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.
1405.121 Weeping Rock, Wentworth Falls, N.S.W.
1405.122 On Manley Beach - The French Barque, "Vincennes"
1405.123 Mosman Bay, Sydney
1405.124 Mosman Bay, from Cremorne
1405.125 Cremorne Point, Sydney Harbour
1405.126 A Bush Homestead
1405.127 Gap, Watson's Bay, Sydney
1405.128 Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, nr Sydney
1405.129 Head of Wentworth Falls. Blue Mountains
1405.130 Silver Tree
1405.131 Three Sisters, Katoomba
1405.132 Terrace Falls, Hazlebrook
1405.133 Jenolan Cave
1405.134 Brooklyn, Hawkesbury River, N.S.W.
1405.135 New Falls, Wentworth
1405.136 Cambewarra Pass, South Coast, N.S.W.
1405.137 Walker's Hospital, Parramatta River, near Sydney
1405.138 Manse Hill, Yass
1405.139 St. Augustine's R.C. Church, Yass
1405.140 Murrumbidgee River, Yeumburra, Yass