PLACE REPRESENTED: Norfolk Island , Australia
ITEM: Bud Vase
NOTES: A large bud vase (in the shape of a T Shirt!) depicting the flora of Norfolk Island
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 6.5cm tall x 6.5cm across
PLACE REPRESENTED: Hervey Bay (specifically Pialba), Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Coffee Mug
NOTES: Pialba is a coastal town and central business suburb of Hervey Bay, Shown is the Urangan Pier (which is actually in Urangan … though much of a muchness). The Hervey Bay railway line from Maryborough to Pialba opened in 1896 and was used to transport harvested sugarcane to the Maryborough Sugar Mill in addition to daily passenger trains. The extension to Urangan and the Urangan Pier ( 1107 metres) opened in 1913 and was used for the transfer of cargo between rail and ships. It was closed in 1985, and 239 metres of it was demolished, but, due to public outcry, 868 metres of the pier was left. The photograph on the mug is taken from the end of the (then railroad) pier looking back to the mainland.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: Patina
DIMENSIONS: 11cm high x 7.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Warwick, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A cap from Warwick in Queensland’s southwest saying “Happy Birthday” to Warwick’s City Band … 125 years! I didn’t even know Warwick had a city band, or were a city …and I have spent much time in Warwick.
The band is the oldest continuously serving band in Australia, playing since 1866. https://www.facebook.com/Warwick-City-Band-118568308195706/
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1991
MADE FROM: 65% polyester , 35% nylon
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: One Size Fits All
30PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania , Australia
ITEM: Drink Tray (is it drink tray or drinks tray?)
NOTES: A beautiful stainless steel drinks tray depicting all the sites of Tasmania, as they were circa 1965 (can’t be before the Tasman Bridge, bottom left, was completed in 1964). This drinks tray is exactly the same as another I have posted except King’s Bridge at Launceston has been replaced by Prince’s Square Fountain at Launceston. No idea why.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: stainless steel
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 28cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Sydney (specifically the Sydney Tower), New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Vase
NOTES: A small vase depicting the Sydney Tower, the second tallest observation tower in the Southern Hemisphere, which opened in 1981. The Sky Tower in Auckland is taller.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm tall
PLACE REPRESENTED: Mt Isa, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Cup
NOTES: A plastic cup celebrating the heart of lead, silver, copper and zinc mining in Australia. The cup certainly doesn’t try to hide the industrial nature of a mining town in Queensland’s west … the only surprise is it’s made of plastic.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970
MADE FROM: Plastic
MADE IN: Hong Kong
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm high , 8.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Mackay, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Thermometer
NOTES: I’m not sure why there is a nautical theme here (apart from the obvious “buy souvenirs in bulk and write town name here” aspect). Mackay is in central or northern Queensland (depending on who you ask) coast, though not a port town. The CBD of Mackay is on the Pioneer River as it empties into the ocean, It has Harbour Beach, a marina, and Bluewater Lagoon (a city water park) all of which still don’t really relate to the deep sea seafaring themes depicted (though design is quite good – a ships wheel and anchor combined with a sailing ship).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 14cm across x 15cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Darwin, Northern Territory , Australia
ITEM: Tray
NOTES: A tray showing the various sites of Australia’s wild north capital, Darwin. This is from the late 1960s or early 1970s and not much has changed since. Just kidding. In any event I leave it to Darwinians to tell me if this was before or after the devastating Cyclone Tracy which decimated Darwin in December 1974.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 28cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Victoria , Australia
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: Colourful and shiny …err, before use. Just like Victoria?
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm x , 10cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Ballina, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Cup NOTES: A plastic cup, ubiquitous amongst 1970s Australian souvenirs. Here a serene picture of the waterfront at Ballina, on New South Wales far north coast, offers you “greetings” The other photo is either testament to the fact that there isn’t much to photograph in Ballina, or, perhaps, Ballina by night.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: plastic MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: Patina
DIMENSIONS: 7.5cm diameter at top x 11cm tall FOR: Use CONDITION: Very Good.
