{"id":9812,"date":"2020-09-08T15:51:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T15:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/?p=9812"},"modified":"2025-09-04T01:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:24:25","slug":"australian-schoolbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/australian-schoolbag\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Schoolbag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Introduced in the Summer 1986 catalogue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Running from Summer 1986 to Spring 1987, this wonderful twill and leather bag was also made in pigskin leather in 1988. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos below from a September 2020 eBay sale<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the 1986 catalogue: \u201cWe took a full-sized suitcase to Australia, but needed a smaller bag from which to conduct daily business. So we ducked into a Melbourne surplus store and came out with what we were told was a schoolbag. It was ideal for our purposes-perfectly proportioned for sketchpads and letter-sized files, as well as for everyday use at home; thoughtfully equipped with both hand grip and shoulder strap. We\u2019ve duplicated the original in 100% cotton khaki twill and added a few amenities-antiqued brass fittings, tanned cowhide trim, a large exterior pocket for papers and magazines, and a zippered pocket inside for pens, change, Vegemite sandwiches, what have you. Clever tots, those Aussie schoolkids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the 1988 catalogue: “when we found a cotton canvas schoolbag in a Melbourne surplus store, a quick study convinced us that matriculation was in order. We reiterated the bag in sueded pigskin; the final product proves how easily an elective can become an absolute requirement.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Leather Australian Schoolbag from Fall 1988.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Running from Summer 1986 to Spring 1987, this wonderful twill and leather bag was also made in pigskin leather in 1988. Photos below from a September 2020 eBay sale. From the 1986 catalogue: \u201cWe took a full-sized suitcase to Australia, but needed a smaller bag from which to conduct daily business. So we ducked into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9812"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9812"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9822,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9812\/revisions\/9822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}