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We've been collecting souvenirs for thousands of years. They are valuable cultural artefacts – but what does their future hold?

  • Written by: Amy Clarke, Senior Lecturer in History specialising in architectural heritage and material culture, University of the Sunshine Coast
We've been collecting souvenirs for thousands of years. They are valuable cultural artefacts – but what does their future hold?Cup and saucer commemorating the opening of Federal Parliament 1927. National Museum of Australia, CC BY-NC-SA

Souvenirs are an almost unavoidable feature of holidays. Tourist thoroughfares are lined with shops and stalls selling postcards, clothing and knick-knacks of all kinds.

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