Coloured cartoon of a cyclist colliding with a post box and a pedestrian which opens out to 10 concertina-folded black-and-white photographic views of Kadina, namely: Mines (Wallaroo) School; Post Office; Technical College; Catholic Church; Taylor Street; Church of England; Memorial Arch; Band Rotunda; Town Hall and Savings Bank corner; and Methodist Church.

Murray Views is Australia's oldest publisher of souvenirs and postcards, having been in the business for over 100 years.

Postcards are popular mementos of visits to new places, and even though they are ephemeral items, they are being appreciated anew for their artistic, historic, and social importance. Postcards reflect history - schooldays, the fashions worn, the transport used, houses and shops of the day etc. Postcard collecting is said to be the third largest collectable hobby in the world, after coin and stamp collecting.

Postcards were first printed in Philadelphia (USA) in 1861. In Australia, the New South Walws postal authority was first to publish them in 1875, and other States followed, then they were commercially produced. They were cheap to send, as postage cost only one penny - and they were delivered promptly. As well as scenes of places and significant ojects, there are postcards for commemorative and special occasions and family portraits, and myriad other topics. Thousands of cards were sent by troops during World War I.

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