Category Archives: New South Wales

BYRON BAY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Ornament

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Byron Bay - Ornament - Steel Figure (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

ITEM: Ornament

NOTES: A caricature of the happy go lucky surfer, board in hand. This is naff but quite charming and would do your head in if you fully embraced surfing culture’s recreational habits. Or, is that a stereotype?

Who knows how many of these have been sold.

Byron Bay is a beachside town located in the far north-eastern corner of the state of New South Wales and is a favourite destination for international backpackers.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: steel , wood

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 11.5cm high x 7cm x 7cm base.

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SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Ashtray

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PLACE REPRESENTED: Sydney (specifically the Sydney Harbour Bridge), New South Wales , Australia

ITEM: Ashtray

NOTES: A very old, very used ashtray depicting a very old, very used bridge … well by Australian standards anyway.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1950s

MADE FROM: steel , silver-plate (“exquisite” plate)

MADE IN:  England

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 10cm x 10cm

TAYLOR’S ARM, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Fridge Magnet

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taylors-arm-fridge-magnet-1PLACE REPRESENTED: Taylor’s Arm, New South Wales , Australia

ITEM: Fridge Magnet

NOTES: The Pub with No Beer immortalised in the Slim Dusty song of 1957. Taylors Arm is 498km north of Sydney, near Coffs Harbour. The poem the song was based on was about a pub in Ingham in North Queensland though.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  Australia

MANUFACTURER: Handmade

DIMENSIONS: 10cm across

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Snow Globe

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Sydney - Opera House - Snow Globe (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Sydney, New South Wales , Australia

ITEM: Snow Globe

NOTES: Ahhh, the Opera House (and Harbour Bridge) in a  snow globe. Perfectly identifiable and quite the piece of kitsch. But does it ever snow in Sydney? No cocaine related jokes necessary.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: plastic

MADE IN:  China

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 5cm  high , 7cm long

NORTH COAST, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Fan

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North Coast NSW - fan (3)PLACE REPRESENTED: North Coast, New South Wales , Australia

ITEM: Fan

NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fans from the 60s or early 70s. The fans open but are clearly decorative and won’t give you much relief from the North Coast heat.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: plastic

MADE IN:  Hong Kong (it’s written on the red bit at the bottom)

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 18cm tall , 3.5cm wide (when folded up),  25cm when opened up

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BRUNSWICK HEADS, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Side Plate

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Brunswick Heads - Display Plate (1)

PLACE REPRESENTED: Brunswick Heads, New South Wales , Australia

ITEM: Side Plate

NOTES: Brunswick Heads is a town on the north coast of New South Wales which has remained (almost) unchanged for many years. It is very much a traditional, relaxed, and unpretentious coastal town. The rock wall depicted and swimming area is still there. Developers (with some dodgy government backing) are eyeing off the shore but locals are fighting back (and rightly so). Google the Brunswick Heads Foreshore Protection Group for more information.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s

MADE FROM: China

MADE IN:  Czechoslovakia

MANUFACTURER: Victoria

DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm diameter

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SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Cup

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Sydney - ceramic Cup Mug (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Sydney, New South Wales , Australia

ITEM: Ceramic Cup

NOTES: A souvenir cup of Sydney with a montage mural, vividly coloured, of all the main attractions of Sydney at the time. It looks quite inviting.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: glass

MADE IN:  Japan

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 7cm diameter x 10cm high

FITZROY FALLS, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Nic Nac Dish

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Fitzroy Falls - Spoon Rest (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Fitzroy Falls & Cascades, New South Wales , Australia

ITEM: Nic Nac Dish (dish)

NOTES: Fitzroy Falls & Cascades is near the head of the Yarrunga Creek in the Morton National Park located in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales (approx 170 kilometres south south-west of Sydney). Fitzroy Falls is not famous for fish or fishing so I’m not sure why this is in the shape of a fish. Well, apart from the manufacturer in Germany saying “vee have 10000 fish dishes da finkelstein Norvegins dont vant to buy from us. Ring da dummkopfs in New South Wales and ask if they vood like to put their vater fall on za dish”. Yes, I know that was lame and also a poor reinforcement of ethnic stereotypes, but … it’s late.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  Germany

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 15.5cm from head tip to fin end x 10cm (top to bottom) x 2.5cm high

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TALBINGO, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Cup

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Talbingo - Steel Mug (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Talbingo, New South Wales , Australia

ITEM: Steel Cup

NOTES: Talbingo is a small town in south east country New South Wales at the edge of the Snowy Mountains, on the Tumut River and the Jounama Dam.

As the cup indicates they love their freshwater fishing and even have a Talbingo Fishing Club and an annual fishing competition, the Yamaha Jounama Classic.

This cup has seen quite a few camp fires and is made of the finest Chinese steel, made from ore imported from Australia no doubt. Ahhhh, where would we be without primary industries. Where will we be without them in the near future?

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: steel

MADE IN:  China

MANUFACTURER: TS

DIMENSIONS: 8.5cm diameter x 8cm high