BOWEN, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Bottle Opener 

PLACE REPRESENTED: Bowen, Queensland , Australia 

ITEM: Bottle Opener NOTES: A simple (but useful bottle opener depicting Bowen, or perhaps the surrounds of Bowen. Bowen is on the coast but this depiction of Bowen seems to be facing inland perhaps because in the days before tourism this was a farming and cattle area. I like how this bottle opener has a small protusion at the bottom which has no purpose except for spinning …. perhaps for drinking games? 

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s 

MADE FROM: steel , plastic .  

MADE IN:  unknown   

MANUFACTURER: unknown 

DIMENSIONS: 11.5cm   x 5.5cm  

PLACE REPRESENTED: Ingham, Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Bottle Opener

NOTES: Ingham, Queensland. Famous for its sugar cane. Many a migrant spent their time cutting cane thereabouts. Well, many a non-English speaking migrant, to be specific. Well, many a Italian, Croatian, Hungarian, etc etc. So many Italians worked and settled in the area during the last century, but especially during the 1950s and 1960s that Ingham is known as “Little Italy” and has an “Italian-Australian” festival. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingham,_Queensland

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: steel

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 12cm long

ITEM: Bottle Opener

NOTES: Bottle opener on a key ring … just like the ones you find all over the world’s largest sand island, Fraser Island, after the weekend warriors have finished drinking and carving up the sand in their four wheel drives.

The coloured sands on Fraser Island are examples of where the sand has been stained over thousands of years due to the sand conglomerating with clay.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): unknown

MADE FROM: steel

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: Collectors World

DIMENSIONS: 11cm  long