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: 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.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Land’s End, Cornwall , England
ITEM: Cup
NOTES: Land’s End certainly lives up to its name being on the furtherest southern western point of the English mainland. This beautifully detailed cup with about everything you can do and see. On the other side the famous “First and Last House In England” is depicted … which, apparently, is a little (expensive) shop by itself on the edge of a very windy, but visually stunning, cliff.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: England
MANUFACTURER: Sadler
DIMENSIONS: 7cm diameter , 10.5cm across (with handle)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Loreley , Germany
ITEM: Coffee Cup
NOTES: The Loreley is a rock on the Rhine near St. Goarshausen, Germany. It rises to about 120 metres above the waterline and is the most famous feature of the Rhine Gorge. According to wikipedia, “A very strong current and rocks below the waterline have caused many boat accidents there”. So let’s celebrate the place with a coffee cup depciting mountain, river and boat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorelei
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7.5cm diameter x 8.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Sydney, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Ceramic Cup
NOTES: A souvenir cup of Sydney with a montage mural, vividly coloured, of all the main attractions of Sydney at the time. It looks quite inviting.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: glass
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7cm diameter x 10cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Kings Canyon, Northern Territory , Australia
ITEM: Steel cup
NOTES: A steel cup. Kings Canyon (which is part of the Watarrka National Park in remote Northern Territory, Australia, about 323 km south-west of Alice Springs).
Everything suggests this souvenir had a functional use around a camp fire.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: China (we probably sold them the iron ore to make this cup)
MANUFACTURER: Shanghai Bon Voyage International Trading Co
DIMENSIONS: 8.5cm diameter x 8cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Talbingo, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Steel Cup
NOTES: Talbingo is a small town in south east country New South Wales at the edge of the Snowy Mountains, on the Tumut River and the Jounama Dam.
As the cup indicates they love their freshwater fishing and even have a Talbingo Fishing Club and an annual fishing competition, the Yamaha Jounama Classic.
This cup has seen quite a few camp fires and is made of the finest Chinese steel, made from ore imported from Australia no doubt. Ahhhh, where would we be without primary industries. Where will we be without them in the near future?
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: TS
DIMENSIONS: 8.5cm diameter x 8cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Maroochydore , Australia.
ITEM: Cup
NOTES: Simple and functional … much like Maroochydore.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: J. Glaser Corp (Brand name Steditemp)
DIMENSIONS: 11cm high , 9cm wide.