Summary
Postcard featuring black and white image of Condun's Gully Healesville and features a hiker. The postcard also includes a handwritten message.
It is one of sixty seven postcards dated from the 5 January 1904 to 16 April 1907, all addressed to James Baird Scott and his family living in Paisley, Scotland. Fifty three of the cards are sent from Victoria, Australia, by Marion Flinn and her family and feature Melbourne landmarks and suburbs, scenes from Victoria and New South Wales. Fourteen postcards are sent from various international locations including South Africa, Nigeria, India, Singapore and western Europe apparently by extended members of James Baird's family either holidaying or working.
Physical Description
Black and white postcard, with image of Condon's Gully in Healesville. Image depicts a nature scene with hiker. Hand writing around the image. Reverse side with hand written address and date stamp. Stamps were removed.
Significance
This collection of early 20th century postcards provides an invaluable pictorial record of urban and rural landscapes in Melbourne,Victoria and New South Wales. It also captures the social and political attitudes and observations of one Melbourne family, relating to domestic and social life, literature, politics, and Australian culture. Themes such as nationalism, the postiion of women and prejudices surrounding Aboriginal Australians, global shipping and communication are also referenced by both the visual iconography and the commentary on the postcards.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Home & Community, Leisure, Information & Communication, Images & Image Making, Public Life & Institutions
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Moreen Shields, Jun 2011
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Inscriptions
Printed: Condon's Gully, Healesville. Handwritten text: 37 Albert Street E. Melbourne 27.4.04 ' My dear Cousin, I intended to send you a coloured card like the others but when your pretty card by the Stein came yesterday I needs must choose on which I could write more and thank you for the sweet little Wordsworth thiane view. I too am pleased that you like the views of Melbourne and as long as the printers of cards print, you may expect them. "After that the dark" I know only one verse of Lord Eglintourn's beginning "from the lone sh" and ending with "our father's land" It recurs in one of A. K. W. Boyds chatty essays- that verse I think lovely and so true. With kindest wishes for the new home much love Marion' Mr J. B. Scott 12 Hillview Paisley Scotland
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Overall Dimensions
83 mm (Width), 140 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Bushland, Correspondence, Postcards, Rural Landscapes, Scottish Communities, Scottish Immigration
