PLACE REPRESENTED: Canberra, ACT , Australia
ITEM: Wall Plate
NOTES: A vivid wall plate with all the sites of Australia’s capital … I didn’t know there was so many.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 31cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory , Australia
ITEM: Jigsaw
NOTES: The Telstra Tower in Canberra. Well it’s a nice change from the Houses of Parliament or the Australian War Memorial. It is only a small jigsaw … no doubt the houses of Parliament would be the 10000 piece one where the pieces don’t fit and, inevitably, the final piece is missing.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: cardboard
MADE IN: China (very little in Canberra seems to be made in Australia)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 17cm x 25cm
CANBERRA, ACT, AUSTRALIA – Bottle Opener
PLACE REPRESENTED: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory , Australia
ITEM: Bottle Opener
NOTES: The House of Parliament on a bottle opener. I would have thought the politicians would have little use for a humble bottle opener. After all you don’t need a bottle opener to pop the cork on a bottle of champers.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11.5cm long x 4cm wide