Maryborough Antique Bottle Club Page

Member Clubs:
Antique, Melbourne
Geelong
Gippsland
Maryborough
Mornington Peninsula
North East Victoria
Sandhurst
South West Victoria
Western (Williamstown)

Associate Clubs:
Adelaide (SA)
Avon Valley (WA)
Coffs Harbour (NSW)
Colonial (WA)
Cowra (NSW)
Darling Downs (QLD)
Newcastle & Hunter (NSW)
Nine Rivers (NSW/VIC)
Northern Rivers (NSW)
Queensland
Van Dieman (TAS)
The Tin Collectors Club (WA)

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Contact the VBACA:
Email: info@vbaca.org.au
Post: Central Park PO Box 4000, East Malvern, VIC,3145
Phone: 0407 821 767

Maryborough Antique Bottle Club Inc.

Postal Address: 97 High St., Avoca, VIC, 3467
Contacts: Steve Greenwood, President, 03 5461 4720
Jason Trickey, Secretary, 03 5465 3278
Meetings: Contact Club for details
Newsletter: No
General Information: Hosts one of Victoria's largest annual bottle & collectables events at the Carisbrook Raceway in late August each year - watch the calendar for details of this years show.
Membership Form: Not available yet.
Upcoming Events: Annual Show, 26th & 27th August click here for more details.
Feature Item:

M.A.Whittaker, Maryborough 13oz Lamont, Ledge-Mouth or Bullet Stoppered type aerated water bottle.
Circa 1889 - 1890s.

Hard to get bottle featuring a wonderful pictorial trade mark of an early Australian Coat of Arms

Mary Ann Whittaker operated the Maryborough Factory after her husband's death in 1889 until her own demise in 1905. The business however continued under the name M.A.Whittaker until the second world war

Lamont type bottles were very popular in Australia from the early 1880s but had largely disappeared from use by 1910.