[Editor: This postcard, which incorporates a photograph of a mob of sheep, mustered near a body of water, is postmarked 26 December 1905.]
[Front of postcard]
Station life in Australia
[Handwritten text, in italics]
Good Luck for 1906.
[Description: A mob of sheep, mustered near a body of water.]
[Reverse of postcard]
Post Card
For postage in Australia and New Zealand only
This space may be used for communication.
[Handwritten text, in italics]
To dear Mrs & Miss Roberts
Wishing you both a merry Xmas & happy New Year.
From Killarney Friends
(For address only.)
[Addressed to:]
Mrs Roberts.
26 Grafton St
Woollahra
Art Series – Copyright.
[No identifying information about the manufacturer was included on the postcard.]
Source:
Original document
Editor’s notes:
Dimensions (approximate): 133 mm. (width), 84 mm. (height).
The postage stamps on this postcard have covered some of the printed text, but the text is believed to be “(For address only.)”.
Google Maps shows that Grafton Street is currently located in Bondi Junction (NSW), just south of the border of Woollahra; however, the 1906 edition of Sands’ Sydney, Suburban and Country Commercial Directory lists Grafton Street as part of Woollahra (NSW); it also shows a Mrs. Roberts residing at 26 Grafton Street (East side), Woollahra.
See: “Sands’ Sydney, Suburban and Country Commercial Directory for 1906”, Sydney: John Sands, 1906, p. 668
station = a large rural holding used for raising livestock, usually sheep or cattle (a pastoral property); can also refer to the principal homestead and main business centre of a pastoral property
See: “Station (Australian agriculture)”, Wikipedia
Xmas = an abbreviation of “Christmas”
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