, football cards, swap cards, rare comics, Batman comics, Superman comics and heaps more. Where: Box Hill Town Hall, 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Vic. Open 9.30am - 4pm Entry: $4. Early Bird Shopping 8.30am. $10.00. Read more

30 6:00 pm: Collecting maps (Sydney) October 30, 2019 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm 'Collecting maps: an uncharted journey' presented by Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM at the State Library of New South Wales Clancy has been an avid map collector for over 40 years, from $20 tourist maps to rare charts of exploration. Each map in his collection has a story attached - whether it be the first selection he bought in London or the Matthew Flinders atlas he bought in 1978. Hear Clancy discuss his collecting journal! Read more

31 11:00 am: A peek inside the Caroline Simpson Library (tour Sydney) October 31, 2019 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Special, in-depth, curator-led tour of the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection (CSL&RC), the library of Sydney Living Museums. Since the 1980s, the CSL&RC has quietly and diligently amassed a collection focusing on the post-1788 history of the home in Australia, a collection that covers a range of material culture formats. Architectural pattern books, furniture design books, manufacturers’ trade catalogues and sample books published in both Australia and overseas shine a light on our houses, interiors and gardens. Many of these publications are not held by any other Australian library. Tour numbers are limited to 30. Book tickets by going to this link. Where: The Mint, 10 Macquarie St, Sydney Read more