PLACE REPRESENTED: Brisbane , Australia

ITEM: Paperweight

NOTES: A lump of marble in the shape of Australia celebrating World Expo 88 in Brisbane.

An event that (arguably) with the Commonwealth Games of 1982 put Brisbane on the map … though it led to a lot of forced evictions, and dodgy dealings for land along the Brisbane river.

The stone depicts amongst other things a monorail, which, much like the monorail in “The Simpsons”, has not been seen since.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1988

MADE FROM: marble

MADE IN:  Australia

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 15cm long x 12cm top to bottom x 2cm thick