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Coogee Media Archives

Coogee Media is digitising its archive and putting it online for free public access. These are documents we have used in our stories. Use the material for your research, personal interest or publication needs. All we ask is that you acknowledge our archives as the source of your material and our website at www.coogeemedia.com.au.

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COOGEE & EASTERN SUBURBS

  • Books n' Brains - Bookshop bookmark and calendar for 1992
    Bookmark with caldendar for 1992 on reverse for Books n' Brains bookshop which operated at 201 Coogee Bay Road during the 1980s and 1990s.
  • Clovelly R.S.L & Air Force Club Enamel Membership Badges, 2010 & 2003
  • Choys Restaurant Randwick - business card and menu
  • Choys Restaurant Randwick - May 2024
    Choy's Chinese Restaurant at 133 Belmore Road Randwick opened in 1976 by Bill Choy and will close in mid-May 2024 after 48 years of business. It became a local institution for its Cantonese sytle cusiane attracting lunch guests, families and university stutdents with it extensive menu and reasonable prices. The Clovelly Returned Services League (RSL) and Air Force Club (AFC) used to occupy the former movie theatre at 263-269 Clovelly Road, Clovelly
  • Coogee Bay Road, No. 201 Books 'n Brains - bookshop bookmark - 1992
  • Coogee Sports Club Enamel Membership Badge, 1985
    The Coogee Sports Club used to operate from the building at 29-31 Alfreda Street, Coogee
  • Coogee Legion Club Enamel Membership Badge, 1992
    200 Arden Street, Coogee
  • Coogee Bowling Club Scorecard, c1960s
    Also features ads from Jack Lopatas Atlantic Service State of 8 Perouse Road Randwick, Hancock's Hardware Store, 153 Alison Road Randwick, Dophin Motors of 123 Dolphin Street Coogee, and Coogee Builders' Supply of 6 Havelock Avenue, Coogee.
  • Corban International Motel, 183 Coogee Bay Road, Coogee
    This 40 room Motel with swimming pool was located at 183 Cogee Bay Road (now occupied by the Adina Apartments) from c1965 to c1993
  • Coogee Minnows - enamel and metal medallion
    Coogee Minnows is Australia’s longest continually running Junior Surf Life Saving Club, formed around 1963 for children from 5 to 13 and aims to give them a base in lifesaving skills and competition in beach activities.
  • Captain Cook Medallion, 1970 : Bronzed medallion issued by the now defunct Sydney newspaper The Daily Mirror in 1970 to commemorate the bicentenary of the landing of Cook at Botany Bay.
  • Captain Cook Medallion, 1970 : Bronzed medallion issued by Botany Municipal Council in 1970 to commemorate the bicentenary of the landing of Cook at Botany Bay.
  • Coronation Medal, 1937 - Waverley Council
    To Commemorate Their Majesties Coronation, May 1937 - Australian celebrations. Obverse: Presented by Waverley Municipal Council, 12th May 1937. Maker: Millers
  • South Sydney Junior Rugby League Footbal Club - enamel membership badges, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1989 & 1992
    The South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League is an affiliation of junior clubs in the South Sydney area, including from Coogee. The social club is a separate organisation operating as a registered club with premises in Kingsford, now branded as "The Juniors". It is one of the largest of its type in the state. Enamel badges provided members with identification access until replaced by plastic digital cards.
  • The Story of the Eastern Suburbs Railway 1979 Booklet
    A 16 page booklet (including paper covers), stapled on spine, issued to commemorate the 1979 opening of the Eastern Suburbs Railway line from Sydney city to Bondi Junction. Issued by the Public Transport Commission of New South Wales. Illustrated with 9 photographs, route maps and tunnel depth chart.
  • Grotto Capri Restaurant, Kensington - matchbook
    Giovanni Battista opened the Grotto Restaurant at 97 - 101 Anzac Parade Kingsington in 1955. It was a Kensington fixture until it closed in 2011.

    PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY

  • Banana Coast Colour Laboratories - wallet for colour photo prints (1980s)
    Processing laboratories located in the Coffs Harbour region of NSW, includes protective sleeve for negatives
  • Chem Mart - wallet for colour photo prints (1980s)
  • Falk Studios - wallet for contact prints (c1930s)
    Falk Studios was established by Melbourne-born photographer H. Walter Barnett in George Street, Sydney in 1885. Barnett started his career in Stewart's portrait studio in Melbourne, opened his own rooms in Hobart and worked in the USA and London before returning to Sydney to set up his business. In 1888 he opened a second Sydney studio, in 164-6 Pitt Street, and in 1895 Falk Studios opened in Melbourne, managed by Barnett's sister Phoebe and brother Charles. Barnett moved to London to set up a studio in 1898, but Falk Studios continued to operate into the late 1930s.
  • Foto-Island Photographic print wallet, 1970s
  • Free Film Club - matches cover and mailing lablel, 1976
  • Harrington's Developing & Printing Service - photo wallet (c1950s)
  • Identity Studio (c1930s)
    Bussiness/Collection Card from Identity Photographic Studio (Strand Branch) of 53 Little Strand Arcade and 175 Pitt Street, Sydney. From the 1930s through to the early 1960s, commercial photographers would station themselves in busy Sydney city streets and snap photographs of passerbys in the hope that the subjects would be willing to buy a copy. Anyone who showed an interest in the work of these "street photographers" would be given a card to identify the photograph so that they could be purchased later at the photographer's place of business. These small studios tended to be clustered around the central city shopping arcades such as The Strand and Her Majesty's Aracade.
  • Identity Studio (1960s)
    Identity Studio (plastic photo wallet), 175 Pitt Street, Sydney, Phone: BL1732
  • Ilford Films - King Sized Prints - paper folder (c1950s)
  • Ilford Films: Let Us Enlarge Your Favourite Negatives - paper folder (c1950s)
    Ilford was founded in 1879 by Alfred Harman as the Britannia Works Company making photographic plates. It had a large site in the London town of Ilford. In 1902 it took the name of the town to become Ilford Limited despite the objections of the local council. Production of the roll started in 1912 and expanded to film papers, cameras, x-ray materials and other photographic supplies. In 1951 the Australian subsidiary was formed. A competitor to the American firm, Kodak, some people saw as being a superior brand because it was British.
  • Kamera Club Price List Booklet and Shipping Tag
    Kamera Club Photo Finishing Service of GPO Box 424F Sydney, 4 pages with price list of photo service and conditions of service, plus shipping tag
  • Kodak Prints - photo wallet (c1940s)
  • Kodak Prints - photo wallet (c1930s)
  • Kodak Prints - photo wallet (c1940s)
  • Kodak Prints - photo wallets, c1955
  • Kodak Prints - photo wallet (1958) golden jubilee edition
  • Kodak Prints - photo wallet (c1960s)
  • Kodak Prints - photo wallets, c1950s
  • Kodak Prints - photo wallets, c1960
  • Kodak Prints - photo wallet, c1965
  • Kodak (Australia) 4 page leaflet with services and prices - 1930s
    Kodak Australasia began in 1908 after it merged with the Melbourne photographic firm Baker and Rouse, finally closing it Melbourne factory in 2004.
  • Free Film Club matchbook, 1976
  • Mark Foys of Liverpool Street - PolyPhoto price list and order form (c1950s)
    Mark Foy's Limited or Mark Foy's was a department store in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, founded by Francis Foy and his brother Mark Foy. The department store was named after their father, Mark Foy (senior) and traded between 1885 and 1980.
  • Masters Photo - wallet for colour photo prints (1990s)
    Masters Photo - Camera House - Shop 13a , Wyoming Shopping Centre, Wyoming NSW 2250, Phone (043) 28 55588
  • Pacific Films - photo wallet (1970s)
  • Photos brand paper photo wallet, c1980
  • PM Colour Film - paper photo wallet (1950s)
    Paper photo wallet from P.M. Industries Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Australia - Ferraniacolor Film
  • Polaroid photo wallet, 1970s
  • Prestige Prints : paper photo negative wallet, 1970s
    Paper wallet for negative from Prestige Prints brand by Pacific Films Paper photo wallet for an instant Polaroid pring - 11 Smail Street, Ultimo NSW
  • Rabbit Photo - wallet for colour photo prints (1980s)
  • Simpsons Photo and Radio Service, Griffith Street, Coolangatta - photo wallet, c1950
  • NuAce photographic mounting corners, 1930s packaging & design

    COMMERCIAL HISTORY

  • Merchandising envelope for Handkerchiefs from Farmers (c1950s)
  • Farmers' Department Stores - Size Coding Scheme for Women (1972)
    Farmers' was a drapery business established in 1839 by Joseph and Caroline Farmer which became a retail empire and social institution and major department store. Located initially opposite the Victoria Theatre in Pitt Street, it expanded into a purpose built department store further south on Pitt Street in 1874. In 1960 Farmer and Co was acquired by the Myer Emporium Ltd. In 1976 the name of the store was changed to Myer. In April 1983 Grace Bros acquired the eleven Myer NSW stores, which became known as Grace Bros. Then in June 1983 Myer acquired Grace Bros. Holdings Ltd, the eleven stores retained their Grace Bros identity.
  • Rural Bank Bankcard Matchbook Advertising, c1980
    The Rural Bank of New South Wales was founded in 1933 by the State Government of New South Wales. Prior to 1982, a Branch of the Rural Bank operated from the three-storey commercial/residential building at 230 Coogee Bay Road, Coogee. In 1982 its was renamed State Bank of NSW, taken over by Colonial finance company as Colonial State Bank in 1992 and finally incorporated into the Commonwealth Bank in 2000. Bankcard was a shared brand credit card issued by financial institutions in Australia and New Zealand between 1974 and 2006.
  • Kayser - Merchandising envelope for gloves, hosiery and lingerie (c1940s)
  • Lux Soap - A Cute New Pattern Baby's knitted cardigan (1962)
  • Morrisons of Euroa - four page advertising leaflet: "Makers of Quality Apparel", 1980
    Country clothing manufacturer establsihed in the northern Victorial rural town of Euroa in 1973
  • Myra Elastic - merchandising card c1940s
    Myra : a Vida Product. Boilproof Elastic, 8 chord, Made in Australia, 3 yards. [Merchandising Card]
  • Kauzal's Surf Beach Estate, Bateman's Bay c. 1960
    Advertising leaflet for Kauzal's Surf Beach from Surf Beach Estate, [Real Estate Sub-division of building lots] Bateman's Bay, c1960 NSW
  • Snows Limited : packaging envelope for Snow's Invisable Fringe Net, c1935
    Sydney Snow Ltd, or "Snows" was a Sydney department store was established by Sir Sydney Snow (1887-1958) in 1912 and in business until the 1960s. It was a specialist in ladies apparel, footwear and household and furnishing drapery. The store was at 350-356 Pitt Street at the corner of Liverpool Street, Sydney.
  • Stamina brand 2-card leather wallet Crusander Cloth and Stamina Clothes
  • Stamina brand advertising leaftlet for boys school shorts, c1955
  • Stamina brand collector cards & packaging, c1955
    Advert from Stamina Clothing Company founded by Eric Hammil Gifford. It's mission was to provide school uniforms and every day quality work wear at a price attainable by the common man. The company trademark was a flying horse (Pegasus). Its advertising was focused on proud, masculine and athletic symbolism. Young customers were given collector cards, small wallets, and illustrated coloured booklets to encourage brand loyality. The company evenutally part of the Australian Woollen Mills business.
  • Wales Savings Bank advertising leaflet promoting money box savings scheme for children, 1973
    The Bank of New South Wales was established in 1817 in Sydney. During the mid-20th century, it was branded as "The Wales". In October 1982, the Bank of New South Wales merged with the Commercial Bank of Australia, taking on the new name, with new branding, of Westpac Banking Corporation. A branch of Bank of New South Wales (WESTPAC) was located on the corner of Vicar Street and Coogee Bay Road for many decades, temporarily relocatd to a shopfront at 235 Coogee Bay Road, and finally closed in around 2021.

    SYDNEY CITY & NEARBY AREAS

  • Australia Square double sided leaflet issued at the time of its completion in 1967.
  • Australia Square postcard published at the time of its completion in 1967
    Australia Square Tower is an office and retail complex in the central business district of Sydney at 264 George Street, noted for its cirucular shape. It was completed in 1967 and designed by Harry Seidler. At 170 metres, 50 stories tall, it was considered to be Australia's first "skyscraper" ( a building which exceeds 150 metres tall as desginated by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat).
  • Great White Fleet celebrations of 1908 - Stereoscopic card
    The visit of the United States' Great White Fleet to Sydney in 1908 caused great excitement and the celebrations included processions and displays. Country fire brigades take part in this view. Many saw the visit of the fleet as being a manifestation of the bonds holding the "white" Anglo-Saxon people together and of their "greatness".
  • The Forecourt Cafe, Sydney Opera House, c1988
    Cover matches from The Forecourt Cafe, Sydney Opera House, c1988
  • Pink Pussycat Night Club, Kings Cross promotional material
    The Pink Pussycat was a famous strip club and night club in Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross established in 1958 and which closed down in 2003.
  • Texas Tavern, Kings Cross - promotional matchbooks c1970s
    The Texas Tavern was a hotel and bar in Kings Cross owned by the colourful character Bernie Houghton, which was a popular night time venue from the R&R days of the 1960s until it closed.

    TRANSPORT

  • Ansett Airline Baggage Tag c1970s
    Ansett was an Australian domestic airline company founded by Reg Ansett in 1935 and that flew domestically and later on international routes until it folded in 2001
  • Highway Code: 12 page road safety booklet, Sydney, June 1938
    Small booklet produced by New South Wales Department of Transport in 1938 with road rules and road safety tips with forward by Lieut-Colonel Micharel Bruxner, Deputy Premier and Minister for Transport.
  • Sunlines Shipping Baggage Tag c1950s
    Shipping tag for tourist class from the American Export Lines passenger ship to Europe
  • M. V. Manunda Baggage/Luggage Tag, 1950s
  • M. V. Manunda -postcard view
    MV Manunda was an Australian registered and crewed passenger ship which was launched in 1928, and converted to a hospital ship in 1940. During the war Manunda saw service in both the Middle East and Pacific Campaigns, specifically New Guinea. She resumed her passenger duties after the war, before being sold to a Japanese company and finally broken up in 1957.
  • Swizzle Sticks - Three vintage Plastic Swizzle Stick Cocktail Stirrer 1970's (airlines that used to be prominent in Australia) Ansett Airlines, TAA, and Pan-Am
  • B.E.A. Viscount 800 Aircraft - postcard view
    The Vickers Viscount was British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs and entered service in 1953 and was the first turboprop-powered airliner. Around 30 Viscounts were operated by four domestic airlines in Australia and the RAAF from 1954 until the final service in 1970.
  • Norkfolk Jet Express : baggage tag, c2000.
    Norfolk Jet Express was established in May 1997 by Norfolk Island resident and businessman Gregg Prechelt and ceased operations on 07 Jun 2005 after voluntary liquidation. At liquidation it had one Fokker 100 aircraft with services to Norfolk Island, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland.

    OTHER

  • Princess Alexandra , Randwick Racecourse, 1967
    Two B & W photographs: Princess Alexandra presents prizes to winning jokey and horse owner of a race at Randwick Racecourse, 1967
  • Dressing Up for First Fleet Re-enactment at La Perouse in January 1988
    People gathered at La Perouse on 18 January 1988 to celebrate the entry of the re-enactment of the First Fleet into Botany Bay. Coogee Media photographed these people dressing up as wenches and red coats at the Macquarie Watchtower.
  • Aboriginal protest against re-enactment of the First Fleet into Botany Bay, 18 January, 1988
    Aboriginies and their supporters gathered at La Perouse on 18 January as a demonstration to counter the celebratory nature of the re-enactment entry of the First Fleet into Botany Bay.
  • Empire Day Demonstration, 25th May 1931
    This four page leaflet advertising "patriotic" function to celebrate Empire Day 1931 in Sydney to "united to defeat the enemies of the Empire". The organisation's membership was open only to "Australian citizens of British or Irish birth or descent".
  • General Allenby Enters Jerusalem, 11.12.17
    Sepia toned photograph showing General Allenby with allied troops entering Jerusalem 11 December 1917
  • Kingsford-Smith, Charles - photograph
    Postcard size B&W photograph of aviator Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith with the printed annotation: "Thankyou for helping! C.Kingsford-Smith". Kingsford-Smith handed these out to those who helped him and his crew (such as pushing his aircraft) during barnstorming visits to New South Wales rural areas in the early 1930s

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