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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 30447, member: 360"]This is Australia. As AFAntiques already said - everything was imported. We produced almost NOTHING in Australia. Furniture. Wool. Gold. Minerals. Raw produce. That was about it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Everything else was imported by ocean-liner. Furniture. Sewing machines. Record players. Radios. Typewriters. Stoves. Desks. Pianos. Jewelry. Silverware. Everything came by sea. That's why everything is so rare here. Because we never had a manufacturing-base. </p><p><br /></p><p>You'll even see stuff (like sewing machines and typewriters), and they'll say: </p><p><br /></p><p>"Australian Built". </p><p><br /></p><p>Australian Built just means that the item was shipped here from England in parts. And they put it together at the shop and sold it. It doesn't actually mean it was MADE here. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's for this reason that everything in Australia is so flipping expensive. Writing slopes change hands here STARTING at $300 for a cheap one in good condition. Sewing machines are $200. Radios are $500-$1,000+ depending on condition. Record-players are $300-$500+. Stuff you pay $50 for or $100 for in America or England or Europe - double or triple that for Australia.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 30447, member: 360"]This is Australia. As AFAntiques already said - everything was imported. We produced almost NOTHING in Australia. Furniture. Wool. Gold. Minerals. Raw produce. That was about it. Everything else was imported by ocean-liner. Furniture. Sewing machines. Record players. Radios. Typewriters. Stoves. Desks. Pianos. Jewelry. Silverware. Everything came by sea. That's why everything is so rare here. Because we never had a manufacturing-base. You'll even see stuff (like sewing machines and typewriters), and they'll say: "Australian Built". Australian Built just means that the item was shipped here from England in parts. And they put it together at the shop and sold it. It doesn't actually mean it was MADE here. It's for this reason that everything in Australia is so flipping expensive. Writing slopes change hands here STARTING at $300 for a cheap one in good condition. Sewing machines are $200. Radios are $500-$1,000+ depending on condition. Record-players are $300-$500+. Stuff you pay $50 for or $100 for in America or England or Europe - double or triple that for Australia.[/QUOTE]
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