TitlePostcard, 327 The Monument, La Perouse Date1904About this objectPostcard, 327 The Monument, La Perouse, paper, Empire Works Co, Sydney, 1904Object No.2024.2.7Physical descriptionPostcard with gelatin silver photograh with colour dyes, featuring the Lapérouse Monument. The title ‘327. The Monument, La Perouse’ is printed on the bottom, next to an anchor symbol with text beneath reading ‘Copyright’. The reverse side bears the mark of Empire Works Co, with a lion and kangaroo on either side of a camera with ‘EMPIRE’ above, contained in a circle. CreatorEmpire Works CoInscriptions & marks‘Oct 28/1904 / Dear Frank / Just a line in answer to your lovely P card - I am glad you & [illg] are enjoying yourselves. Fancy you [illg] Mum - it was not hard to find her. I will write to Dad & Mum. Tomorrow they might rouse you & [illg] getting all the [illg] - with love to Dad & Mum. I remain your loving Grama.’ Addressed to ‘F. Willison / El [illg] Cottage / Station Avenue / Blackheath’. One pence New South Wales postage stamp in red featuring the NSW coat of arms, gone over with black stamp reading ‘Leichhardt NSW OC 29 (2:10 PM)’. DimensionsH: 14cm
W: 9cmMaterialcardSourceLa Perouse MuseumProvenance Prior to 2024 - Collected by Gael Newton;
16 October 2024 - Donated to La Perouse Museum by Gael NewtonCredit lineGift of Gael Newton, 2024Acquisition date16 October 2024Organisations (Detailed entries)La Perouse Museum (La Perouse, N.S.W.)CategoryMuseum | EnvironmentMuseum | Social historyThemesEnvironmentSocial history
Empire Works Co, Postcard, 327 The Monument, La Perouse (1904). Randwick City Council, accessed 22/01/2026, https://ourstory.randwick.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/8625
