The archives at Vision Australia hold an incredibly rich slice of history around the organisation and its state based predecessors supporting people who were blind or had low vision. However, a stocktake has revealed unnecessarily large quantities of some types of braillers and braille equipment.

There are a quantity of Lavender and Stainsby crab writers, wooden baseboards (some with the markings of their original organisation), Stainsby crab with metal board kits in suitcases, Sewell raised line and interline frames, a few Tellatouch and some older Braille books. For tactile graphics lovers, there are some international country maps and Sewell raised line drawing kits.

If you are interested in obtaining your own piece of braille history, please contact Debra Mould at heritage@visionaustralia.org. She is available on Thursdays.
Collection preferred from Vision Australia’s Kooyong office, Glenferrie road, Kooyong, VIC.
If postage is required, it must be organised and paid for by the recipient.

Our thanks are extended to Vision Australia for their work in preserving braille history and ensuring that excess materials are shared with the community.