PLACE REPRESENTED: Warnambool, Victoria , Australia
ITEM: Tray
NOTES: A vivid drinks tray depicting life in Warnambool on Victoria’s south coast, circa nineteen seventy something. Life seems a lot simpler them
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: steel MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 33cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Noosa Heads, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: T Shirt
NOTES: I was expecting something more colourful from the sub tropics but at least it is made in Queensland. That has to be a novelty.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: 100% cotton
MADE IN: Queensland, Australia
MANUFACTURER: Beach Party
DIMENSIONS: XXL
PLACE REPRESENTED: Brisbane, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: A simple photo in a frame of a Brisbane long gone. Shown is the Victoria bridge (the fourth bridge which entered service in 1897, lasting until 1969, when it was demolished (In typical Brisbane fashion which is second only to Las Vegas in tearing or modernising anything old .. old being anything over 10 years). All that remains is he abutment at one end. Which has a quite fascinating (local) story. the William Jolly Bridge is in the background and (somehow) is still standing and in use. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Bridge_Abutment
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: steel , glass .
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 16.5cm x 13cm
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: Sydney, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Pennant
NOTES: A pendant flag with only one major Sydney sight … clearly before the Opera House (1973), the gentrification of the Rocks (the 1970s) and Sydney Tower (1981)
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18.5cm x 27cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Nic Nac Dish
NOTES: Tasmania, the “holiday State”, famous for apples and yachts and ferries travelling north at weird angles it seems.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm x 9.5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cherbourg, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Mug
NOTES: The platinum jubilee (75 years) for Cherbourg. The town, formerly known as Barambah, was founded as a settlement for indigenous Australians in 1900 by the Salvation Army (basically a reservation to promote, intentionally or not, segregation). In 1905 its administration was passed to the Queensland government (some historical documents refer to the 1904). Not sure about “The Voice” but it is definitely, much like with Native Americans, treaty time (well it should have happened a hundred years ago) with control and wealth of the assets below the earth and on the land.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1979
MADE FROM: pottery
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm tall x 6.5cm diameter opening
PLACE REPRESENTED: Melbourne, Victoria , Australia
ITEM: Salt and Pepper Shakers
NOTES: Rustic colonial style pottery depicting three sites from Melbourne: Flinders Street Station, the trams, and Captain Cooks cottage (which Captain Cook never lived in, well, not in Australia – it was brought to Melbourne in 1934 from England.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5.5cm diameter x 6cm (each)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Australia
ITEM: Humourous Ornament
NOTES: Typical Australian humour. Apparently. Well it’s not Barry Humphries but it is amusing. The only problem is, with the exception of Melbourne the weather is pretty consistent. Where it’s rainy, it rains all the time. Where it’s dry, it’s dry all the time ….
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm x 20cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Yandina (specifically The Ginger Factory), Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Tray
NOTES: Every kid in the 1980s had to go visit the Ginger Factory at Yandina, didn’t they? Well, every kid in south east Queensland had to. It was much better than the box factory from The Simpsons as they had activities, a train ride and err ginger products! https://www.gingerfactory.com.au/
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: bamboo
MADE IN: Taiwan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 30.5cm diameter