PLACE REPRESENTED: Cairns, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: Fridge magnet and thermometer with tropical relief. It is quite Cairns specific as it has the “fish sculptures” that appear in the pool along the waterfront.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2014
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: Citer Souvenirs
DIMENSIONS: 8.5cm across x 6.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cairns, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: The Volkswagen Camper Van is hardly Australian. But, with a surf board on top, and a couple of blokes inside looking for the perfect wave in the endless summer it becomes Australian … and you do see them around Cairns (no surf there though)
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2014
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4cm across x 4cm high (van)(7cm including chain)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cairns, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Paperweight Water Cube
NOTES: Two water cubes. One with fish and one with crocodiles. It’s a good thing they are not in the same cube.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2014
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: Wilmot Harvey
DIMENSIONS: 5cm x 5cm x 5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Australia
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: The “Aussie Sheila” fridge magnet with all the phrases used by the Aussie sheila. A “sheila” is a girl.
This is a nice piece of kitsch that sends up the speech of a past Australia, not that the current vernacular, in many sections, is any better. Her outfit, down to the Ug boots, isn’t uncommon either.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2014
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: ?
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5cm x 6cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cairns, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Fridge Magnets
NOTES: Cairns boomerang fridge magnet with colourful tropical relief.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2014
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: Citer Souvenirs
DIMENSIONS: 12cm long