Historical information
Schoolbag belonging to Joan Powling when she was a student at the Port Fairy Consolidated School in the 1960s.
Significance
The school bag is typical of the bag that children would carry their school work, lunch bag to and from school in this period. It evokes memories of another time period and is culturally significant to the life of children who attended the Port Fairy Consolidated School.
Physical description
Brown solid leather school bag with 2 backstraps, 2 buckle fasteners.
Inscriptions & markings
Solid leather 13.
Joan Powling.
