Your No.1 source of information about Australian and New Zealand Motoring Association and Club badges!
This site is maintained by Adrian Patterson, a collector of Australian and New Zealand Motoring Association and Club badges. I have written several books on the subject, which can be purchased here.
My personal collection of badges is known as the AUTOBADGE COLLECTION. It is regarded as the most comprehensive collection of Australian Motoring Association badges in existence.
The next publication, “Badges of the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland” is currently being written, with printing expected to be in 2027.
The heart of the Autobadge Collection are samples of most known badges of the motoring associations from each state in Australia including obsolete clubs. This covers associations such as the RACA, NRMA, RACWA, RAA, RACV, RACQ, AANT and RACT.
Many of the badges are unique being the only, or one of the few samples known to exist. The majority of the images used in the series of badge books are from the Autobadge Collection. The collection also includes two large glass display cabinets of lapel badges, trophies, key rings and other paraphernalia associated with the motoring clubs in Australia.
A quantity of motoring associations’ signs and vehicle lights also form part of the collection, together with a large amount of ephemera that includes libraries of the motoring club magazines. It is from this collection of papers that much of the research is gathered for inclusion in the books.
If it is a motoring badge and it is Australian, then it has a place in the Autobadge Collection and, as finances allow, the collection continues to grow. When my custodianship of the collection ceases, the entire Autobadge Collection is bequeathed to an Australian Motor Museum for the enjoyment of motoring enthusiasts.
If you have a badge you would like identified or the approximate valuation of, please email me and include details of the badge and preferably attach images, front and rear. Although I specialise in Australian and New Zealand badges, I do have extensive knowledge and research material relating to badges worldwide.
The most common questions I am asked when visitors view the collection are:
How many badges are there?
Answer: I dunno! Never counted them (the truth)
What are they worth?
Answer: Dunno to scared to find out!