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Part of World War II ephemera material
Ephemera Collection
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Ephemera
publications -- such as pamphlets, leaflets, invitations, cards and
menus -- provide an important record of Australian life. Sir John
Ferguson, the doyen of collectors of Australiana, amassed a significant
collection of ephemera in addition to great rarities, manuscripts and
early imprints. This is unusual for a collector of Ferguson’s stature,
and the diverse range of his everyday ephemera, now held in the
National Library, is revealed in the story on page 3.
July 2006 Volume XVI Number 10
CATCHING MINNOWS
Richard Stone samples the rich resource of printed ephemera in the Ferguson Collection
SPEAK WHAT YOU EAT
arah Olive samples a range of Australian menus and suggests that we are eating our way to a national identity
THE ULTIMATE INSIDER
Stephen Holt reflects on the career of influential political journalist Alan Reid
A FAMILIAR ICON
Donna Vaughan describes how folklore collector Bill Wannan documented a way of life that has now largely disappeared
ROBERT HODDLE: PIONEER SURVEYOR-ARTIST IN AUSTRALIA
Berres Hoddle Colville examines the contribution of one of Australia’s great surveyors
FRIENDS
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