Notice of 2023 – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
11:00 am, Saturday 2nd September 2023at Glebe, NSW * and via Zoom The final Agenda and Zoom link will be forwarded closer to the date. Please advise the Secretary via email...
Australiana at AAADA Melbourne Fair
The Australiana Society's stand at the AAADA Melbourne Fair, 9-12 June 2023. Please visit and say hello!
21st Australiana Virtual Show and Tell Report
1 Wool bale stencil Wool bale stencil: S570 with map of Australia 20 x17.5 cm This synthetic fabric stencil used to provide an identity mark on wool bales was acquired...
20th Australiana Virtual Show and Tell Report
1 Whale Ivory Glass Made by Crestfurn Albany WA. Height 20cm. As the manufacturer is in Albany WA, we assume the glass manufacturing process uses byproducts of the whaling industry....
19th Australiana Virtual Show and Tell Report
1 The Jockey Club Silver Cup, 1857 Maker: George Angell, London, 1856. Height 20cm, weight 484 g Inscription: “Jockey Club won by Cardinal Wiseman, the Property of Ben Jnr Warby...
President’s Update
Annual General Meeting 2022 Thank you to the members who attended the 2022 Annual General Meeting in person or via zoom. Thank you also for the show of support to...
“Love and Passion in Van Diemen’s Land”
Narryna, 103 Hampton Road, Battery Point Sunday - 6th November 2022 2pm The passionate private life of George Meredith (1777-1856) "King of Oyster Bay" is the back story to this...
18th Australiana Virtual Show and Tell Report
1 The Royal Humane Society of Australasia Pupil Award Medal Bronze medal for proficiency in swimming with reference to saving life. The Royal Humane Society of Australasia (RHSA) was established...
17th Australiana Virtual Show and Tell Report
1 Leslie Wilkie’s artist’s palette 1908 Cedar, width 495 mm, height 330 mm An artist’s palette is a thin, flat board that has a hole for the thumb at one...
Australiana Society Sydney Tour, March 2022
By Peter Crawshaw After two previous attempts to plan a tour by the NSW Branch and being stymied by COVID and lockdowns thirty-four excited members gathered on the 18th March...
16th Australiana Virtual Show and Tell Report
1 Henry Miles’ Death of the Wild Horse Oil on canvas, c 1875 – 1885. 50.5 cm x 63.5 cm Englishman Henry Miles (1813–1900) was the Pound Keeper at North...
15th Australiana Virtual Show and Tell Report
1 Influenza Emergency Worker Breast Badge Badge in white metal, pin-backed, reverse usually plain but some examples have ‘Angus & Coote’, 1919. Size 2.5 x 3.8 cm. Photo courtesy Noble...
14th Australiana Virtual Show and Tell Report
1 Something Lost Something Found Watercolour near The Glebe Sydney James Coutts Crawford, Size 260 x180 cm In the August 2020 Australiana we [Robert and Peter] wrote an article about...
