PLACE REPRESENTED: Brisbane, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Dinner Bell
NOTES: A large ceramic dinner bell celebrating that ode to middle brow banality, the State sponsored World Fair … in this case the World Expo 88 held in Brisbane.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1988
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm high x 8.5cm diameter
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