Welcome

The goal of our Club is to provide opportunities to study buttons that are worth collecting, and share that knowledge as we come to appreciate their beauty and history. Collectable buttons include all buttons - antique and vintage, uniform and military.

Meetings are held at 8 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month (except January) in the Fellowship Room of the Burwood Heights Uniting Church (A-frame) on the corner of Burwood Highway and Blackburn Road, Burwood East.  (Melways Ref. 61 K7)

History

The idea of a button collecting club was conceived in 1995. The Victorian Button Collectors Club became a reality in 1996 when, through word of mouth and personal contacts, we held our first meeting at a private home. As individual button collectors, we had been aware of established button clubs in America and the United Kingdom. In Melbourne at that time, there was very little public information about buttons available, button collecting was not a hobby most people had heard of, and it was difficult to find collectable buttons even in antique shops. The Victorian Button Collectors Club was established to encourage the collecting, preservation and appreciation of buttons, antique and modern, and research into the history relating to their origins and uses. Most of all, the club provides an opportunity to meet like-minded people.  If you are a member you can Find out more . . .

 

Another Button Story

A new button will be posted on the Home page once per month.
Click on the button to enlarge.

 

 

 

Buttons with Logos
Commonwealth Banking Corporation
The Button:  18mm brass coloured metal, square self-shank , 1960-1991,  a corporate blazer/jacket button, with the 1960-1991 logo.
A history of the Commonwealth Bank logoNo need for words, symbols and logos, like pictures, can say it all.
A very brief history of the Commonwealth bank logo.
The original logo – The Coat of Arms-  1911-1960.
During this time, the Commonwealth bank was three banks in one i.e. a Savings bank, a Trading bank and the Country’s Central bank. In 1960, the Government of the day decided to make the Central bank into the Reserve Bank of Australia and changed the Commonwealth bank to the Commonwealth Banking Corporation with the formation of a new logo.
The new logo (1960-1991) now has an image of Australia with radiating rings and a gold background. The gold background represents wealth and the origin of banking. The radiating rings represents ideals of expansion and a ring for each of it’s banks i.e. Commonwealth Savings bank, Commonwealth Trading bank and the newly formed Commonwealth Development Bank. Not featured on the button, but on the complete logo was the name Commonwealth Banking Corporation with a Federal star encircling the design. In 1984 the name and star were removed from the logo.
In 1991 partial privatisation of the bank with later full transfer to private ownership led to two more new logos.

 

Button Banter

Button Banter is now up and running for members only. It has its own heading at the top of the Home page which you can see once you log in.  Click on this heading to view contributions.  If you want to add an item use 'Add Button Banter'  under the Member Menu on the right of that screen or the Home page.  

Button Banter is for you to share your button interests with other Club members, ask advice or give feedback. You can also see other members buttons or Button Challenge Cards or join in and show your own. It is preferable to post your photo in portrait format.

NEXT MEETING - Tuesday 13th May 2025

 (Meetings start at 8.00pm - arrive from 7.30pm)

TOPIC   -  DOUBLE-CUT AND TWO-PIECE GLASS BUTTONS  - This topic was previously planned for the June meeting, but has been swapped to May. 

TUESDAY JUNE 10th MEETING     TOPIC  -  VEGETABLE IVORY BUTTONS   (Tagua nuts and Corozo nuts are the same thing.) They both refer to the seeds of the Tagua palm (Phytelephas macrocarpa), also known as Vegetable Ivory. The nuts are harvested from the fruit clusters of the Tagua palm, which is found in the rainforests of South America.) 

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