PLACE REPRESENTED: Nambour, specifically the Sunshine Plantation, Nambour, Queensland , Australia.
ITEM: Plate
NOTES: The Big Pineapple just north of Brisbane, depicted in all its spledour. A State treasure.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood (bamboo?)
MADE IN: Taiwan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 20cm across, 30cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Gold Coast, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Coin Wallet
NOTES: Cute retro coin wallet from the days before Australia had $1 and $2 coins which is why it is quite small, perhaps. In any event, it’s not an issue for a tourist as you aren’t likely to come out of the Gold Coast with any change.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: vinyl , steel (springback)
MADE IN: Hong Kong
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 8.5cm across , 7.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Greece
ITEM: Wall Hanging
NOTES: A beautifully detailed and painted wall tile depicting a traditional scene in a Greek village. Though it could be from any number of countries in the eastern Mediterranean. Is it idealised? It matters not, it is very stylish.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Greece
MANUFACTURER: Knossos Ltd / Katsidoniotis Bros
DIMENSIONS: 7.5cm across x 15cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Ipswich, Queensland (specifically The Ipswich Courthouse), Australia
ITEM: Souvenir Spoon
NOTES: The old Ipswich City Courthouse built in 1859. There have been two subsequnt courthouses built in Ipswich. Ipswich needs courthouses. The souvenir spoon may come in handy for those trying to dig their way to freedom from a holding cell whilst awaiting sentencing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Ipswich_Courthouse
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 13cm length FOR
PLACE REPRESENTED: Thunder Bay, Canada
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada celebrated in wood craft (that looks to be pyrography – the art of decorating wood or leather by burning a design on the surface with a heated metallic point … or it could be drawn). Primitive and naive it is. It must be a one off. No two would be the same. They must be proud of their ducks in Thunder Bay. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_Bay
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Canada probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm x 12cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Nambour, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Ashtray
NOTES: Do it yourself tourist trinkets? The “Nambour” looks like it’s hand painted on.
And, why would you want the “work fascinates me, I can watch it for hours” sentiment applied to your town I have no idea. Still, it pretty much sums up Nambour (100 km north of Brisbane) …just kidding Nambourians.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm across , 8cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Lovran , Croatia
ITEM: Vase
NOTES: A wooden vase with a traditional pattern. Quite stylish and evocative of an era which is so not the 21st century (perhaps).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Croatia (probably), or rather Yugoslavia at the time.
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm tall, 5cm diameter (at its widest point)
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
PLACE REPRESENTED: Hobart , Australia
ITEM: Coasters
NOTES: “Greetings from Hobart” the coasters say.
Timeless.
Timeless because I don’t think Hobart has changed that much since the 1970s … just kidding.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: cork
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 28cm x 10cm (packet)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Adelaide, specifically Marineland, South Australia , Australia
ITEM: Salt & Pepper Shakers
NOTES: Tacky – I have a similar trinket with aligators and Florida.
Marineland in Adelaide (at West Beach) opened in 1969 and closed in 1988, in rather controversial circumstances. The famous pelican ‘Mr Percival’ from the movie ‘Storm Boy’ was a feature attraction, as well as the performing dolphins. It is probably good that it closed down. http://www.adelaiderememberwhen.com.au/mixed-memories-for-marineland/
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: Hong Kong
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7cm high , 8cm wide
