After a quiet period, interest in bookplates in Australia began to increase in the early 1970s, Entrepreneurial art and book collectors such as Edwin Jewell and others commissioned multiple Bookplate designs from a range of well known fine artists. At a 1997 meeting in Melbourne of the Ephemera Society of Australia Edwin Jewell and others announced the formation of the Australian Bookplate Society. The society was instrumental in promoting the art of the bookplate through establishment of the Australian Bookplate Design competition. The competition includes a design award for secondary schools students.Two palm trees are depicted on the sea horizon.Name in pencil on back Matt Mcardlebookplate, printmaking, australian bookplate design award, keith wingrove memorial trust

A Christmas card for 1945 depicting palm trees, hills and starsInside card written in ink "To all at home", "Jack (xxxx)" and "Nadzab, New Guinea 1945" and inside the folds "John L Schrappo Arnold, a sketch of a pot of beer and "you beaut"christmas, card, hunter, tom, tatura, documents, cards

A XMAS CARD FROM SY ARNAUD, BUILDINGS AND PALM TREESlocal history, document, postcards, postcards

Fred Walker 1884 – 1935 was an Australian businessman and founder of Fred Walker & Co. first in Hong Kong, then in Melbourne as the Fred Walker Company. He also set up Kraft Walker Cheese Co. in partnership with American businessman James L. Kraft in 1926, to market Kraft's patented method of processing cheese in Australia. Fred Walker & Co. is best known for creating Vegemite, a yeast extract-based food spread and Australian cultural icon. Kraft Walker Cheese Co. Is best known for manufacturing a cheese known as Red Coon around 1931, which later became known as Coon cheese. He founded the Fred Walker Company at 54 William Street and later moving to Flinders Street in 1911. This company specialised in canned foods, especially dairy products, exporting them to Asia. It manufactured Red Feather canned foods including butter and cheese from around 1910. He also went on to created Cresco Food Co. for his younger brother, which was the first factory to manufacture "flaked food" or dehydrated food products in Australia.A significant item that catalogues the start of dehydrated food production and sale in Australia was initiated by an Australian businessman and well-known entrepreneur. The history of Fred Walker gives insight into how many food brands in Australia now that we take for granted had his involvement in their early beginnings. Large cylindrical tin with push on lid, painted label on the sides in maroon, black gold and dark fawn colours with text.Palm Flaked Rice manufactured by the Cresco Co. Limited Melbourne Australiaflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, container, food container, kitchen ware, flaked rice, cresco, palm flaked rice, tin, fred walker, dehydrated food

Probably taken in the 1980sPhotographs showing the planting of palm trees on Beach Street, Port Melbourneengineering - roads streets lanes and footpaths, robin donchi

Object found at POW Camp 13. Used to hold flowersBrass shell case made into a vase with engraved palm tree design. Engraved into base are letters and numbers: F8 other unreadable marksvase, camp 13, murchison, tatura, metalcraft, brassware, harvey ponting snr