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.
1405.221 Pitt St, Sydney
1405.222 Town Hall, Sydney
1405.223 Elizabeth St, Sydney
1405.224 Newcastle Hospital, N. S. W.
1405.225 Part of the Cutting, Barren Jack
1405.226 "Genoa", Musgrave St, Mosman
1405.227 How We Beat The Favourite
1405.228 Anticline, Taemas near Yass
1405.229 Syncline, Narrengullen, near Yass
1405.230 The Kiosk, Botanic Gardens, Toowoomba, QLD
1405.231 "Australian Pearls"
1405.232 Kuranda Station, Cairns Railway, QLD
1405.233 Kangaroo Point, Brisbane
1405.234 Executive Buildings, Brisbane
1405.235 Barron Falls, Cairns, N. Q.
1405.236 Town Hall, Toowoomba
1405.237 The Hospital, Toowoomba, QLD
1405.238 Kuranda Station, Cairns Railway, QLD (2nd copy)
1405.239 Victoria Bridge, from Parliament House, Brisbane
1405.240 View from Pine Inlet
