PLACE REPRESENTED: Adelaide, South Australia , Australia
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: Adelaide with all its sites in wonderful 70s colours. In case you didn’t know the flower depicted is Sturt’s Desert Pea, which is floral emblem of South Australia and the bird is the Piping Shrike the State bird and on the State’s coat of arms.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: Rex
DIMENSIONS: 19cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Adelaide, South Australia , Australia
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: A small wall ornament depicting St Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral or St Peter’s Anglican Cathedral or, perhaps, another denomination. Well, Adelaide is known as the “City Of Churches”. The Adelaide tram at the front is less ambiguous.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: resin
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11cm x 8cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Port Lincoln, South Australia , Australia
ITEM: Coasters
NOTES: A set of six coasters depicting the delights of Port Lincoln famous for its fishing and bay. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Lincoln
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: plastic , cork
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm x 9cm each
PLACE REPRESENTED: Adelaide, specifically Marineland, South Australia , Australia
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: Tacky – I have a similar trinket with aligators and Florida.
Marineland in Adelaide (at West Beach) opened in 1969 and closed in 1988, in rather controversial circumstances. The famous pelican ‘Mr Percival’ from the movie ‘Storm Boy’ was a feature attraction, as well as the performing dolphins. It is probably good that it closed down. http://www.adelaiderememberwhen.com.au/mixed-memories-for-marineland/
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: Hong Kong
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7cm high , 8cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: Aldinga Beach, South Australia , Australia
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: Aldinga Beach is an outer southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It has a conservation park and aquatic reserve … and hats.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: 100% cotton, 100% polyester (both?)
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: One Size Fits All
PLACE REPRESENTED: Burra, South Australia , Australia
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: Small hand painted (?) plate depicting the copper cliffs of Burra …which ended up being a very large copper mine. This is quite a beautiful small piece of individual art of a place which I hope still exists.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1950s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11.5cm x 8.5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Victor Harbour, South Australia , Australia
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: The salt and pepper shakers clearly state “Vitor Harbour” not “Victor Harbour”. If you google “Vitor Harbour” or “Vitor Harbor” you will get nothing apart from a number of suggestions that perhaps you mean “Victor Harbour”, a seaside town 80 km south of Adelaide, South Australia. Interestingly there are organisations (sailing clubs, swimming clubs) in the same place that use “Vitor” (or, they don’t spell check when putting themselves on-line). “Victor” and “Vitor” may be different places or the same place but they are both on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia.
I’m confused. Fleurieu Peninsula residents where are you?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleurieu_Peninsula
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1950s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9cm high , 6cm wide each