Vintage-style "Travel across Australia" poster art for Trans Australia Airlines printed on a recycled-cotton canvas tote bag.
- Front: the full "Travel across Australia" poster art for TAA
- Bag: 10-ounce canvas, 80% recycled cotton / 20% cotton
- Size: 15.75" h x 15.25" w (approx. 240 cubic inches)
- Self-fabric handles
- Printed to order in Grapevine, Texas
This vintage-style design for Trans Australia Airlines, better known as TAA, centers on an Aboriginal man beneath the invitation to "Travel across Australia." TAA leaned on Australian imagery throughout its advertising; the National Museum of Australia holds a 1950s TAA poster, "There and back with TAA," built around six boomerangs, a symbol prized by tourism and transport promoters because it always comes back. This restored artwork carries that same idea of a national airline linking the whole continent. The original artist and date are not recorded.
The bag is made from 10-ounce canvas of 80% recycled cotton and 20% cotton. The recycled fibers are collected from garment-cutting waste and then intertwined with cotton for added strength and durability. Self-fabric handles. Dimensions: 15.75" h x 15.25" w; approx. 240 cubic inches.
Note: Bags not intended for use by children 12 and under.