Yellow coloured, rectangular shaped bottle made from plastic with cork stopper and red tape around opening. Label, 'MESSAGE/ FROM/ AUSTRALIA' is yellow, green, blue and purple and depicts a green map of Australia with a Koala on a surfboard in the foreground. Accompanying sheet of paper is white and has a sketch of a Koala with pen and ink in the left, bottom corner with, 'Message in a Bottle' under the sketch (black ink). Postage label on back of bottle - 'Place stamp here' and 'Approved for pasting/ by Australia Post'.
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
History Collection
Collection Item Data
| Accession Number: | H2000.39.1-2 |
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| Accession Date: | 20 Mar 2000 |
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| Acquisition Year: | 1999 |
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| Credit: | Phyl Brown |
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Material
| Plastic/Synthetic/Polymer | 0 - Whole |
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| Ink/Unclassified | 0 - Whole |
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Measurement
| width | 70mm | Width measured at base. |
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| depth | 2.9cm | Depth measured at widest point. |
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| length | 160mm | Length measured to top of red tape. |
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