I thought I would combine the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet on January 26th 1788, with the recent launch of our very own WordPress collection plugin, to bring you a selection of objects themed “Australia Day”. I hope you enjoy! click on any individual objects you would like to more about.
96/130/1 Stamp album and packaging, 'The collection of 1992 Australian stamps', paper/cardboard/plastic, Australia Post, Australia, 1992
N11093 Badge, Australia Day 1916, tin / celluloid, maker unknown, Australia, 1916
86/784-6 Badge, "Australia Day 1918"
88/939-3 Badge, Australia Day Badge, 1988, Map, Kangaroo
N11094 Badge, Australia Day 1917, tin / celluloid, maker unknown, Australia, 1917
N21452 Badge, Australia, World War I. Patriotic, Australia Day, July 1918, tin. (CI).
94/54/8 Stamp pack, 'Australia Day 1992', paper, Australia Post, Australia, 1992
96/395/6 Certificate, framed, Australia Day Ambassador presented to Nancy Bird Walton, paper/glass, Australia, [1988]
N11099 Badge, Australia Day Anniversary, tin / celluloid, maker unknown, Australia, 1918
N13029 Badge, Australia Day 1918, celluloid / tin, maker unknown, Australia, 1918
96/131/1 Stamp album and packaging, 'The collection of 1995 Australian stamps', paper, Australia Post, 1995
N11095 Badge, Australia Day 1917, tin / celluloid, maker unknown, Australia, 1917
89/1485-65 Badge, Australia, 'Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund Australia Day 1940', around map of Australia, circular tin plate, red/white/blue
90/517 Booklet, Celebration of Australia Day, NSW Bicentennial Council, Australia 1988
96/130/2 Stamp album and packaging, 'The collection of 1993 Australian stamps', paper/cardboard/plastic, Australia Post, Australia, 1993
90/222 Poster, 'Australia Day Invasion Day', Wendy Dunn with assistance from Alice Hinton-Bateup, for Garage Graphix, screenprint on paper, Mount Druitt, New South Wales, Australia, 1987
If you love the Museum’s collection, have a WordPress blog, and feel like embedding some objects, you can download the plugin, read the online documentation, and go for it!
