Postcard - Australia, Elliot Collection, 1895 - 1914

Historical information

Thought to have originated in Austria in 1869, postcards first gained popularity in Australia in the 1890s.They were used to send short messages to friends and family.
This collection was generated by Mary Emma Elliot of Talgarno.
Talgarno is a rural locality in Victoria, Australia, situated on the southern shoreline of Lake Hume, about 23 km east of Albury-Wodonga. The collection contains postcards from across the world.
Mary Emma Sibley was born in Ironbark, Bendigo in 1859.
She married James Elliot in 1893 and they settled at “Kelso”, Talgarno.
They had two children – Mona and Sibley.
Mary Emma Elliot died in Melbourne in 1944, aged 84 years.

Physical description

Australian postcards collected by Mrs. James Elliot between 1898 and 1915.
1405.021 Crystal Palace R I Jenolan
1405.022 Snowball Cave, Lucas, Jenolan, N.S.W.
1405.023 The Great Zig-Zag
1405.024 Sydney Harbour and Botanical Gardens
1405.025 Barren Jack Works
1405.026 Mountain Homes, Illawarra
1405.027 The Weir, Yass
1405.028 Forest Creek Falls, Yass
1405.029 Yass Town
1405.030 Musgrove Point
1405.031 St. Clements Church of England, Yass
1405.032 Watson's Bay, Sydney
1405.033 Coal Mine Gully, Blackheath, N.S. W.
1405.034 Barren Jack, Murrumbidgee River, Yass
1045.035 The Heads, Sydney Harbour
1405.036 Hyde Park, Sydney
1105.037 Court House, Bourke
1405.038 Oldham
1405.039 Thirroul
1405.040 Blake's Exchange Library, Albury

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