463 page PDF - contains bookmarked table of contentsnon-fictionThe Third Australian-Jewish Almanac was published in Melbourne in 1967 to mark the 55th Anniversary of the Kadimah. Edited by the Cultural Committee of the Kadimah it provides a unique survey of the views and concerns of Jewish immigrants in Australia. The Almanac contains short fiction and non-fiction pieces including sections on the Kadimah, Jewish Life in Australia, How Others See Us, Essays and Stories, Poems and Drama. The Almanac also includes a section in honour of those lost in the Holocaust and greetings to the Kadimah on the occassion of the 55th Anniversary. Digitisation of the Almanacs was funded by Martin Munz in honour of his parents Hirsch & Estera Munz.jewish immigrants, yiddish melbourne, hirsch munz, yiddish literature, l. friedman, chaim rosenstein, dovid herman theatre, sender burstin, a. zimmerman, a. troy, shmuel bennet, hertz bergner, chaim shoshkas, jacob pat, melekh ravitsh, mendel mann, dr. berl frimer, abraham zukiert, moishe ajzenbud, y. m. levin, j. honig, yitzchak wiener, sheva glass-wiener, y. kirsh, m. balberyszski, y. orbach, ben zion patkin

This is a plain brown book with small diagonal squares pattern on the covers. La Nourriture De L'ame, ou Recueil De Prieres pour les Principales Fetes de L'annee which translates to - The Food for the Soul or Collection of Prayers for the Main Holidays of the Week. The author is Jean- Rodolphe Ostervald, pastor of the French Church of Bale. There is a drawing on the frontispiece of Jesus talking to men. At the back is a Table of Contents. Some pencil markings inside, foxing and tanning. There are two bookmarks included - One has Federal printed on it in red lettering with a rising sun pattern at each end with a French handwritten message written on the front and back. Another paper used as a bookmark has Y Foy and Gibson, Melbourne. 545p.non-fictionFood for the Soul - a collection of prayers for every day of the week and for the main holidays of the week. religion, prayers

Found in pages of text when cataloguing (9 November 2006).Embossed and coloured print of roses in a vase bearing words: "May Christmas be joyful and the New Year increase your happiness".Back: With Tilly's best wishes to Nellie Rimmington (pen, right edge).

Belonging to Rev George L Dyson of Carlton Methodist Mission.Taupe coloured leather book mark with gold lettering, fringed ends and a hole punched pattern running down its length."THE NATIONAL CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR CONVENTION BRISBANE 1935"carlton methodist mission, dyson, george l. rev.

A book put out by London Stores Ltd., which contains advertisements for their products, home notes, recipes, sport records, gardening, first aid and laundry hints, beauty notes and sick room hints.Small soft covered tan book with drawing of a large department store, a book and a cartoon person pointing at the store. Also Contents at right bottom corner. All done in black and orange. Back cover has advertisement for men's hats "Tailsworth".as abovelondon stores ltd, household year book, household hints, gardening hints, beauty notes, sick room hints, laundry hints, first aid hints, recipes, 1940's

Image of stained glass windows in the building featured on the front. information about venues on the back. Green colour scheme used.

image of the building's facade on front of item. information on the back.

coloured images. cardboard. image of cupola on front and program information on the back.

John Coombs, MUA National Secretary from 1993 until his retirement in 2000 led the union through the Patrick dispute. This bookmark indicates the esteem in which he was held across the union movement and with the political wing of the movement, the ALP.union movement, alp, mua, bookplates

The Country Roads Board was established in 1913 to co-ordinate the construction and maintenance of main roads and bridges and it was abolished in 1983 making way for a new body.crb, roads, victoria

Late nineteenth century Thomas Stevens woven silk bookmark still on its marketing card from c. 1876.bookmarks, stevens & co, coventry, london, woven silk

A rare example of an Australian colonial bookmark and also an early Braille bookmark, with the name of the recipient added in Braille. This bookmark was issued at the Adelaide International Exhibition in 1887.card stitched to burgundy silk ribbon printed around perimeter with T Gifford in Braille on card.school for the blind, adelaide, international exhibition, gifford, 1887, braille

One of several handmade bookmarks in the Hymettus collection made on art card from Melbourne between the 1930s and 1950s.Inscribed on the back," 1935 Seasons Greetings, Glenferrie.scottie dog, christmas, melbourne, hand made, craft

In a small populous state Victoria's National Parks are a vital link in Australia's network of National Parks and with large migrant intakes each year it is always vital to put these parks into the environment of these new residents and bookmark promotions through libraries and government agencies are an important way to do this.national parks, bookmarks

Issued by the Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs.war memorials, government grants, veterans affairs

The Sailors and Soldiers Fathers' Association was established in the First World War and included Airmen from the Second World War.military, war

Originally transport between Australia's eastern and western capitals was by coastal steamer. Rail links were by way of Melbourne and Adelaide as were most road links prior to 1970. Air travel became the most popular link until 1970 when this rail service became available.Inauguration of Sydney-Perth standard Gauge Passenger Services on 23 February 1970 was a major step in linking Australia's east and west coast by land.railways, train travel, isolation,

Nilp & o, cruising, canberra

An example of a Queensland municipal library sponsoring a bookmark advertising local businesses in c. 1950.south brisbane, library services

Records revenue cuts by government in 1978-79 as reasons for cuts in local library services.By stating the reasons for library cuts being due to state government finance cuts this is a rare example in Victoria of advertising political reasons for restrictions of local government services.Printed both sides on blue background.Nilcaulfield, malvern, libraries, bookimark, local government, political

circulating library, libraries,

One of several Jewish book dealers' bookmarks employed in Melbourne from the post-war era through to the twenty-first century. These markers give a record of the shifting demography of this community around the city of Melbourne over the decades.jewish, melbourne, bookseller

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