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Postcard - Elliot Postcard Collection: Australia, 1895 - 1914

  • This coloured card shows a crowded city street lined with commercial buildings, pedestrians and a horse-drawn vehicle: On the card is printed “Pitt Street, Sydney”.

    1405.221 This coloured card shows a crowded city street lined with commercial buildings, pedestrians and a horse-drawn vehicle: On the card is printed “Pitt Street, Sydney”.

  • This coloured card shows Sydney Town Hall with horse-drawn carriages in front: On the card is printed “TOWN HALL SYDNEY Copyright.”

    1405.222 This coloured card shows Sydney Town Hall with horse-drawn carriages in front: On the card is printed “TOWN HALL SYDNEY Copyright.”

  • This coloured card shows a broad city street beside a park, lined with buildings, pedestrians and motor vehicles: On the card is printed “ELIZABETH STREET, SYDNEY.”

    1405.223 This coloured card shows a broad city street beside a park, lined with buildings, pedestrians and motor vehicles: On the card is printed “ELIZABETH STREET, SYDNEY.”

  • This coloured card shows the front of a large hospital building with verandahs and a fenced entrance: On the card is printed “Newcastle Hospital, N. S. W.”

    1405.224 This coloured card shows the front of a large hospital building with verandahs and a fenced entrance: On the card is printed “Newcastle Hospital, N. S. W.”

  • This black-and-white card shows a road cutting through a rocky gorge with people and a horse-drawn cart: On the card is printed “PART OF THE CUTTING, BARREN JACK. WILL THOMSON, PUBLISHER. C. N. HOWARD, YASS. COPYRIGHT PHOTO.”

    1405.225 This black-and-white card shows a road cutting through a rocky gorge with people and a horse-drawn cart: On the card is printed “PART OF THE CUTTING, BARREN JACK. WILL THOMSON, PUBLISHER. C. N. HOWARD, YASS. COPYRIGHT PHOTO.”

  • This black-and-white card shows waterfront houses built among rocky slopes: On the card is printed “my abode” and “"GENOA,” MUSGRAVE STREET, MOSMAN.”

    1405.226 "This black-and-white card shows waterfront houses built among rocky slopes: On the card is printed “my abode” and ““GENOA,” MUSGRAVE STREET, MOSMAN.”

  • This coloured card shows jockeys and racehorses gathering before a race, with one horse rearing: On the card is printed “CHARLES HAMMOND. No. 2. How We Beat The Favourite Some parting injunction, bestowed with great unction, I tried to recall, but forgot like a dunce, When Reginald Murray, full tilt on White Surrey, Came down in a hurry to start us at once.”

    1405.227 This coloured card shows jockeys and racehorses gathering before a race, with one horse rearing: On the card is printed “CHARLES HAMMOND. No. 2. How We Beat The Favourite Some parting injunction, bestowed with great unction, I tried to recall, but forgot like a dunce, When Reginald Murray, full tilt on White Surrey, Came down in a hurry to start us at once.”

  • This black-and-white card shows an exposed rock formation on a hillside: On the card is printed “Anticline, Taemas near Yass. WILL THOMSON, PUBLISHER.”

    1405.228 This black-and-white card shows an exposed rock formation on a hillside: On the card is printed “Anticline, Taemas near Yass. WILL THOMSON, PUBLISHER.”

  • This black-and-white card shows a kiosk among trees in botanical gardens: On the card is printed “The Kiosk, Botanic Gardens, Toowoomba, Q.”

    1405.230 This black-and-white card shows a kiosk among trees in botanical gardens: On the card is printed “The Kiosk, Botanic Gardens, Toowoomba, Q.”

  • This coloured card shows a crowded city street lined with commercial buildings, pedestrians and a horse-drawn vehicle: On the card is printed “Pitt Street, Sydney”.
  • This coloured card shows Sydney Town Hall with horse-drawn carriages in front: On the card is printed “TOWN HALL SYDNEY Copyright.”
  • This coloured card shows a broad city street beside a park, lined with buildings, pedestrians and motor vehicles: On the card is printed “ELIZABETH STREET, SYDNEY.”
  • This coloured card shows the front of a large hospital building with verandahs and a fenced entrance: On the card is printed “Newcastle Hospital, N. S. W.”
  • This black-and-white card shows a road cutting through a rocky gorge with people and a horse-drawn cart: On the card is printed “PART OF THE CUTTING, BARREN JACK. WILL THOMSON, PUBLISHER. C. N. HOWARD, YASS. COPYRIGHT PHOTO.”
  • This black-and-white card shows waterfront houses built among rocky slopes: On the card is printed “my abode” and “"GENOA,” MUSGRAVE STREET, MOSMAN.”
  • This coloured card shows jockeys and racehorses gathering before a race, with one horse rearing: On the card is printed “CHARLES HAMMOND. No. 2. How We Beat The Favourite Some parting injunction, bestowed with great unction, I tried to recall, but forgot like a dunce, When Reginald Murray, full tilt on White Surrey, Came down in a hurry to start us at once.”
  • This black-and-white card shows an exposed rock formation on a hillside: On the card is printed “Anticline, Taemas near Yass. WILL THOMSON, PUBLISHER.”
  • This black-and-white card shows a kiosk among trees in botanical gardens: On the card is printed “The Kiosk, Botanic Gardens, Toowoomba, Q.”

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

This item contains the following:

Nine Australian postcards collected by Mrs. James Elliot between 1898 and 1915.

1405.221 This coloured card shows a crowded city street lined with commercial buildings, pedestrians and a horse-drawn vehicle: On the card is printed “Pitt Street, Sydney”.

1405.222 This coloured card shows Sydney Town Hall with horse-drawn carriages in front: On the card is printed “TOWN HALL SYDNEY Copyright.”

1405.223 This coloured card shows a broad city street beside a park, lined with buildings, pedestrians and motor vehicles: On the card is printed “ELIZABETH STREET, SYDNEY.”

1405.224 This coloured card shows the front of a large hospital building with verandahs and a fenced entrance: On the card is printed “Newcastle Hospital, N. S. W.”

1405.225 This black-and-white card shows a road cutting through a rocky gorge with people and a horse-drawn cart: On the card is printed “PART OF THE CUTTING, BARREN JACK. WILL THOMSON, PUBLISHER. C. N. HOWARD, YASS. COPYRIGHT PHOTO.”

1405.226 "This black-and-white card shows waterfront houses built among rocky slopes: On the card is printed “my abode” and ““GENOA,” MUSGRAVE STREET, MOSMAN.”

1405.227 This coloured card shows jockeys and racehorses gathering before a race, with one horse rearing: On the card is printed “CHARLES HAMMOND. No. 2. How We Beat The Favourite Some parting injunction, bestowed with great unction, I tried to recall, but forgot like a dunce, When Reginald Murray, full tilt on White Surrey, Came down in a hurry to start us at once.”

1405.228 This black-and-white card shows an exposed rock formation on a hillside: On the card is printed “Anticline, Taemas near Yass. WILL THOMSON, PUBLISHER.”

1405.230 This black-and-white card shows a kiosk among trees in botanical gardens: On the card is printed “The Kiosk, Botanic Gardens, Toowoomba, Q.”

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