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Australian Button History

16th October 2020

A while ago I mentions that there were beetles that could eat your buttons! See  http://www.austbuttonhistory.com/uncategorized/12th-july-2020/

Here’s a photo of the little blighters:

The Daily telegraph (Sydney), 23rd September 1933 page 6.

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This entry was posted in Uncategorized on October 16, 2020 by admin.

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