A South Australian collector has donated a sizeable array of Australian packaging to the industry to preserve for posterity, and the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) is co-ordinating the collation of this important archive.
The collection comprises 3000 items and the AIP is calling for help to catalogue the packaging.
Ideally, volunteers would come armed with a wide knowledge of packaging, a measuring tape, a Vernier or micrometer, a weighing scale, a digital camera and a laptop.
If you don't have all of the equipment, you can still help. Volunteers will work in teams of two, with one person recording and one measuring.
The work is being conducted in South Melbourne and the end result will be a catalogue of Australian packaging items across a broad industry range, that will also be available as an online database.
