La poste en Australie

Title	La poste en Australie
Subject	Advertising French language--Writing Correspondence Pictures
Category	1. Settlement
Place of Publication	Paris
Place	Paris
Creator	Chocolat d'Aiguebelle
Current holder	National Library of Australia
Date	1880
Link	http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-54977242
Item number	4550419
Access rights	Digitised
Rights	Out of Copyright
Country of origin	France
Language	French
Description from source	<1> card : col. ill. ; 11 x 8 cm. Advertising card depicting Australia. One of a set of advertising cards issued by Chocolat d'Aiguebelle advertising their chocolate. Features a colour illustration of two men and a woman around a table. One of the men is reading a newspaper, and the Australian flag is shown at the top right corner. A Western Australian postage stamp featuring the image of a black swan is reproduced at the bottom left corner. The verso of the card features text in French which provides general information about Australia and its geography, with a paragraph at the foot relating to the Chocolat d'Aiguebelle company.
Physical format	Trade card
Transcription	"L'Australie ou Nouvelle-Hollande est, comme on sait, la plus grande des îles du globe ou si l'on veut, le plus petit des continents. Malgré son immense superficie, elle ne compte pas 2,000,000 d'habitants d'origine européenne...."