Australian shinplaster & calabash Notes : "outback currency" / Michael P. Vort-Ronald

Bib ID:
10005586
Format:
Book
Author:
Vort-Ronald, Michael P, author
Online Access:
National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
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Edition:
Third edition.
Access Conditions:
National edeposit: Available onsite at the National Library of Australia, State Library of South Australia
Description:
  • Willaston, South Australia : Michael P. Vort-Ronald, 2023
  • ©2023
  • 1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, maps.
File Characteristics:
text file PDF 98.8MB
ISBN:
9780645616262 (PDF)
Series:
Vort-Ronald publication ; no. 165.
Summary:

The remoteness of outback Australia from around the mid 1800s to the early 1900s resulted in unique practices reaching a peak to cater for the monetary needs of both local businesses and workers. An "I.O.U." system became commonly used in remote places in Australia. The lower denominations were a simple printed IOU and became known variously as shinplasters, calabashes, merchant notes, money tokens, queer money or blankets. This edition collates information and illustrations from auction catalogues and sale lists for 50 years from 1972 to 2023 inclusive, and adding 30 pages to the first edition. --Adapted from Preface and Introduction.

Notes:
  • "Including illustrations of notes from the Dixson and Mitchell Library Collections (State Library N.S.W.) in Sydney and the Australian National Library Collection in Canberra, adding newspaper items and obituaries 1850-1950."--Subtitle.
  • First edition, January 2007. Second edition, August 2007. This edition, August 2023.
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