PLACE REPRESENTED: Yandina (specifically The Ginger Factory), Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Tray
NOTES: Every kid in the 1980s had to go visit the Ginger Factory at Yandina, didn’t they? Well, every kid in south east Queensland had to. It was much better than the box factory from The Simpsons as they had activities, a train ride and err ginger products! https://www.gingerfactory.com.au/
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: bamboo
MADE IN: Taiwan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 30.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Darwin, Northern Territory , Australia
ITEM: Tray
NOTES: A tray showing the various sites of Australia’s wild north capital, Darwin. This is from the late 1960s or early 1970s and not much has changed since. Just kidding. In any event I leave it to Darwinians to tell me if this was before or after the devastating Cyclone Tracy which decimated Darwin in December 1974.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 28cm diameter
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Tray
PLACE REPRESENTED: Queensland (specifically Sunshine Coast) , Australia
ITEM: Tray
NOTES: A bamboo tray from the 1970s depicting all the must see sites of the Sunshine Coast tourist trail … especially significant when they start with "The" … The House of Bottles, The Big Cow, The Big Pineapple, The Big Shell, The Endeavour Replica (demolishedin 2007), Tanawha World (now closed), a lighthouse, and The Glasshouse Mountains (the only natural beauty on this list).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s MADE FROM: bamboo
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 33cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Sydney, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Tray
NOTES: A bamboo tray (which could double as a wall ornament) with a vivid printed Sydney harbour depicting the Harbour Bridge and, of course, the Sydney Opera House.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: bamboo
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 27.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: specifically the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Nic Nac Tray
NOTES: Small jewellery plate depicitng (alleged) coral from the Great Barrier Reef.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: hard plastic
MADE IN: Italy
MANUFACTURER: Asietti & Co for J. Glaser & Co
DIMENSIONS: 12.5cm x 12.5
PLACE REPRESENTED: New York City , New York, USA
ITEM: Drinks Tray
NOTES: A bamboo drinks tray depicting famous structures of New York City. Bamboo isn’t native to NYC as far as I know but the stencils of the structures can’t be mistaken for any other place in the world. The Twin Towers take pride of place in this pre-2001 souvenir.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 33cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Roebuck Bay, Western Australia , Australia
ITEM: Tray
NOTES: Now this is remote.
A serving tray depicting native Australians in traditional gear striking a (John) Fordian pose for a “Coastal Scene, Roebuck Bay, Near Broome, N.W. W.A”.
Broome is situated on the traditional lands of the Yawuru people.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s (or 1950s)
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: Willow
DIMENSIONS: 44.5cm x 32cm
