Advance Australia

Accession Number RC06321
Collection number Postcard Collection (Silk Postcards) 10/1/38
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 8.9 x 13.5cm
Object type Postcard
Maker Unknown
Place made France
Date made 1914-1919
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Embroidered silk postcard made in France during the First World War. This postcard features the Rising Sun badge, a kangaroo holding an Australian flag and the Southern Cross. A sprig of wattle and a single red rose also appear in the design.

This card was sent to Louisa May Whale from Stan, Hurdcott Camp, on Anzac Day 1917.