culture & heritage bookmarks

“A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational and economic legacies –
all of the things that quite literally make us who we are.”

​- Steve Berry

Featured Culture & Heritage Bookmark
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Bookmark, 1984
Victoria is one of the six states of Australia. Its 150th anniversary was celebrated in 1984-1985.  This delightful bookmark depicting a girl in a garden was published at that time.  The artist is not named.

​Victoria's first successful British settlement was at Portland, on the west coast of what is now Victoria. Portland was settled on 19 November 1834 by the Henty family, who were originally farmers from Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Melbourne was founded in 1835 by John Batman. Victoria was officially created a separate colony in 1851, and achieved self government in 1855.