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  • In this book, the eighth in the postcard series we take a look at the city of Melbourne, Victoria’s beautiful capital. We see long forgotten street-scapes with buildings long gone, now replaced with modern edifices. The old cars chugging along the tree-lined streets are now collectors’ items. The beautiful Yarra River with its rowers can be seen as well as the Queen Victoria, Alexandra and Fitzroy Gardens. We leave the city and look at some of the surrounding areas starting at the suburb of Armadale, the home of the Rose Stereograph Company where these postcards were manufactured. We visit Port Melbourne and Williamstown the shipping ports and end up at the seaside suburb of St Kilda with holiday makers visiting Luna Park attractions and the nearby beaches having fun. As with others in this series this book gives a short history of the humble postcard and how they were made but it is very much a picture book filled with large photographs from old postcards. We think you will enjoy the picture journey.

    Melbourne City & Surrounds. A photographic tour by old postcards.

    $25.00
  • In this book we return to the Mornington Peninsula starting at Mornington. Facing Port Phillip Bay the place was originally called ‘Schnapper Point’ until renamed ‘Mornington’ in 1864 after the second Earl of Mornington. In the postcard era it was a popular destination for day trippers by excursion steamer or motor car. We see the two funnel paddle-steamer ‘Hygeia’ at the pier and the beautiful Grand Hotel before it was ‘modernised’. We go on to Mt. Martha formerly a farming community and now a tourist destination and a nice place to live. Then on to Dromana and Arthurs Seat the highest point on the peninsular. This location with the quaint title was named after a similar looking hill in Edinburgh in Scotland. On our wonderful photographic journey we see the old streetscapes in these places with vintage cars and beaches with people having fun.

    Mornington to Dromana. A photographic tour by old postcards

    $25.00
  • The popular tourist destination of Phillip Island is where we start our photographic tour. Before the days of bridges the only access was by sea when excursion boats and ferries brought residents and tourists back and forth. We see these vessels and the bridges that followed, the first opened in 1940. We tour San Remo on the mainland where the bridge connects. We journey east through the southern Gippsland region visiting the historic towns of Wonthaggi, Inverloch Korumburra and Leongatha. How things have changed. We stop to explore these places and note the old streetscapes and the hotels as they were. We continue onwards to Wilsons Promontory pausing to look at Toora and Foster. As with others in this series this book gives a short history of the humble postcard and how they were made but it is very much a picture book filled with large photographs from old postcards. We think you will enjoy the picture journey.

    Philip Island to Wilson’s Promontory – A photographic tour by old postcards

    $25.00
  • As with others in the series, this book is profusely illustrated with enlarged real photo type postcard images which were very popular many years ago. As with the other books it is limited to 50 pages each near A4 in size. We visit each town in turn, touring Port Campbell with its rugged gorges, the scene of many shipwrecks. In these coastal towns we see vintage cars and streetscapes with building long gone ending at Portland with its deep water port facilities.

    Port Campbell to Portland via Warrnambool & Port Fairy. A photographic tour by old postcards.

    $25.00
  • In this book THE SEVENTH IN THE SERIES we continue along the Mornington Peninsula starting at ROSEBUD where we see people having fun at the beach and vintage cars going down the streets of old. See the holiday camps and camping grounds with ridge-pole tents where holiday makers find cheap accommodation. We visit Le Souef’s aquarium and museum with its shark pool and snake pits. We see the sights of Rye and Blairgowrie on our way to Sorrento where the old Continental and Sorrento hotels await us. We see the two funnel paddle-steamer ‘Hygeia’ at the pier and note other smaller jetties for fishers along the coast. There are many attractions to see and one of the best is the water filtration barrels left in the sand by the Collins’ expedition of 1803 beautifully photographed by the photographer George Rose before being taken to museums in 1933. Then on to Portsea where we note the excursion steamer ‘Hygeia has caught up with us. Along the shore of the bay we see many bathing boxes and bathers having fun in the quiet waters. On the other side of the peninsula, the ocean waves crash along the shore and many surfers and swimmers enjoy the rougher conditions. The above is just a small taste of what you will see in this beautifully illustrated book.

    Rosebud to Portsea via Sorrento. A photographic tour by old postcards.

    $25.00
  • The Second Valley. A History of Second Valley, South Australia. 2nd Edition. Ron Blum

    The Second Valley. A History of Second Valley, South Australia. 2nd Edition

    $35.00
  • In February 1904, Port Arthur was a heavily fortified and strategically important treaty port in Manchuria under Russian occupation. War was imminent with Japan, following the breaking of diplomatic relations yet the immediacy of the threat was not recognised. On the evening of the 8th February, 1904, ten Japanese destroyers secretly silently approached the outer harbour. Under cover of darkness the ships churned in at full speed, discharged their torpedoes in quick succession at the unprepared Russian ships, and then fled out to sea. So started the Russo/Japanese war with the Russian Pacific Fleet in tatters, leaving the battle for the fortress largely to the armies. The struggle lasted nearly a year and claimed tens of thousands of lives before Port Arthur finally fell to the Japanese during the first few days of 1905. "The Siege at Port Arthur" relates the struggle for the fortress through three dimensional photographs (from the Ron Blum Collection) of the actual events as they happened- The reader can bring the action to life using the stereoscopic viewer included with the book. This profusely illustrated book printed in 1987, is a hardback of 112 pages, is considered to be rare. The book includes a three dimensional viewer located inside the back cover. NOTE. This book was thought to be sold out about 25 years ago but the author has recently discovered a box of them ‘brand new! Perfect for those interested in 3-D, military or a good read.

    The Siege at Port Arthur – The Russo-Japanese War through the stereoscope.

    $30.00
  • In this book, the eleventh in the postcard series we start at the small township of Noojee once noted as timber cutting town and we see evidence of this in our book. South to Drouin we travel east visiting the towns along the Princes Highway through the Latrobe Valley. Warragul, Trafalgar, Moe, Yallourn, Morwell, Traralgon, Rosedale and Sale are all seen by the magic eye of the photographer’s camera which captures these places as they were many years ago. Vintage cars in a changing landscape are seen in great detail. As with others in this series this book gives a short history of the humble postcard and how they were made but it is very much a picture book filled with large photographs from old postcards. We think you will enjoy the picture journey.

    West and Central Gippsland – A tour by old postcards

    $25.00
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