This catalogue was produced by the South Australian wool auctioning company Elders, Smith & Co. Ltd. It accompanied their celebration of a century of wool sales in 1978. The first wool auction in South Australia took place at Elders a century earlier, on the 15th of October 1878. It was covered in detail by The South Australian Register. At the sale, 1976 bales of wool were offered in what was the beginning of the wool storage and brokerage system in South Australia. Elders, Smith & Co. was established in 1839 by Alexander Lang Elder. Born in 1815 in Scotland, he moved to Australia at age 24 and set up Elders in Port Adelaide. Interestingly, the company’s original site is now the South Australian Maritime Museum. Elders’ business partner was Robert Barr Smith. Also born in Scotland, he moved to Australia in 1854 at the age of 30. Smith was an important part of the Company’s first wool sale. Smith made statements at the auction for South Australia to have a proper wool industry; with a purpose-built wool store, auction house and for the state to be able to supply its own products. This was met with a “Hear, hear” from the crowd at the auction. This statement is reflected upon within the catalogue. The catalogue itself also contains images of the company’s first wool auction, an outside image of Elder’s Wool Warehouse in Port Adelaide as well as an image of the Show Floor inside of this Port Adelaide warehouse. The catalogue also contains a quote from Elders’ Wool Manager for Victoria and Riverina, Murray Jewster. He discusses how the company is proud of its history and looking forward to its future in assisting both wool buyers and sellers. The quote also highlights Elders shift from being an Adelaide focused business, growing to span the width of Australia. 4 page booklet. Yellow paper with black and red print.south australian wool auctioning, elders smith & co. ltd., south australian wool producing, alexander lang elder, robert barr smith

Collector says: I adore these bright blankets with their labels depicting summer times. For most blanketeers, the Laconia Mexicana is a bit of a holy grail - for the label just as much as the blanket. Laconia made the Mexicana in 1964 and I suspect the Waverley and Onkaparinga came afterwards.Collector says: "For more than 100 years blankets were made all over Australia in over 100 woollen mills. My aim, is to preserve 100 examples of these wonderful pieces of history. Ten years ago I started collecting the iconic Onkaparinga travel rugs, so that on movie nights at home there would be plenty to go around. Everyone had their favourite; even the cat had his own – a small red tartan one. Keeping an eye out for those travel rugs at op-shops and markets, collectable stores and bazaars, led to noticing vintage blankets. I'd never really thought about them before or paid much attention though of course I had grown up with them at my grandmother's. When I discovered my first Laconia cream blanket with blue stripes, my eyes just went gaga. Well that was it, I was hooked and since then over 500 blankets have passed through my hands. These common, everyday items, found in all households for so many decades, were traditional engagement gifts. Pairs were prized wedding presents turning into family heirlooms. They were fashionable dressers of beds, givers of warmth, bestowers of security and reliability. The comfort found in these objects resonates with almost all of us; we grew up with them ourselves or fondly recall them in a grandparent’s home. There is no modern replacement with the integrity of these old blankets, many of them now older than most of us. They are romantic, sensible, special, familiar, nostalgic and nothing else feels so appropriate in so many situations. No offense to the great Aussie doona, but from hippie to hipster, at a music festival, picnic, campsite or couch, a vintage blanket is something coveted by all. This industry that employed tens of thousands and must have been such a huge contributor to the economy is almost completely lost now. Blanket Fever is an ode to everything that came before: the land, the sheep, the shearers, the hands, the mills, the weavers, the designers, the distributors, the department stores. To the grandparents that gave them, the people that received them, the families that kept them; thank you. I’m passionate about my collection of Australian blankets manufactured in mostly Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania from the 1930s to the end of the 1960s. The collection has blankets from each of these four decades representing the styles and fashions of their time and includes dated advertisements which help determine the eras the blankets are from.Queen sized checked blanket, red, blue, orange, yellow. An Onkaparinga 100% pure wool production. In emblem: Made in Australia. Name tag sewn below label: R M. Shiltonwool, blanket, blanket fever, onkapringa

Tin container for band-aids - Cream background with red and blackBand Aid Elastic First Aid Dressings. Johnson and Johnsonmedicine, first aid

Oral History of Keith Hancock recorded by Barbara Gardiner. Keith is grandson of A.W. HancockSmall red book entitled 'Roof Cuts & Rafter Lengths'Roof Cuts & Rafter Lengthsbooks, technical

Gold bracelet with red stone and pearls in box. Safety claspcostume accessories, jewellery

The design of the vase was drawn from memory by the wife of the designer. She had been a maid in big houses in England and the design was her memory of some she had dustedRed Terracotta vase featuring decorative grape vine design.ceramics, terracotta, domestic items, ornaments / decorative

Red painted metal model of Utility truck. Silver grille.Micro Models/Coupe Utility/GB2/toys, general

Part of the Mitcham Sub Branch of the RSLThe Mitcham Sub Branch closed on 16/01/ 2014A rectangular stamp with red handle for the Mitcham Sub Branch RSLMitcham Sub Branch R.S.L, Building Patriot Fund Trust No. 2660

Made by Stanley Works Pty Ltd a Nunawading company and used by Harley HallA screwdriver with a red handle with Stanley Australia 65.581 written on the handleStanley Australia 65.581stanley, screwdriver, tool, harley hall

The last Pupil Register of Lilliput State Primary School, showing where each child was transferred when the school closed.School register with printed paper cover and red linen spine"School No. 1015, Lilliput"lilliput, school, pupils, school reports, students, lilliput primary school

Old red racing car on display in Sturt Street, Ballarat.racing car, sturt street ballarat

Digital photograph showing potatoes groing in the red dirt at Dean.agriculture, soil, farming, horticulture, potato, hepburn, dean

Lanercost Priory was founded around 1169 by Robert de Vaux, and was home to an order of Augustinian canons until 1538 when is was dissolved by Henry VIII. In 1542 the priory and lands were granted to Thomas Dacre, an illegitimate son of Thomas, Lord Dacre. Mason's marks can be found throughout the undercroft. Plan on white paper with black and red ink printing and a drawingEnglish Heritage Lanercost Priorymason's marks, marks, stone marks, stonemasons, lanercost, priory, plan, 1169

Photographs relating to the red brick Ballarat South Uniting Church. "This stone from Sebastopol Church was laid by Rev. L.L. Lovell January 20th 1940"ballarat south uniting church, pandemic, uniting church, sebastopol

Used for training in WW1Red card covers paper pages 440 pages with illustrationsNo 641 Driver K. G. Woodham A sub section

Red binder containing coloured magazines on WW11 Published in WW11 Printed text containing coloured and black and white photographs

Giuseppe Garibaldi is association with the wars of Italian Unificiation.A man sitting in a 'red shirt' and hat is General Giuseppe Garibaldi.giuseppe garibaldi, italian unification, garibaldian, italian wars of independence, red shirts

Hand made map of Egypt from a soldier to his motherMap of Egypt. Square, blue,yellow,white,red. CottonHand made

David Kinnane was the leader of a Victorian Railways First Aid team that won many state and interstate competitions. Other members of the team were: Geoffrey Storey and Joe Deveson. The Victorian Railways used to hold first aid competitions with groups of men competing in teams.white card with black printing and writing with red and green insignia.VICTORIAN RAILWAYS - FIRST AID ORGANISATION Certificate of Proficiency THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT David J. Kinnane HAS PASSED 18 EXAMINATIONS IN FIRST AID TO THE INJURED, MELBOURNE Keith MacKenzie AMBULANCE OFFICER 1959

Red hard-covered book / Light green covered booksee photoeducation, school, latin, literature, grammar

Robin Boyd developed a close friendship with the founder of the Bauhaus in Weimar Germany, Walter Gropius, who had moved to the USA in the 1930s. Through this connection, Boyd was invited to be the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Bemis Professor at the School in the North American academic year 1956-7. Robin and Patricia Boyd, with their youngest daughter Suzy, were based in Cambridge, Massachusetts for the year. Boyd gave some lectures at MIT and he was also invited to give lectures at many other universities, allowing him to travel widely within the USA, especially on the East Coast. This gave him the opportunity to meet architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Paul Rudolph and many others, and visit the offices of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and places like Taliesin and the General Motors Technical Center Detroit. On the way home, the Boyds visited London, Berlin, Paris and Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp Chapel in France.Colour slide in a mount. Red barns, unknown location, USAEncircled 64F (Handwritten)mit bemis professorship, mit, robin boyd, slide

Promotional ItemRed and blue fabric banner with Rural Ambulance Victoria logo.Rural Ambulance Victoria rural ambulance victoria, marketing

Women's Nurse's Cape.Red waist length cape with collar and a single clip at the front.Name label on the inside back: 'Edwards'cape, nurse