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90/1076 Booklet, 'Planning Meat Rations', paper, Commonwealth Department of Health, Australia, c. 1940. Click to enlarge.
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'Planning Meat Rations' booklet

A booklet on planning meat rations. Top left corner of front cover has the Australian Coat of Arms. The texts are in red and black with an illustration of a casserole dish. Back page details the use of meat coupons.

Summary

Object No.

90/1076

Object Statement

Booklet, 'Planning Meat Rations', paper, Commonwealth Department of Health, Australia, c. 1940

Physical Description

A booklet on planning meat rations. Top left corner of front cover has the Australian Coat of Arms. The texts are in red and black with an illustration of a casserole dish. Back page details the use of meat coupons.

Marks

Front cover 'PLANNING / MEAT / RATION / MEALS / ISSUED BY / THE COMMONWEALTH RATIONING COMMISSION / AND / THE COMMONWEALTH DEPEARTMENT OF HEALTH', Written in pencil top right corner '$6- / 299 TOORAK RD / HARTWELL'
Back cover 'MEAT RATION POINTS'

Short URL

https://ma.as/102553

Dimensions

Height

188 mm

Width

122 mm

Source

Credit Line

Purchased 1990

Acquisition Date

9 December 1990

Cite this Object

Harvard

'Planning Meat Rations' booklet 2023, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 30 March 2023, <https://ma.as/102553>

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://ma.as/102553 |title='Planning Meat Rations' booklet |author=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |access-date=30 March 2023 |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia}}

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