PLACE REPRESENTED: Akaroa , New Zealand
ITEM: Decorative Plate
NOTES: Akaroa is a village (and harbour) on Banks Peninsula on the South Island of New Zealand. Village or town? The population is about 600 people … but they still have a souvenir plate.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Czechoslovakia
MANUFACTURER: Victoria
DIMENSIONS: 12.5cm diameter
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
PLACE REPRESENTED: Mildura, Victoria , Australia
ITEM: Side Plate
NOTES: A small side plate depicting the Municipal Chambers of Mildura in Victoria. I think the townscape hasn’t changed since the plate was made.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1950s
MADE FROM: Bone China
MADE IN: England
MANUFACTURER: Royal Grafton
DIMENSIONS: 13cm x 13cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Brisbane (specifically the Story Bridge), Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Saucer
NOTES: The Story Bridge is a steel cantilever bridge spanning the Brisbane River that joins the northern and the southern suburbs of Brisbane. Built in 1940 it is the longest cantilever bridge in Australia. The shrubbery and old iconic subtropical tin roofed houses around the bridge are still there, in part, but are soon to be redeveloped.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1940s
MADE FROM: Bone China
MADE IN: England
MANUFACTURER: Royal Stafford
DIMENSIONS: 14cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cairns (specifically Stony (or Stoney) Creek Bridge and Falls), Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Side plate
NOTES: Stony Creek Falls (10-15 minutes from Cairns City Centre) is a cascade waterfall on the Stony Creek. This small creek amongst the suburban rainforest provides a quick and easy natural swimming pool … or so the tourist brochures of the time suggest. The falls are best known for the curved lattice railway bridge that passes in front of them.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Czechoslovakia
MANUFACTURER: Victoria
DIMENSIONS: 15cm x 15cm
