ULURU, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA – Wall Ornament

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Uluru, Northern Territory , Australia

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: The famous Uluru … though probably still called Ayres Rock at the time of this travel trinket (as it was until 1993). Usually referred to as the largest rock in the world, it’s not. Mount Augustus in outback Western Australia is. Still this is pretty and, unusually, it is a night time or dusk scene of the rock as opposed to the more common daylight one.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN: Australia probably

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 28cm long x 11cm wide x 1.5cm thick. .

WARWICK, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Ashtray

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Warwick, Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Ashtray

NOTES: A homemade ceramic ashtray celebrating the Warwick rockswap in 1973. The Paris Exposition it wasn’t. But, it is still going having started in 1967!

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1973

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN: Australia

MANUFACTURER: Handmade

DIMENSIONS: 9cm across , 3.5cm high

SURAT, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Mug

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Surat, Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Mug NOTES: Surat, Queensland … population 426 … country Queensland, remote Queensland, small town Queensland. So small the pictures on the mug are generic ones from the surrounding region.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 13cm wide x 10cm high x 8cm diameter

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Tray

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Sydney, New South Wales , Australia

ITEM: Tray

NOTES: A bamboo tray (which could double as a wall ornament) with a vivid printed Sydney harbour depicting the Harbour Bridge and, of course, the Sydney Opera House.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: bamboo

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 27.5cm diameter

CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Side Plate

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Cairns, Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Small Dish

NOTES: A tear drop or fish shaped dish showing Cairns in North Queensland. This is not a reproduced photograph or line drawing but an artists impression of Cairns at the time. It is small but quite stunning.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1950s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 23cm long x 12cm wide x 2.5cm deep

QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Fan

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Queensland (specifically North Queensland) , Australia

ITEM: Fan

NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fans from the 60s or early 70s. The fans fold in on themselves or open up.

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

AUSTRALIA – Mug

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Australia

ITEM: Mug

NOTES: Birds of Australia collection on mugs. Here the famous Rainbow Lorikeet gets a showing. Painted by Natalie Jane Parker.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2017

MADE FROM: China

MADE IN: China

MANUFACTURER: Ashdene

DIMENSIONS: 10cm tall x 8cm diameter

KURANDA, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Wall Ornament

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Kuranda, Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Wall Ornament

NOTES: A large wood map of Australia (sorry, no Tasmania) depicting the Kuranda scenic railway train around Kuranda, located on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia (about 25 km from Cairns). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuranda,_Queensland

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 36cm across x 28cm wide

AUSTRALIA – Stuffed Animal

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Australia

ITEM: Stuffed Animal

NOTES: The famous flying fox. I remember looking up into the night sky (in inner city Brisbane) and seeing hundreds of these cute critters flying from A to B. You don’t see that anymore. Though you still get stray ones attacking the local mango trees

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2017

MADE FROM: material

MADE IN: China

MANUFACTURER: caaustralia

DIMENSIONS: 56cm wingspan, 24cm length.

NAMBOUR, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Fan

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Frankie

PLACE REPRESENTED: Nambour (specifically the Sunshine Plantation), Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Fan

NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fans from the 60s or early 70s. The fans fold in on themselves or open up.

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.

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Category Archives: Australia

ULURU, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA – Wall Ornament

WARWICK, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Ashtray

SURAT, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Mug

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Tray

CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Side Plate

QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Fan

AUSTRALIA – Mug

KURANDA, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Wall Ornament

AUSTRALIA – Stuffed Animal

NAMBOUR, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Fan