[Editor: This Christmas postcard, which incorporates a drawing of a wallaby, and a poem, is dated 18 November 1910.]
The Land of the Wallaby
[Front of postcard]
The Land of the Wallaby
Christmas
Here’s to the Land of the Wallaby,
The land of the Fair and Free;
Good Luck to the Land of the Wallaby
And Good Luck to you and me;
But if in the Land of the Wallaby
You find Good Luck won’t come to you,
Do the best that you can, bear up like a man,
Don’t kick up a WALLABY-LOO!
[Description: A drawing of a wallaby, with a horseshoe and some wattle blossom, accompanied by the words “The Land of the Wallaby”, along with a poem.]
[Reverse of postcard]
[Handwritten text, in italics]
Brisbane
Nov 18/10
Dear Miss Nomens,
Please accept my best wishes for a Bright and Happy Xmas and a Glad & Prosperous New Year & may your future be full of joy is the sincere wish of yours very sincerely
J. W. Walker
[Addressed to:]
Miss Minnie Nomens
2241 Pacific Grove
Alameda
California
U.S.A.
[Manufacturer’s information:]
B.B., London. Series No. X 1711. Made in England.
Source:
Original document
Editor’s notes:
Dimensions (approximate): 140 mm. (width), 89 mm. (height).
Xmas = an abbreviation of “Christmas”
[Editor: Changed “wont come” to “won’t come”.]
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