Kenneth Wallace-Crabbe
North Warrandyte: K. Wallace-Crabbe, No date.

One in a series of wood engraved greeting cards produced by Kenneth Wallace-Crabbe at his Melbourne studio in the 1960s/early 1970s under the heading of Australian Retrospect. This card depicts Captain William Dampier cooking over a campfire. The caption reads: “FIRST ENGLISHMAN to land in Australia. Captain William Dampier at Shark’s Bay, on his 1699 second visit.” The interior contains a short printed greeting and his studio details printed on the verso.

Kenneth Wallace-Crabbe
North Warrandyte: K. Wallace-Crabbe, No date.

One in a series of wood engraved Christmas cards produced by Kenneth Wallace-Crabbe at his Melbourne studio in the 1960s/early 1970s under the heading of Australian Retrospect. This card depicts a group of soldiers singing in the street in Sydney. The caption reads: “1808. OUR FIRST TROOPS. Men of the New South Wales Regiment, (‘The Rum Corps’) sing anti-Bligh songs in George Street, Sydney.” The interior contains a short printed Christmas greeting and his studio details printed on the verso.

Kenneth Wallace-Crabbe
North Warrandyte: K. Wallace-Crabbe, No date.

One in a series of wood engraved Christmas cards produced by Kenneth Wallace-Crabbe at his Melbourne studio in the 1960s/early 1970s under the heading of Australian Retrospect. This card depicts John Batman setting up camp at what would become Melbourne. The caption reads: “1838. Parramatta-born JOHN BATMAN sails from Tasmania to Port Phillip. On Yarra River he selects site of Melbourne as ‘place for a village’.” The interior contains a short printed Christmas greeting and his studio details printed on the verso.