Phil sent us this wonderful ghost sign for Rosella Tomato Sauce. Old building demolished, new slab laid so this will disappear again very soon. The Strand, Colonel Light Gardens, Adelaide, SA Taken: 23/9/2018 Source Phil Bagust Gallery
Signs of Australia: Vintage signs from the city to the outback
IN this extract of the book Signs of Australia: Vintage signs from the city to the outback, Brady Michaels and Dale Campisi explore the importance of Australia’s fading, ageing signs. SIGNS come and go. But the ones that remain are a visual record of Australian social history. They tell us who we are and how […]
Ghost Sign Books | Amazon Australia
Fabulous reading at Amazon Australia about favourite topic.. ghost signs. Each country Amazon delivers its own unique books and magazines about ghost signs. Ghost Sign Books Visit Amazon Australia – amazon.com.au
Temperance Hotel Melbourne
The building was for many years the Temperance Hotel, later a spaghetti bar. Taken by Tim West on 20/03/2018 in Lonsdale St near Healeys Lane. Address: 556 Lonsdale St, Melbourne | Map emelbourne.net.au According to the architectural historian, J.M. Freeland, hotels constitute ‘one of the most socially significant, historically valuable, architecturally interesting, and […]
McCrae’s Store Sign: Uralla
This sign was taken on 6 January 2018. It is on the side of a building called McCrossin’s Mill Museum, Salisbury Street, Uralla, NSW, 2358. Janine Roberts McCrae’s Store Gallery New South Wales McCrossin’s Mill Museum From the information centre head south-east for one block to Salisbury and Maitland Sts. Near this intersection is one […]
Erratt’s Rural Division Sign: Walcha
I took a photo of this ghost sign while driving through country NSW. This was on a building at 70 Apsley Street, Walcha, NSW, 2354 on the 6 January 2018. The building is now a second hand store but the owners said it was once an old department store. Janine Roberts Erratt’s Rural Division Gallery […]
Plume Motor Spirit Sign – Adelaide
This Plume Motor Spirit sign has (re)appeared in Pirie Street, Adelaide in February 2018. Sadly, the adjacent Mobiloil sign is already damaged by construction. Greg Coote Adelaide Plume Motor Spirit Sign View South Australia Gallery Vacuum Oil Mobil’s predecessor company, Vacuum Oil, first opened its Melbourne branch in February 1895. In March 1904, Vacuum Oil […]
Ghost Signs Victoria
A fabulous collection of fading signs from our past. Langham Hotel Suit Hospital Atistos Auction Rooms Capstan Cigarettes JANS Bros Hardy’s Crystals Thor Dunlop Tyres Peters Icecream TARAX Skipping Girl Vinegar Mobil Oil Georges Plume Motor Spirit Capitol Cafe Bourneville Cocoa Butterfly Dutch Cocoa Alex Parfoot Shoe Repairs Champion footwear ghost sign in Cubitt St, […]
Hurlstone Park | Benzine Sign
This was taken on New Canterbury Road, Hurlstone Park on 15th November 2017 just after a building was demolished and before a new apartment was built. There were a whole lot of old buildings east of Duntroon St on New Canterbury Road which were knocked down virtually overnight for the new apartment building. Gae 578 New […]
Turf Club Hotel | North Melbourne
This is the old Turf Club Hotel at 1 Flemington Road, North Melbourne [map], which is currently being turned into apartments. I took the photo on 18 July 2017, they had just pulled down the neighbouring building which revealed this sign. It looks like an ad for Carlton Ale, and painted by Buckle Bros (?). […]
