An Australian Bush Study [postcard, 6 March 1911]

[Editor: This postcard incorporates a photo of an Australian bush scene. The postcard is postmarked Melbourne, 6 March 1911.]

An Australian bush study

Postcard, with an Australian bush scene — Front of postcard

Australian postcard, 6 March 1911 — Reverse of postcard

[Front of postcard]

An Australian bush study

[Photo of an Australian bush scene.]

[Reverse of postcard]

[Handwritten text, in italics]

“Home Affairs”
6. 3. 1911

Hope you are having a good trip, and are not too bad.

Love from us all.

Floris
Brownie
Florrie

[Addressed to:]

Miss Waterworth
R.M.S. “Orsova”
Fremantle
W.A.

H&B

Source:
Original document

Editor’s notes:
Dimensions (approximate): 91 mm. (width), 140 mm. (height).

It appears that this postcard is addressed to Miss M. Waterworth. In the “Shipping” lists of 1 March 1911, published by The Daily Telegraph, in the section “Homeward by the R.M.S. Orsova”, appears the following: “The following is a list of the passengers booked by the Orient R.M.S. Orsova, sailing from the Quay at 4p.m. to-day, for London, via ports:— [here follows a long list of names] … Mr. and Mrs. R. Waterworth, Miss M. Waterworth”.
See: “Shipping”, The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW), 1 March 1911, p. 13

An advertisement for Harding & Billing, 1906 — An advertisement for Harding & Billing (*The Bulletin*, 25 October 1906, p. 16)

This postcard was manufactured by Harding & Billing. The trademark of Harding & Billing was an artist’s palette with “H&B” in the middle.

R.M.S. = Royal Mail Ship (RMS is the prefix used for seagoing ships which are contracted to carry mail for the Royal Mail postal service of the United Kingdom)

W.A. = an abbreviation of Western Australia (a colony in Australia from 1829, then a state in 1901; previously known as the Swan River Colony)

[Editor: For ease of reading, punctuation has been inserted as deemed appropriate.]