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PIONEERING WOMEN ARTISTS Rediscovering WA’s Marion Holmes
RIDING THE WAVES From a teenage pastime to passionate surfboard collector
FASHIONABLY FRENCH The haute couture fashions modelled by Bru dolls set the tone for other makers
MOVIE MEMORABILIA King Kong – the eighth wonder of the world – an evergreen collectable
Miff James and his
SURFBOARD COLLECTION Miff James’ surfboard collection is the journey of a teenager who enjoyed riding the waves to becoming a collector with a passion for the history of surfing
Rob Ditessa
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iff James took up surfing with a passion when in 1961 as a youngster he bought his first surfboard, a
Malibu. The ‘mal’ is a style of longboard, by most definitions at least nine foot long and narrower than the standard, with rounded nose and tail. In the 1970s, shorter and lighter boards between five From top: Collection of surfboards from the 1940s and 1950s of balsa and redwood construction. The board in the centre – with the octopus decal – is one of the most significant boards in Australian surfing history. Prior to the mid 1950s, surfing was done on hollow timber ‘toothpick’ boards made popular by the surf life saving club members. They were normally 13 to 16 feet in length. In 1956, during the Melbourne Olympics, a team of surfboard riders from the USA and Hawaii came to Australia to give surfing demonstrations on their ‘modern’ 10 foot balsa and fibreglass surfboards – the one with the octopus decal was one of those boards This was the beginning − Christmas 1963, James aged 13 on North Narrabeen Beach (NSW) with his second longboard James with some of the US board collection
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vidence of production, probably from wild fruit, has been found in Georgia as far back as 6,000 BCE and the earliest known winery
dates to around 4,000 BCE in Armenia.
Early history of domestication Domestication of the grapevine evidently occurred during the Early Bronze Age, around 3,000 BCE, in Sumer, the Near East and Egypt. Between 1550 and 300 BCE, Phoenicians, maritime merchants and traders spread their knowledge of viticulture and wine production throughout
Left: Herbert Morton Stoops, (American 18881948), Untitled, 1930, oil on canvas, 60.96 x 60.96 cm. Courtesy Heritage Auctions -ha.com Above left: Penfold’s Grange 1995, blend of shiraz (94%) and cabernet sauvignon (6%) grapes from Magill Estate, Barossa Valley SA. Value: 750 ml:$ 259 - 500; 1500 ml - $1295. Courtesy Heritage Auctions - ha.com
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