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.
1405.301 Corra Lin
1405.302 Moonlight on the River
1405.303 Horsemen on an Australian Station
1405.304 A Fern Gully
1405.305 Many Topped Tree-Fern
1405.306 River Yarra. Warburton
1405.307 River Yarra at Heidelberg
1405.308 Scene at Heidelberg
1405.309 Woodend Road opposite Braemar
1405.310 Nellie Stewart
1405.311 Half Moon Bay, Torquay near Geelong
1405.312 Mount St. George, Lorne, Victoria
1405.313 Banks of the Yarra, Warburton, Victoria
1405.314 Malhinna Falls, Healesville, Victoria
1405.315 Trentham Falls
1405.316 Rural Scene
1405.317 Fishermen's Return
1405.318 Barkly St - Ararat
1405.319 Pulpit Rock, Buffalo Mountain
1405.320 A Mountain Cascade
