In his well illustrated book AUSSIE-OSITIES , cartoonist , book designer , author and reviewer Vane Lindesay, examined the Australian emerging identity before Federation in buildings, homes, hobbies and applied art. One section dealt with genuine, creative bookmarks and the wide range of other items from bus and tram tickets, confectionary wrappers , live matchsticks inserted in books for that purpose and left there for many years . While this blogger was searching books for a certain volume , out dropped this circa 1930s photograph which had been used as a bookmark . Writing on the back says the well dressed girl is four year old Elvie Cox. She is holding sprigs of wattle in one hand and the paw of a Kangaroo on a leash in the other . A blanket forms the background, possibly taken by a travelling photographer on Wattle Day . Another interesting old photograph from our collection is the girl below dressed as Australia in a backyard garden .
