PLACE REPRESENTED: Magnetic Island, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Coasters
NOTES: Six coasters depicting various scenes from Magnetic Island, off the Queensland coast.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: cork , paper
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: Murray Views
DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm x 9.5cm (each coaster)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Coasters
NOTES: Six coasters and a bowl depicting an apple with a sticker identifying Tasmania. This could apply to any place that grows apples – now that’s covering all bases. I like how the apple on the coaster is a little further eaten on each coaster.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: Coasters: 10.5cm diameter. Bowl: 10cm diameter and about 6 cm high.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Brisbane, Queensland , Australia (specifically Queensland Parliament)
ITEM: Coasters
NOTES: Four coasters in a tin case depicting the Queensland Parliament’s coat of arms.
Queensland’s Parliament sits in Brisbane and is often quite surprising. Well, more surprising than this souvenir.
It’s a good thing the coasters don’t depict governments as they seem to change frequently.
Why would anyone buy a souvenir like this? Perhaps an ex-politician took it on the way out.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: tin , rubber (base)
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Ballina , New South Wales, Australia
ITEM: Coasters
NOTES: Ballina on the NSW North Coast is a small, urbanised, seaside town, hence the, perhaps, unspectacular pictures on the coasters.
I note the bikini swimmer on two of the coasters seems to be the same girl, albeit in different bikinis. Must have been the photographers girlfriend? I think I saw her the last time I was in Ballina.
Most people head off to the beaches of nearby Lennox Heads or Byron Bay.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: cork
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: Murray Views
DIMENSIONS: 28cm x 9cm (packet)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Argentina
ITEM: Coasters
NOTES: A magnificent set of coasters (set of six) from Argentina in leather stitched onto a plastic base. Or is it fake leather?
Who knows but there are a lot of cows in Argentina.
Stamped and painted depictions of Argentine culture complete the picture.
I suspect it’s all machine made but made to look hand crafted. Either way it is pretty good and the base / holder is pretty nifty also.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s MADE FROM: plastic, leather (faux leather perhaps)
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: Coasters are 9.5cm in diameter With the base the item sits 10.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Fiji
ITEM: Coasters
NOTES: Excellent contemporary tiki coasters (six of them) from Fiji.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: wood or board , plastic cork base.
MADE IN: ?
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 8.5cm diameter (on the coasters) The holder is 10cm high
