Tag: Percy Spouse

Wonthaggi Warblers

1925 - Wonthaggi Boomerang Mouth Organ Championship Ballarat & Wonthaggi Mouth Organ Competition advertising Left: Weekly Times Saturday 29 August, 1925. Right: The Sun News-Pictorial Saturday 29 August, 1925. The roaring twenties were in full swing at the seaside town of Wonthaggi and in 1925 the local ANA (Australian Natives Association) Musical & Elocutionary competition … Continue reading Wonthaggi Warblers →

It’s All Good (ya know)

An interestingly named mouth organ that sold Down Under in the 1920's (I think) is the Budgeree - pictured here in Seydel's 1923 catalogue. Budgeree is an East Gippsland town (for want of a better description) which is a relatively short journey from our abode. Blink and you'll miss it as there's only a few … Continue reading It’s All Good (ya know) →