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Symbols of Australia: “Trademarks are a symbol of a culture… and a country’s distilled history.” So begins the introduction of the remarkable book Symbols of Australia by Mimmo Cozzolino and Fysh Rutherford. The symbols shown here provide “visual delights… quaint slices of life from the past… and (the hope for) confidence in our search for independence, and faith to determine our own future.” From top left, left to right: White Way (cleaning preparation), Nutt & Jones, Sydney, 1926. Cooee, Dixon & Sons (manufactured tobacco), Sydney and Brisbane, 1893.Dingo Brand (flour), The Great Southern Flour Mills Ltd, Narrogin, Western Australia, 1917.Emu Brand (pottery wares), James Allard, Melbourne, 1906.Billy Tea (wrapper), James Inglis & Co., tea and coffee merchants, Sydney, 1896.Boomerang (metal goods), F. A. Turner, 1921. Unsurpassed Australian Made (footwear), J. H. Sharwood, Melbourne, 1917.Gay Boy, Shyne Mfg. Co., 1935.Gum Tree (flour), Crosby Mann & Co., Ltd, Adelaide, 1928.Sharkol (fish oil), The Producers’ Co-op. Distributing Society Ltd, Sydney, 1941.Diggaburra, The Digger Tea Supply Co., Queensland, 1922.Surfo Girl (swimming costumes) Murdoch’s in Park St. Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1928.
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