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CC BY-SA 4.0
Type
Pop-up books
Date
1984
Materials
Cardboard, Paper
Collection
Professor Peter Spearritt collection no. 2
Accession number
2006.0031.0131

Description

A hardcover, colour printed book, entitled "The Royal Family Pop-Up Book", published in1984, written by Patrick Montague-Smith. The book features pop-up scenes of members of the royal household in traditional family and memorable historic scenes. The front cover features a blue background and a colour image of Prince Charles and Princess Diana in their wedding attire, about to exchange a kiss (this is one of the pop-up pictures featured in the book). On the back cover the text reads: "Call it a souvenir or a momento, here is a facinating record of one of the most / exciting periods in the lives if the Royal Family. Faithfully depicted in / oustanding artwork are six scenes from the past few years to date showing / the best-loved family in the land in a variety of settings, and moving!".

About the collection

The Professor Peter Spearritt collection No. 2 is divided into four categories; British Royal Family memorabilia, Australian Republic Movement material, T-shirts with Indigenous motifs and anti-logging material. The British Royal Family memorabilia category predominantly relates to Queen Elizabeth II's 1954 tour of Australia. The items were specifically collected by the vendor for the 1993 exhibition entitled Australians and the Monarchy. The Australian Republic Movement material was also featured in this exhibition. The Indigenous motifs T-shirts and the anti-logging material were collected for the 1992 exhibition Lie of the Land. Both exhibitions were jointly created by the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney and the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University. Professor Spearritt was the head curator of both exhibitions.

Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 5:45:38 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2025-02-24. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.