3DB was Melbourne's first radio broadcast station and the first children's show was conducted in 1927by Winnie Wattle. Gertie Gumknut is believed to have been an accompanying personality. The bookmarks were produced in Melbourne and advertised a range of businesses in these examples Burrows pharmacy and Ace advertising agency.The heads of the characters represented on these bookmarks have been torn off. Nilbookmarks, gertie gumknut, winnie wattle, 3db, radio, melbourne

"Winnie Wattle" was a radio announcer who conducted shows specifically for children. H R Hughan was originally from Tasmania and started his first news agency in Prahran before opening his establishment in View Point Bendigo. He was advertising as an importer of books, magazines and school requisites in 1923 . Whilst in Bendigo, he was active in the Chamber of Commerce. He left the area in 1926.Bookmark "Winnie Wattle", "You're tired of reading, I see by your face, so put down your book and I'll mark your place". Advertising item produced by "H. R. Hughan, Bibles, Hymn gifts, Presentation and Library gifts, school requirements.bookmark, adverising, hughan

The Bendigo Whiteworks was proposed in February 1910 and by 1918 was known as the Economic Factory.Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2002. Tough trimming: some of the girls from the cutting section of the Economic Factory in Wattle Street - earlier known as the ''Whiteworks''. Picture taken in 1937. Back row: Freda Buchanan, Winnie Roberts and Dorothy Lynch. Front row: Pat Hogan, Mary Dwyer and Violet Miller. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were