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.
1405.141 Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Yass
1405.142 Murrumbidgee River, Yeumburra, Yass
1405.143 Tumut, Bridge
1405.144 Clyde River, Bateman's Bay
1405.145 The Canopy, Orient Cave. Jenolan
1405.146 The Gap, Watson's Bay, Sydney, N.S.W.
1405.147 Early Morning, Nobby, Newcastle, N.S.W.
1405.148 Clovelly (Little Coogee), near Sydney
1405.149 Burrin Juck looking downstream
1405.150 Circular Quay, Sydney N.S.W.
1405.151 The Spit, Middle Harbour, Sydney
1405.152 Sydney Harbour
1405.153 Barren Jack City
1405.154 Cooma St, Yass
1405.155 Cooma St, Yass
1405.156 Fort Macquarie & H. M. S. Powerful, Sydney N.S.W.
1405.157 Waterfalls, Yass River
1405.158 Canberra Church
1405.159 Sylvia Fall, Blue Mountains, N.S.W.
1405.160 The Sydney University