Kitten Vintage Mackay

If you've read my blog for a while, you will know that I live in Mackay in North Queensland, Australia.  It's a town of about 90,00...

In a previous post I looked at the beginning of the Great Depression, and Australia's jobless rate in 1930 - 20%.  In 1932 the unemploy...

Today another look at Australian history in the 1930s, and a bit about General Motors, who took over Australia's Holden Company in 1931...

Although I love a lot about the 1930s, there are some things that I am glad I missed. However, I think it's good to look at history to ...

The electric iron was available in 1913, and by the 1920s was the most popular electrical appliance in Australia. 1920's Edison Ele...

Yesterday I looked at Bon Marche, the grand French department store. Today a look at quite the opposite – small, mainly family run stores i...