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To greet you [Christmas card, 1912]

12 September 2022 · 2 Comments

[Editor: This Christmas card, which incorporates a poem and a drawing of a young maiden holding an Australian flag, is dated 1912.]

To greet you

A Christmas card, with a drawing of a young maiden holding an Australian flag
Front of card



An Australian Christmas card
Inside of card

[Front of postcard]

To greet you

Industry and prosperity

Advance Australia

[Description: A drawing of a young maiden holding an Australian flag, situated above a plinth with the words “Advance Australia” carved on it.]

[Reverse of postcard]

[Handwritten text, in italics]

With Industry the Watchword
And Prosperity the Prize,
May every Year enrich the Soil
From which these Fruits arise.
The Labours of her Stalwart Sons,
Her Wealth and Strength enhance.
Uphold with will, her Motto still
Australia Advance!

“Should auld acquaintance be forgot?”
So runs the good old rhyme;
Then let this show that they are not
By me, this Christmas time.

From Daisey Cook
1912.

[No identifying information about the manufacturer was included on the card.]



Source:
Original document

Editor’s notes:
Dimensions (approximate): 118 mm. (width), 165 mm. (height).

The subject matter and text on the front of this card was printed on a bit of a slant; therefore, the reproduction of the card has been presented so that the subject matter and text are correctly aligned (which means that the card itself is not correctly aligned).

The back of the card was blank.

Filed Under: ephemera Tagged With: 500x500, Australian flag, Christmas, Christmas card, HTML tables (side) div style, IAC Ephemera Collection, SourceIACLibrary, year1912

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  1. Neriah 101 says

    13 November 2022 at 03:15

    Daisies
    Shall she grow
    The flannel flower
    That she become
    So the people of the mob
    Become unified
    As One
    To take at stand
    Freedom
    Brings those four letters of Word
    Where nothing to lose
    As already won

    X flannel of the flower tribe

    Reply
  2. neriah 101 says

    13 November 2022 at 03:18

    Such is life
    By those coolabah trees
    Where happy people gather
    Chatter as they please

    Reply

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