[Editor: This postcard, which incorporates a photograph of a gold-seeker’s site in a bush area, is undated; however, it is believed to have been published in the early 20th century (circa 1905-1912).]
[Front of postcard]
Williams.
S. Melb.
66. Fossicker’s claim, Daylesford.
[Description: A gold-seeker’s site in a bush area.]
[Reverse of postcard]
POST CARD.
(This space may be used for correspondence in accordance with the latest Federal Postal Regulations.)
(For address only.)
(Robbins’ Series, Copyright.)
[Handwritten text, in italics]
Dear Cora.
Arrived here safely and Gertie came to meet me, I came in with Alice to Richmond and saw Pat.
Spot sends his love.
Love from Verna.
[Addressed to:]
Miss C. Davis
“Strathmore”
Albion Rd
Box Hill
Source:
Original document
Editor’s notes:
Dimensions (approximate): 139 mm. (width), 87 mm. (height).
This postcard includes a dividing line, which indicates designated areas for correspondence (on the left) and the address of the recipient (on the right), in line with the Australian postage regulations introduced in 1905.
Even though this postcard was sent after the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia (1901), it has a Victorian postage stamp; nationwide postage stamps were not produced until 2 January 1913, with the introduction of the “Kangaroo and Map” stamps.
This postcard is undated; however, it is believed to have been published in the early 20th Century. The dividing line printed on the postcard indicates that it was made during or after 1905; the absence of a federal stamp is an indication (although not a surety) that it was sent prior to 1913.
Gertie = a diminutive form of the name “Gertrude”
Pat = a diminutive form of the female name “Patricia”; a diminutive form of the male name “Patrick”
[Editor: For ease of reading, the original text has been separated into paragraphs, and punctuation has been inserted as deemed appropriate.]
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