PLACE REPRESENTED: Brisbane, Queensland (specifically Wynnum) , Australia

ITEM: Souvenir Fork

NOTES: Wynnum is a bayside suburb of Brisbane which was a separate shire until 1925 when it was incorporated into Brisbane. Until the 1980s and gentrification, and, because of its remoteness, there was always an arguable “us” and “them” mentality between Wynnum residents and Brisbane-ites. This souvenir hors d’oeuvres fork nicely captures the familiar pelican even though the concept of a hors d’oeuvres fork seems antithetical to Wynnum. Actually it’s a cake fork but a hors d’oeuvres fork seemed more humorous.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: steel  AP A1  (peninsula plate)

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: Peninsula Plate

DIMENSIONS: 12.5cm long