PLACE REPRESENTED: Holland
ITEM: Key Ring
NOTES: A sturdy steel key ring depicting the famous Dutch tulips. Simple and evocative.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2017
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7cm (with chain) , 3.5cm diameter on medallion
PLACE REPRESENTED: Venice , Italy
ITEM: T Shirt
NOTES: Venezia, Italy. There is no mistaking that. It is quite stylish though with the gondola quite vivid in its multi-coloured embroidery. The Italians famous for the their clothes had this made in Bangladesh though “designed” in Italy.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2017
MADE FROM: cotton
MADE IN: Bangladesh
MANUFACTURER: San Marco
DIMENSIONS: kids XL
PLACE REPRESENTED: Canungra, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Tea Towel
NOTES: A simple but hand made tea towel from the small Gold Coast hinterland town of Canungra. I think the vineyards are a relatively recent addition to the scene but a proud one, hence the grapes. Stylish
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2017
MADE FROM: material
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: Marie May
DIMENSIONS: tea towel size
PLACE REPRESENTED: Amsterdam , Holland
ITEM: Key Ring
NOTES: A small key ring with a lot of sites crammed into its frame: Dam Square with Royal Palace, Oude Kerk, the National Monument, the Magere Brug (bridge) and probably a few other things.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2017
MADE FROM: plastic , steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9cm (with chain) , 4cm x 3cm medallion
PLACE REPRESENTED: Australia
ITEM: Mug
NOTES: Birds of Australia collection on mugs. Here the famous Rainbow Lorikeet gets a showing. Painted by Natalie Jane Parker.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2017
MADE FROM: China
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: Ashdene
DIMENSIONS: 10cm tall x 8cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Australia
ITEM: Stuffed Animal
NOTES: The famous flying fox. I remember looking up into the night sky (in inner city Brisbane) and seeing hundreds of these cute critters flying from A to B. You don’t see that anymore. Though you still get stray ones attacking the local mango trees
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2017
MADE FROM: material
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: caaustralia
DIMENSIONS: 56cm wingspan, 24cm length.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Australia
ITEM: Stuffed Toy Kangaroo
NOTES: A cute kangaroo in, err traditional stereotyped Australian bush wear. Well if a kangaroo did wear clothes it would be rural and not an urban suit I suppose. Yes. yes I know kangaroos hop down the sidewalks of city CBDs in Australia.
The product is “Made in China” though “under Australian licence and supervision” whatever that means
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2017
MADE FROM: material
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 14cm tall
PLACE REPRESENTED: Canungra, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Hand Towel
NOTES: Canungra, is derived from the local Aboriginal word “gungunga” which means “a long flat or clearing” or “caningera” after a small owl, or “coonoongra” meaning “the small grey owl that has its home along the creek” or, perhaps, “good place with plenty of game”. Either way, Canungra, is also called the “Valley of the Owls” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canungra,_Queensland
This is hand stitched onto a normal hand towel. This sort of Nana (grandmother) embroidery still exists. Perhaps it’s a dying art as more women flock to careers in the post-feminist world – do people sing the praises of knitting, quilting and home crafts? They should … the arts / crafts are evocative as expressions of identity, both individual and group.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2017
MADE FROM: Cotton
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 41cm x 64cm