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The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc.
Magazine - Magazine, quarterly, Overland - Eureka Centenary Number, 1954-1955
Second issue of poetry magazine Overland founded by Stephen Murray-Smith in 1954. Overland – Australia’s only radical literary magazine – has been showcasing brilliant and progressive fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art since 1954. The magazine has published some of Australia’s most iconic writers, and continues to give space to underrepresented voices and brand-new literary talent every single day. In Overland’s very first edition in 1954, Stephen Murray-Smith noted that the magazine would ‘publish poetry and short stories, articles and criticism by new and by established writers. It will aim high … [but] will make a special point of developing writing talent in people of diverse backgrounds. We ask of our readers, however inexpert, that they write for us; that they share our love of living, our optimism, our belief in the traditional dream of a better Australia.’ (from Overland website) overland, dr h.v.evatt, vance palmer, hugh anderson, laurence collinson, jack lindsay -
Melbourne Athenaeum Archives
Newspaper Article, Jeanette Winterson (writer) discussing her book "The Gap of Time' at Melbourne Athenaeum Theatre on 16 May 2016 for The Wheeler Centre
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Melbourne Athenaeum Archives
Poster, Chopper's Republic of Anzakistan (Heath Franklin is an Australian comedic performer, improviser and writer) performing 23 March to 3 April 2016 at Melbourne Athenaeum Theatre as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival
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Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Aboriginal History - Volume 10. 1-2 1986, 1986
A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.207 P.; bibs.; tables; ports.; footnotes; 25 cm.A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.government policy-aborigines, australia-race related. | missions-australia-aborigines-attitudes and treatment., | aborigines, australia-social security. | native police-victoria-history1838., | aborigines-gippsland-1860-1890-missions relations. | rowley, charles dunford (1906ð1985) | social identity - aboriginality | law - administrative law - commonwealth | social welfare | government policy - assimilation - 1926-1950 | government policy - assimilation - 1951-1971 | social behaviour - social control | social welfare - government - unemployment benefits | body - decoration - body modification | dance | death - mortuary / funeral ceremonies | death - mortuary / funeral ceremonies - mortuary objects - poles | sites - mortuary sites and cemeteries | weapons - spears | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Aboriginal History - Volume 07. 1-2 1983, 1983
A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.228 P.; refs. bibs. tables; maps; ports.; 25 cm.A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | child welfare - child / parent separation - stolen generations | social welfare - wards of state | social welfare | social welfare - government | government policy - assimilation | family | child welfare | child welfare - adoption and fostering | government policy - commonwealth | government policy - self determination - 1993-2004 | occupations - pastoral industry workers | race relations - violent - massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - to 1900 | politics and government - political action - petitions | cooper, william (1861ð1941) | victoria. aborigines welfare board | victoria. board for the protection of aborigines | victoria. ministry of aboriginal affairs | mclean report | music - vocal - origins | language - kriol - pidgins and creoles - torres strait creole | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Aboriginal History - Volume 09. 1-2 1985, 1985
A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.240 P.; footnotes; appendices; maps; ports.; bibs.; 24 cm.A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | animals - birds - brolgas | stories and motifs - emu | indigenous knowledge - botany | indigenous knowledge - zoology | language - change | language - linguistics - language classification | language - linguistics - phonology and phonetics | language - semantics | language - texts and translations - aboriginal to non-aboriginal language | crime - bushrangers and outlaws | law enforcement - police - native police | law enforcement - police trackers | indigenous peoples - pacific | language - kriol - pidgins and creoles - torres strait creole | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Buckley's Hope : the real life story of Australia's Robinson Crusoe, 1981
Blurb: On Boxing Day 1803 a young English convict named William Buckley escaped from Victoria's abortive first settlement, at Sorrento.For the next thirty-two years Buckley survived in the wild, mainly because he was adopted and helped by the local tribes.In 1835 Buckley rejoined the civilization he had cast aside, emerging to meet Melbourne's founders. He became an important guide and interpreter in the crucial first years of the European conquest of the Port Phillip region.Then, as the Aborigines were engulfed by the flood of white men, Buckley found himself in no-man's land, mistrusted by his former black friends and by the white society who so misunderstood them. He was reviled, so harshly that his reputation has suffered to this day.This is William Buckley's story. It is a story based on fact, about a real Robinson Crusoe who was unique in Australia's history.And it is also a story of European intruders imposing their savage will on an alien, ancient continent. Rarely has Australian history come more alive than in the pages of this remarkable first novel. Buckley's life with the Aboriginal people of Port Phillip between 1803 and 1835; subsequent life in white community ; includes glossary of Aboriginal words (p. 271-280).288 p. : 3 maps ; 22 cm.Blurb: On Boxing Day 1803 a young English convict named William Buckley escaped from Victoria's abortive first settlement, at Sorrento.For the next thirty-two years Buckley survived in the wild, mainly because he was adopted and helped by the local tribes.In 1835 Buckley rejoined the civilization he had cast aside, emerging to meet Melbourne's founders. He became an important guide and interpreter in the crucial first years of the European conquest of the Port Phillip region.Then, as the Aborigines were engulfed by the flood of white men, Buckley found himself in no-man's land, mistrusted by his former black friends and by the white society who so misunderstood them. He was reviled, so harshly that his reputation has suffered to this day.This is William Buckley's story. It is a story based on fact, about a real Robinson Crusoe who was unique in Australia's history.And it is also a story of European intruders imposing their savage will on an alien, ancient continent. Rarely has Australian history come more alive than in the pages of this remarkable first novel. Buckley's life with the Aboriginal people of Port Phillip between 1803 and 1835; subsequent life in white community ; includes glossary of Aboriginal words (p. 271-280).buckley, william, 1780-1856 -- fiction. | novels in english. australian writers, 1945-. texts | convicts -- australia -- history -- fiction. | history - biographies - non-indigenous | settlement and contacts - penal colonies / convicts | settlement and contacts - colonisation - 1788-1850 | race relations - attitudes | language - vocabulary - word lists | kurnai / gunai people (s68) (vic sj55) | port phillip / western port area (vic sj55) -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Stone arrangements : being a continuation of a series on the customs of the Aborigines of the Darling River Valley and of Central New South Wales, 1950
The ceremonial grounds have been a mystery to many but from information collected by explorers and early pioneers there is little doubt of their use.... Fish traps somewhat similar to those at Brewarrina have been described by other writers... Many of the stone arrangements in New South Wales were found in the Barkingi territory ...48 p. : ill., port. ; 22 cm.The ceremonial grounds have been a mystery to many but from information collected by explorers and early pioneers there is little doubt of their use.... Fish traps somewhat similar to those at Brewarrina have been described by other writers... Many of the stone arrangements in New South Wales were found in the Barkingi territory ...aboriginal australians -- new south wales -- darling river region -- rites and ceremonies. | mounds -- new south wales -- darling river region. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Burke & Wills : from Melbourne to myth, 1991
The first half of the book examines the organization and conduct of the expedition by drawing on a wide range of sources either ignored by or unknown to previous writers. The second half considers the changing place of the explorers in Australian culture, examining the presentation of Burke and Wills in paintings and sculptures, poems and plays, films and children's books. Context of Burkes Victorian Exploring Expedition, the course of the expedition and its subsequent place in Australian history and culture; numerous brief references to Aborigines - as guides, the Yantruwanta (Yandruwantha) generosity to Bourke, Wills and King and hostility to expeditions.8-383; ill.; plates; maps; index; ref.; 26 cm.The first half of the book examines the organization and conduct of the expedition by drawing on a wide range of sources either ignored by or unknown to previous writers. The second half considers the changing place of the explorers in Australian culture, examining the presentation of Burke and Wills in paintings and sculptures, poems and plays, films and children's books. Context of Burkes Victorian Exploring Expedition, the course of the expedition and its subsequent place in Australian history and culture; numerous brief references to Aborigines - as guides, the Yantruwanta (Yandruwantha) generosity to Bourke, Wills and King and hostility to expeditions.burke and wills expedition (1860-1861) | burke and wills expedition (1860-1861) in art. | burke and wills expedition (1860-1861) in literature. | australia -- discovery and exploration. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Aboriginal History - Volume 28. 2004, 2004
A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.iii-iv; 281 P.; footnotes; refs.; ports.; tables; 25 cm.A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | government policy - state and territory - new south wales | sex relations - child sexual abuse | employment - conditions - slavery and indentured labour | race relations | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Aboriginal Studies : Readings, 1988
A reader by various writers prepared for the Aboriginal Studies at the Charles Sturt University-Murray for external Studies.iii-vi; 208 P.; ill.; figs.; maps; tables; refs.;30 cm.A reader by various writers prepared for the Aboriginal Studies at the Charles Sturt University-Murray for external Studies.aborigines, australia-social life and customs., aboriginal history-writing; anthropologists-attitudes; aboriginality-current attitudes; aboriginal sites-custodioanship; land rights-compensation. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Aboriginal History - Volume 31. 2007, 2007
A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History. The article on Aboriginal burials discusses the findings of various early explorers; anthropologists and observers on the burials and practices associated with death in south-eastern Australia.iii-vi; 214; 7 articles; notes and docs. .6; reviews 181-188P.A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History. The article on Aboriginal burials discusses the findings of various early explorers; anthropologists and observers on the burials and practices associated with death in south-eastern Australia.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | aboriginal burials - south-eastern australia., | grave artifacts - aboriginal burials south-eastern australia., | death rites and practices - aboriginals - south-eastern australia., | treaty - aboriginal australians - history. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Aboriginal History - Volume 25. 2001, 2001
Special Section: 'Genocide'? Australian Aboriginal history in international perspective. A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.iiv-iv; 300 p.; footnotes; refs.; 25 cm.Special Section: 'Genocide'? Australian Aboriginal history in international perspective. A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | yorta yorta - native title claim., | stolen generations - aborigines, australia., | genocide - aborigines, australia. | race relations - violent - genocide | race relations - violent | history, | child welfare - child / parent separation - stolen generations | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Aboriginal History - Volume 27. 2003, 2003
A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History. The drawings on bark referred to in this edition are the subject of a legal claim by the Djadja Wurrung people for the return of the U.K. works to Victoria.iiv-ix; 300 p.; footnotes; refs.; ports.; maps.; ill.; 25 cm.A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History. The drawings on bark referred to in this edition are the subject of a legal claim by the Djadja Wurrung people for the return of the U.K. works to Victoria.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | bark drawings-victoria, loddon and murray tribes., | kerr, john hunter-acquisition and exhibition of bark drawings., | race relations - violent | government policy - initial period and protectionism | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Aboriginal History - Volume 29., 2005, 1977
A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.iiv-vi; 178 p.; ports.; footnotes; refs.; map.; A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | race relations | politics and government - political action - activism | politics and government - political action - civil rights | government policy - initial period and protectionism - 1901-1925 | government policy - assimilation - 1926-1950 | social identity - aboriginality | social identity - mixed descent -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Aboriginal History - Volume 22. 1998, 1998
A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.iiv-vii; 300 P.; footnotes; refs.; plates; maps; 25 cm.A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | race relations - representation - advertising | history - biographies - indigenous | government policy - initial period and protectionism - 1788-1850 | government policy - initial period and protectionism - 1851-1900 | employment - discrimination | employment - conditions - slavery and indentured labour | employment | settlement and contacts - explorers - european | government policy - state and territory - queensland | mathew, john (1849ð1929) | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Aboriginal History - Volume 26. 2002, 2002
A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.iiv-viii; 275p.; footnotes; refs.; tabls; maps; plates; 25 cm.A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | stolen generations - aborigines, australia., | walter, charles - photographer - coranderrk aboriginal station, victoria. (1865), | coranderrk-history - 1863-1924., | language-aboriginal, dhudhuroa - north-eastern victoria. |, mclean report-victorian aboriginal policy review 1955., | assimilation policies, victoria. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Aboriginal History - Volume 30. 2006, 2006
A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History. Discusses the effects of photographic representation to Aboriginals and the wider community.iiv-x; 252 P.; footnotes; facs.; refs.; ports.; facs.A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History. Discusses the effects of photographic representation to Aboriginals and the wider community.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | koories, victoria - photographic images. | lake tyers; jacksons track; personalities; assimilation. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Aboriginal History - Volume 23. 1999, 1999
A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.iiv-xii; 151 P.; refs.; footnotes; plates; 25 cm.A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals | language, aboriginal-upper murray vic. - pallangamiddang., unaipon, david-interview., white, isabel (sally) - anthropologist | demography - population mobility | settlement and contacts - resettlement and removals | defence - missile and weapons testing - nuclear weapons | language - linguistics - language elicitation | language - vocabulary - word lists | language - linguistics - phonology and phonetics | history - biographies - indigenous | colonisation | race relations - racial discrimination - women | music - vocal - group - children | music - education | music - analysis - vocal -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Aboriginal History - Volume 01. 1-2 1977, 1977
A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.v. : ill., ; 25 cm. annual.A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | tasmania--colonization--history. | njadu-dagali--rib-bone billy. | torres strait (qld. and papua new guinea). | pearl industry and trade--australia, northern--history. | | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, The Dreamtime: Australian Aboriginal Myths in Paintings, 1968
...as yet our writers, musicians, dramatists, and artists, still dominated by the influences of overseas cultures, have seen but little inspired by the beauty of the mythical beliefs of our native people. Suddenly, this rich store of beauty has been revealed to us through the paintings of Ainslie Roberts. With the creative mind of the true artist, free from all influences except those of the mythical stories of the brown-skinned aborigines, he has given us pictures as full of imagery and fantasy as the stories on which they are based, pictures that reveal both the sensitive mind of the artist and the fertile imagination of the aboriginal story-teller.79 pages : coloured illustrations ; 24 cm....as yet our writers, musicians, dramatists, and artists, still dominated by the influences of overseas cultures, have seen but little inspired by the beauty of the mythical beliefs of our native people. Suddenly, this rich store of beauty has been revealed to us through the paintings of Ainslie Roberts. With the creative mind of the true artist, free from all influences except those of the mythical stories of the brown-skinned aborigines, he has given us pictures as full of imagery and fantasy as the stories on which they are based, pictures that reveal both the sensitive mind of the artist and the fertile imagination of the aboriginal story-teller.aboriginal australians -- folklore. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Aboriginal History - Volume 32. 2008, 2008
A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.217 P. fac. ill. notes; footnotes; refs. photographs.A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | aboriginal circus performers, australia. | honorary correspondence scheme. victoria 1860-1868 and 1869-1904 | andrew porteus honorary correspondent, northern wathaurung, reports - mt. emu tribe. | edward stone parker - protector loddon aboriginal station. | dja dja wurrung, loddon protectorate. | aboriginal oral histories - childhood and playlore australian childhood folklore collection, museum victoria. -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Aboriginal History - Volume 08. 1-2 1984, 1984
This volume of 'Australian History' is devoted to studies of the south-eastern corner of the Australian continent. The papers arose from a series of meetings convened with Professer R. W. Dixon in 1981. They involved scholars from the disciplines listed, all concerned with the south-east. A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.237 P.; ill,; figs.; tables; notes; reviews; 24 cm.This volume of 'Australian History' is devoted to studies of the south-eastern corner of the Australian continent. The papers arose from a series of meetings convened with Professer R. W. Dixon in 1981. They involved scholars from the disciplines listed, all concerned with the south-east. A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | settlement and contacts - colonisation - 1788-1850 | race relations - violent - massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - to 1900 | sex relations | indigenous knowledge - world view | language - personal names | language - semantics | social identity | language - sociolinguistics | government policy - state and territory - new south wales | socioeconomic conditions - living conditions | language - linguistics - language classification | language - vocabulary - word lists | language - linguistics | geography - territories and boundaries | art - rock art - painting | art - production - materials / techniques | art - art motifs | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Indigenous Australian voices : a reader, 1998
An impressive collection of the poetry, artwork, and prose of thirty-six contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and artists. . . . The world views and the expression of the contributors are compelling. . . . It is an exploration of Ôthe dreamingÕ that organizes the text, in the sense that individual and kinship relationships to the origin stories of ÔdreamtimeÕ inform both a resistance to the genocidal heritage of Australian colonization as well as a unique focus for indigenous identity.xxxi, 310 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. An impressive collection of the poetry, artwork, and prose of thirty-six contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and artists. . . . The world views and the expression of the contributors are compelling. . . . It is an exploration of Ôthe dreamingÕ that organizes the text, in the sense that individual and kinship relationships to the origin stories of ÔdreamtimeÕ inform both a resistance to the genocidal heritage of Australian colonization as well as a unique focus for indigenous identity.australian literature -- aboriginal australian authors. | aboriginal australians -- literary collections. | aboriginal australians, in art. | -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Aboriginal History - Volume 06. 1-2 1982, 1982
A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.178 P.; tables; figs.; ports.; footnotes; bibs.; 24 cm.A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | hunting, gathering and fishing | social organisation - avoidance rules - avoidance relationships | socioeconomic conditions - living conditions | law enforcement - police conduct and attitudes | race relations - racial discrimination - courts | race relations - racial discrimination - legislative | transport - air - aircraft | settlement and contacts - 20th century | stories and motifs - eagles / hawks / crows | settlement and contacts - explorers | costume and clothing - necklaces, pendants etc. | colonisation | government policy - initial period and protectionism | race relations - racism - stereotyping | sites - dreaming tracks | technology - stone - knapped | literature and stories - authors | literature and stories - fiction | literature and stories - plays | literature and stories - poetry | -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Book, Pens, pots and pallets, 2002
A history of the Mitcham Arts Association.A history of the Mitcham Arts Association. A revision of the earlier 'The Pen, brush and potter's wheel'. The history covers the period from 1962 to the move to Silver Grove in 2002 and notes the change of name to Whitehorse Arts Association.A history of the Mitcham Arts Association. mitcham arts association, whitehorse arts association, mitcham writers group, humphreys avenue, nunawading, no 16, silver grove, nunawading -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Memorabilia - Box - Cigarette silks, 1911 - 1917
These type of cigarette silks were included in WD & HO Wills cigarette packets to induce women in particular to take up smoking.|The Word 'Cartophilic?|It is believed that this unusual word was coined in the 1920s by Col. Bagnall, an Englishman, who was the father of the hobby of cigarette card and trade card collecting. It is thought to be a combination of a Latin word, 'carto' meaning 'card and the Greek word 'philic', meaning 'love'.- lover of cards. The term originally related to the collection of the two types mentioned, however, our Society has included postcards in the range of items collected by our members.|The Cigarette Card|The cigarette card began its evolution in the United States of America, in the early 1880s as a plain piece of cardboard used by tobacconists to protect the cigarettes which were sold in that era, not in packets, but loosely. A purchaser would buy his cigarettes then wrap them in paper around the small piece of cardboard, which acted as a stiffener. In fact, for many decades, cigarette cards were known as 'stiffeners' in the USA.|The card depicting 'The Marquis of Lome' is reputed to be the first known cigarette card issued. This is thought to have been in 1879. It did not take long for an enterprising entrepreneur to recognise the advertising potential of the cigarette card, and, very soon, the cards began displaying popular images, often in sets. This had the effect of youngsters, wishing to complete their sets, harassing their fathers to buy a specific brand of cigarettes. The kids who collected cards in the days when they were being issued in the cigarette packets, would hang around outside the local tobacconist's shop, pestering the men who had just bought a packet of cigarette, with the cry: 'can I have the cig can mister?'|It is a proven fact that, here in Australia during the 1930s, at least one set had one card deliberately withheld and issued very sparingly. This card is No. 86 (Mrs Jack Crawford) in the Carreras 'Turf Personality Series'. Thus, in a set of reasonably easy cards to get, this one card is a constant source of frustration for the collector, and as such, commands a premium when it comes to price. It is not hard to imagine the young collector nagging his to Dad to keep buying 'Turf' cigarettes to enable him to finish the set.|From small beginnings the cigarette card soon gave rise to a booming industry in itself. Artists and writers were|employed to produce the cards, which were miniature works of art and served as little encyclopaedia's for the children of the day. By the 1930s cards were being issued in the countless millions. It has been stated, in one book on the history of cards; that 450 million sets of a series produced and issued by the prolific issuer of cards in the United Kingdom, WD & HO Wills. As each set contained 50 cards you would need a calculator with a very long result window to see the answer to how many cards of that series were in circulation.|Australia's involvement would appear to have its beginnings with the English and American firms who shipped their tobacco products here and the cards of American Tobacco Company (ATC) are found in great numbers in early Australian collections; many featuring Australian subjects, e.g. 'Australian Parliament a 1901 issue. Earlier U.S. sets depicting Australians included Goodwin & Co's, so called. 'Australian Series' with cricketers and Australian Rules footballers who were on the sporting scene during the 1880s. The caption of one of theses cards reads:|'W.Hannysee. Captain Port Melbourne Football Club' which enables us to pinpoint the year of issue to either 1889 or 1890.|On the Australian scene the first local manufacturer who issued cards seems to have been The National Cigarette Company of Australia Proprietary Limited, whose 'Tally Ho' packets contained cards from a series of thirteen featuring the touring 'English Cricket Team 1897-8' Of the few Australian manufacturers who issued cards, only two companies issued more the two sets.|Undoubtedly the cards issued by the Melbourne firm Sniders & Abrahams (later Sniders & Abrahams Pty Ltd) are the 'jewels in the crown' of Australian card issues. They issued some thirty-three series, with numerous sub-series and allied issues such as metal badges, metal football shields, celluloid flags etc., which ensured that the hobbyist had a vast range from which to collect. Sporting themes – football, cricket, horse racing – dominate, indicating the Australians' love of sport and the outdoors was as strong in those earlier times as it is today. Military, animals and birds themes were also to the fore, with a touch of culture being provided by 'Shakespeare', 'Dickens', actresses and even classical 'Statuary'. Humour was not forgotten with 'Cartoons and Caricatures', 'Naval and Cricket (double meaning) Terms' and the 'Jokes' series. Art and history were covered by the artist, S.T. Gill's 'Views of Victoria in 1857' while the stereoscopic 'Views of the World' expanded the collectors' knowledge of the world as a whole.|The Sniders & Abrahams series began in 1904 and by 1919 the company was in decline and was eventually taken over by G.G. Goode & Co. Ltd. This company produced one set only, the highly collectable 'Prominent Cricketer Series' issued in 1924. During the early to mid-1920s, J.J. Schuh Tobacco Pty Ltd issued eight series, again containing the popular subjects of sport and war. At least two provincial tobacconists, Lentens of Bendigo and Baillies of Warrnambool, issued private football series. The last series of cards issued by a truly Australian firm was Dudgeon & Arnell's '1934 Australian Cricket Team'.|The Australian market was not neglected by the English companies with WD & HO Wills, Godfrey Phillips and Ogdens all making their contributions. By far the most active issuer was the long-established company Wills, whose 'Cricketers' of 1901 heralded the flood of Australian series, which continued into the mid-thirties.|The onset of the 1939-45 World War sounded the death knell of the cigarette card and very few post-war issues were made, certainly not here in Australia.|The Trade Card|The Trade Card is a non-tobacco item used by manufacturers to promote and advertise their products, in the same way that cigarette cards were. It is uncertain exactly when they were first produced, but in the USA, non-collectable cards were issued by firms in the early 1800s. These were more akin to a latter day 'business card'. It was not until the 1850s, when coloured and pictorial cards were issued to advertise and promote products that the Trade Card|became a collectable item. Many beautiful lithographic cards were produced in this early era and they are very mu sought after by collectors. By the 1870s the issues of Trade Cards became more prolific and it is from this era that more cards are seen.|Again, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact date of the first Australian Trade Card and it may be that the highly collectable and extremely rare 'American Candy Co's' - 'Pure Caramels' Australian Rules football card, issued i 1891, is the earliest series. This confectionery firm was located in Fitzroy, a Melbourne suburb. To date only two subjects have been seen.|Another early set was 'Flags', issued by F.H.Fauldings & Co. It featured testimonials of seven English cricketers who toured Australia with the 1894/5 Test team. Fauldings was an Adelaide based firm which manufactured medicinal toiletries, soaps and oils, using the distinctly Australian eucalyptus oil. During the 20th century a multitude of Australian businesses issued trade cards, with confectionery manufacturers such as Hoadleys, Allens, Sweetacres and Australian Licorice producing the majority of them. Again sporting themes dominated with the ever popular Aussie Rules football cards being the most numerous. Cricket issues ran a close second.|Apart from sporting cards, almost every subject imaginable was covered by the Trade Card, making it the most diverse and interesting branch of cartophilly. In contrast to the Cigarette Card, which had its demise prior to the Second World War, the Trade Card is still alive and well.|We all are aware of the long running 'Birds of Australasia' series put out by Tuck-fields Tea and 1 doubt if there is a kitchen drawer in Australia that has not got one or two of these informative and attractive cards floating about in it. These cards were first produced in the early 1960s and are still being inserted in that company's packets of tea. Such is also the case with Sanitarium Health Foods, manufacturers of the well known Weetbix, who began issuing cards, with a wide range of subjects, in the early 1940s and continue to do so.|The 1940s and 1950s saw the two breakfast food giants, Kornies and Weeties dominating the card scene. Kornies footballers were in production fora decade from 1948 to 1959. Four years later in 1963, we saw the start of four decades of Scanlens bubble-gum card issues, both football and cricket. In the mid 1990s, with the end of the Scanlens/Stimorol cards, the Trading Card came on the scene. These cards do not fit under the umbrella of the Trade Card, having been produced and marketed purely as a 'collectable' with no connection whatsoever to any product, which of course is necessary for an item to be classified as a Trade Card.|The earliest British postcard was issued in 1870 and was designed to send short messages; the stamp was printed on the card, therefore it did not require an envelope. It was considered by many to be lowering the postal standards because the texts were no longer private. However the cards were a great success as on the first day of issue in 1870, half a million passed through the London postal centre.|The first illustrated postcards are said to be those introduced by a French stationer in 1870. He realized that French troops fighting in the Franco-Prussian War needed to be able to send short messages to their families and designed a 'postcard' to suit the purpose. As many of the soldiers were illiterate they decorated their cards with sketches of their many activities at the front rather than writing; thus creating a picture postcard. Private enterprise soon saw the great financial possibilities of this new easy and attractive way of communication by post; also sending a postcard cost less than postage for letters. It was correctly assumed that postcards were likely to overtake letter writing in many instances.|Between 1875 and 1882 every state in Australia introduced official postcards, N.S.W. first and Tasmania last. Each state produced a simple type of postcard with a pre printed stamp allied to that state. The stamp side stated 'The Address Only To Be Written On This Side'; the reverse side sometimes carried a simple illustration or decoration with space fora short message, each state extolling their own state's virtues. In 1901, with the advent of Federation, the new Government became responsible for all postal services in Australia and produced postcards for sale in every state. With several mail deliveries each day in most towns, postcards were used for many purposes. One 1906 postcard, with an illustration of fruit, was sent from Mrs X in the morning to her greengrocer ordering her fruit and vegetables to be delivered that afternoon. Another lady asks her charlady to 'come this afternoon'.|Australian private enterprise also began selling pictorial postcards, most companies using the very experienced German printing works who were the worlds best in the field of lithography and fine detailed colour-printing. Many of these beautiful German cards still exist today, 100 years later. Australia did have a few fine printers but they were in the minority. Black and white postcards printed in Australia in the early 1900s were often of good quality e.g. postcards printed by 'The Bulletin', illustrating the works of 'The Bulletins' top artists.|Between c1903-09 The Melbourne company Osboldstone and Atkins etc. printed coloured reproductions of 46 J.A. Turner bush/rural life paintings, which were generally of good quality and became hugely popular and still sought after today. Like thousands of homes in Europe, Britain and U.S.A., many Australia homes had albums of cherished postcards, which were given pride of place for visitors to see and enjoy.|Postcard collecting remained popular but was changing with the times. About 1912 the Australian photographer George Rose of Melbourne began to produce topographical B/W real photographic postcards covering most of Australia and other photographers began to do likewise. These cards soon found their way into collections as well.|WWI and the horrors of war suddenly changed the world; postcards were still in great demand but the subject matter was far more serious. Thousands of postcards from the trenches in European war zones arrived in Australia to be included in family albums. Propaganda and recruitment messages were produced to encourage enlistment. Australian postcard producers began to create cards decorated with gum leaves, boomerangs, wattle etc., which were designed for sending to Australian troops serving overseas. Very few 'pretty' cards were available, as access to the Gentian printing works was no longer possible and exporting of postcards from Britain was very limited. By the end of WWI people had other more serious problems to contend with and the avid postcard collecting hobby declined, fold greetings took over and topographical photographic postcards became a small but steady income for the producers and newsagents etc. in every town.|Fortunately many of these old postcards still exist and are avidly collected by a new generation or postcard collectors. The Australian Cartophilic Society Inc. is one of four postcard/cigarette card organizations in Australia. They are, N.S.W. Post Card Collectors Society; Queensland Card Collectors' Society Inc. and West Australian Card Collectors|Society, and across the Tasman there is a New Zealand Postcard Society.|References:|Picture Postcards of the Golden Age A Collector's Guide by Toni & Valmai Holt. Picture Postcards in Australia 1898 - 1920 by David CookBox of Cigarette Silks ( 10 ) depicting animal motifs, which were placed in cigarette packets as an incentive for women in particular to smoke.|WD & HO Wills|Produced 1911 - 1917personal effects, smoking accessories, recreations, collections -
Unions Ballarat
Bernard O'Dowd, 1954
Bernard O'Dowd was an Australian poet and anarchist. He was born in Beaufort in 1866 and worked at different times as a teacher, librarian and parliamentary draftsman. He was dismissed from his position at St Alipius' school in Ballarat for heresy. He had a particular interest in the Federation of Australia and formation of the Constitution, which features in his poem "Australia". O'Dowd co-edited Tocsin with Jack Andrews. Tocsin was a labor newspaper in Melbourne. Others involved with the newspaper include Edward Findley and, for a short time, Norman Lindsay. Tocsin's platform is available in PDF format online http://www.reasoninrevolt.net.au/objects/pdf/a000808.pdf Areas of interest included the constitution, federation and workers' industrial rights (e.g. eight hour day, pensions and arbitration for labour disputes).Biographical interest. Literary interest. Pertinent to Ballarat. Pertinent to constitutional history and industrial relations. Pertinent to labor publications, history and literature.Hardcover - book. Cover dust jacket: black and white photograph of Bernard O'Dowd on front, yellow and white lettering; back is yellow. Cover without dust jacket: green cloth; gold lettering.Cover without dust jacket: authors' names and title on the spine. Cover with dust jacket: authors' names and title on front cover and spine. Inside page: Inscribed in ink, "Happy Birthday Dad from Lorna and John (Sept 17 1960).btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, o'dowd, bernard, writers - poets, newspaper, tocsin, lindsay, norman, andrews, jack, findley, edward, anarchists, biography, palmer, nettie, st alipius school, ballarat, o'dowd, bernard, 1866-1953, industrial relations -
Inverloch Historical Society
001214 Photograph - 1942 - Inverloch - Pine Lodge Naval Hospital Sign writer - from T E Davis
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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Bolte promise on trams, Mar. 1962
Yields information about the views of various letter writers, special trains for the Begonia Festival and issues re costs.Foolscap sheet of plain paper, with rounded corners, with 7 newspaper cuttings, concerning the mooted closure of the Ballarat Tram system 2 and 3 March 1962. All from The Courier, unless noted otherwise. One cutting missing. 1 - "Tram Repairs" - 2/3/62 - Letter from R Courtney local Secretary of the Union, regarding the cost of new trams, tracks needed to and Geelong fares raised shortly before closure and then again afterward. 2 - Letter - 2/3/62 - signed by a tram driver regarding repairs of tram faults 3 - "Bolte re Promise on trams" - 2/3/62 - representations to Bolte by the Opposition leader Stoneham and protested to the Minister Mr. Reid 4 - "Special Train for Festival visitors" - The Mail, - 2/3/62 - re visit to Ballarat by the PMG Social club on 11/3 for the Begonia Festival 5 - "Sunday tour Festival City" - re a special train to Ballarat and being met by buses. 6 - "Trams Future" - 3/3/62 - 3 letters re costs of operations - two man trams, bus costs will be based on one man, trams are clean vehicles no emissions, Apex Club issues. 7 - "To Discuss Trams" - 3-3-62 - result of a Greater Ballarat Association meeting.closure, letter to the editor, editorial, sec, begonia festival, greater ballarat association