PLACE REPRESENTED: Australia
ITEM: Fan
NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fans from the 60s or early 70s. The fan is purely decorative and won’t do much to alleviate the Australian heat.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: Hong Kong (it’s written on the red bit at the bottom)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18cm tall , 3.5cm wide (when folded up), 25cm when opened up.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Nic Nac Dish / Small Display Plate
NOTES: Small plate in the shape of a shell depicting Tasmania
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm across , 10cm across
PLACE REPRESENTED: specifically the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Nic Nac Tray
NOTES: Small jewellery plate depicitng (alleged) coral from the Great Barrier Reef.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: hard plastic
MADE IN: Italy
MANUFACTURER: Asietti & Co for J. Glaser & Co
DIMENSIONS: 12.5cm x 12.5cm
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: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: The Tasmanian devil with an apple and sunglasses.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1985
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4.5cm , 4.5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Queensland , Australia
ITEM: A dinner bell.
NOTES: A small ceramic dinner bell for “Queensland: The Sunshine State”.
I can hear it now, “Ring a ling, tea is served”. No, more like, “Ring a ding, your farking shout mate!”
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Taiwan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5cm diameter around bottom , 9cm high
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: 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: Noosa Heads, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Mugs
NOTES: Noosa Heads on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland is a town popular with beach types, especially discerning ones. This pair of vividly coloured mugs with the first “o” in Noosa depicting the sun sums up sunny, happy Noosa days. Sunshine is so central that there is even a sun on the inside of the cup.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7cm diameter x 10.5cm high
