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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Weapon - Spearthrower Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter
Child's drawing - Langus Williams' Mother Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia Apply Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia filter	Langus Williams Apply Langus Williams filter
Child's drawing by unknown artist Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter		Unknown Apply Unknown filter
Brown envelope Springfield - Faithfull Family collection Apply Springfield - Faithfull Family collection filter	Envelopes Apply Envelopes filter
Wooden skis George and Robert Dovers collection Apply George and Robert Dovers collection filter	Skis Apply Skis filter	Antarctica Apply Antarctica filter	Robert G. Dovers Apply Robert G. Dovers filter	1951 Apply 1951 filter
Night Peter Alan Moir collection no. 2 Apply Alan Moir collection no. 2 filter	Cartoons Apply Cartoons filter		Mr Alan Moir Apply Mr Alan Moir filter
Job application letter, 18 August 1874 Robert Faithfull collection no. 2 Apply Robert Faithfull collection no. 2 filter	Letters Apply Letters filter			1874 Apply 1874 filter
Wooden stamp William and Jeanette Derham Family - Bendigo Pottery collection Apply William and Jeanette Derham Family - Bendigo Pottery collection filter	Printing blocks Apply Printing blocks filter
Postcard with photograph captioned A Station Homestead Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Postcards Apply Postcards filter		Charles H. Kerry Apply Charles H. Kerry filter
Cataract Gorge from the air, Launceston, Tas Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Apply Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia filter	Rose Stereograph Co. Apply Rose Stereograph Co. filter
Cartoon of five male politicians brawling Patrick Cook collection Apply Patrick Cook collection filter	Cartoons Apply Cartoons filter		Mr Patrick Cook Apply Mr Patrick Cook filter
Child's drawing Beach living by Catherine Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Catherine Apply Catherine filter
Djambarrpuyngu Mortuary Rites. Y Pettinato collection Apply Y Pettinato collection filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Milingimbi, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Binyinyiwuy Apply Binyinyiwuy filter
Bunte magazine Vienna Mozart Boys Choir collection no. 1 Apply Vienna Mozart Boys Choir collection no. 1 filter	Magazine clippings Apply Magazine clippings filter
Peace it together Vote Vallentine Senate 1 Senator Jo Vallentine collection no. 1 Apply Senator Jo Vallentine collection no. 1 filter	Pamphlets Apply Pamphlets filter
Part of a letter Robert Faithfull collection no. 2 Apply Robert Faithfull collection no. 2 filter	Letters Apply Letters filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Length of plaited cord or rope used by archaeologist Profess... D J Mulvaney collection Apply D J Mulvaney collection filter	Ropes Apply Ropes filter		Professor Derek J. Mulvaney Apply Professor Derek J. Mulvaney filter
Christmas decoration Margaret Twiss collection Apply Margaret Twiss collection filter	Christmas decorations Apply Christmas decorations filter	Beaumont, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Apply Beaumont, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia filter	Mrs Margaret Twiss Apply Mrs Margaret Twiss filter	1960 Apply 1960 filter
Harnessing the dogs and preparing to start on a sledging exp... Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	Antarctica Apply Antarctica filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter
Shield Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Shields Apply Shields filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Port Keats (Wadeye), Northern Territory, Australia Apply Port Keats (Wadeye), Northern Territory, Australia filter	Bruce Tchinburur Apply Bruce Tchinburur filter
Invitation addressed to Miss Faithfull from Mr and Mrs Twyna... Springfield - Faithfull Family collection Apply Springfield - Faithfull Family collection filter	Invitations Apply Invitations filter
Noticee: visitors are permitted to see those persons who are... Sotheby's collection no. 1 Apply Sotheby's collection no. 1 filter	Signs Apply Signs filter	Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Apply Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia filter		1892 Apply 1892 filter
Postcard - After Twenty Round Battle. Jack Johnson Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Postcards Apply Postcards filter		Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter
Wet specimen - Horse - brain MacKenzie collection Apply MacKenzie collection filter	Zoological specimens Apply Zoological specimens filter
Colour poster with the caption Buy New Zealand honey, issued... National Symbols Poster collection no. 2 Apply National Symbols Poster collection no. 2 filter	Advertising posters Apply Advertising posters filter	England Apply England filter
GRANVILLE SHOW, blue felt show pennant with gold-coloured bl... Colledge Family collection Apply Colledge Family collection filter	Prizes Apply Prizes filter	Granville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Granville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Miss Emilie Roach Apply Miss Emilie Roach filter
Sydney Hospital Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Crystal Palace Apply Crystal Palace filter
A scene with waterfront buildings Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Postcards Apply Postcards filter		Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter
Child's drawing - Parumparuma changed bird Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Terri... Apply Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Terri... filter	Emmanuel Puruntatameri Apply Emmanuel Puruntatameri filter
'Medicine Story' painted by Uta Uta Tjangala, 1971 Uta Uta Tjangala collection Apply Uta Uta Tjangala collection filter	Paintings Apply Paintings filter	Papunya, Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Papunya, Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Uta Uta Tjangala Apply Uta Uta Tjangala filter	1971 Apply 1971 filter
Square white cotton table centre cloth made by Una May Roadk... Una May Irvine collection no. 1 Apply Una May Irvine collection no. 1 filter	Table linen Apply Table linen filter	Orbost, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia Apply Orbost, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia filter	Mrs Una M. Irvine Apply Mrs Una M. Irvine filter	1906 Apply 1906 filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia Apply Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia filter	Terence Pootchemunka Apply Terence Pootchemunka filter
Emanuel Brothers cash book June 1946 - September 1951 Emanuel Family collection Apply Emanuel Family collection filter	Ledgers Apply Ledgers filter
King Street, Sydney, NSW Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Miss G. Maud Apply Miss G. Maud filter
Australia. Manly Beach. Sydney Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Postcards Apply Postcards filter	Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter
News from World Bakels ET Fealy collection Apply ET Fealy collection filter	Magazines Apply Magazines filter
Letter with envelope from Joan Richmond - Darwin Joan Richmond collection Apply Joan Richmond collection filter	Letters Apply Letters filter	Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia filter		1931 Apply 1931 filter
School report Springfield - Faithfull Family collection Apply Springfield - Faithfull Family collection filter	Reports Apply Reports filter
Receipt from J B Young Ltd dated 5 August 1926 J B Young Ltd collection Apply J B Young Ltd collection filter	Receipts Apply Receipts filter	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia Apply Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia filter		1926 Apply 1926 filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Broome, Western Australia, Australia Apply Broome, Western Australia, Australia filter
Wooden club, whcih tapers from a broad distal end bearing a ... Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies - Australian National Un... Apply Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies - Australian National Un... filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Ramingining, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Ramingining, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Dick S. Mewirri Apply Dick S. Mewirri filter	1984 Apply 1984 filter
WHARF, MANLY, N.S.W. Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter
Receipt sent from Lake Bathurst Shoeing Forge to George Erne... Robert Faithfull collection no. 2 Apply Robert Faithfull collection no. 2 filter	Receipts Apply Receipts filter		Lake Bathurst Shoeing Forge Apply Lake Bathurst Shoeing Forge filter	1908 Apply 1908 filter
Child's drawing - The whistle ducks fanning the rainbow by L... Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Lucia Carlingun Apply Lucia Carlingun filter
ELIZABETH ST SYDNEY Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter
Sun motif Balarinji Art collection no. 2 Apply Balarinji Art collection no. 2 filter	Gouache paintings Apply Gouache paintings filter		Balarinji Design Studio, Jumbana Group Apply Balarinji Design Studio, Jumbana Group filter
Club Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection Apply Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Lower Murray River, South Australia, Australia Apply Lower Murray River, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1993 Apply 1993 filter
Thompson Open Singles tennis trophy Thompson Family collection Apply Thompson Family collection filter	Trophies Apply Trophies filter
Bark painting depicting a totemic crocodile by Yirawala, Cro... Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Bark paintings Apply Bark paintings filter	Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Yirawala Apply Yirawala filter	1965 Apply 1965 filter
Ground edge hatchet head, Portland [stone implement] Herbert Keys collection Apply Herbert Keys collection filter	Stone artefacts Apply Stone artefacts filter	Portland, Victoria, Australia Apply Portland, Victoria, Australia filter
Armband Charles Hart collection Apply Charles Hart collection filter	Armbands Apply Armbands filter
Metal box with three compartments containing betting tickets Jim McMahon collection Apply Jim McMahon collection filter	Gambling equipment Apply Gambling equipment filter	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Apply Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia filter	Mr Jim McMahon Apply Mr Jim McMahon filter	1983 Apply 1983 filter
Bottle of wine labelled 'P.S. Enterprise Angove's Woodpile W... Graeme Niehus collection Apply Graeme Niehus collection filter	Wine Bottles Apply Wine Bottles filter	South Australia, Australia Apply South Australia, Australia filter	Angove's Pty Ltd Apply Angove's Pty Ltd filter	1974 Apply 1974 filter
Autograph book covering 1926-1927 and 1951 Lorelle Moore collection Apply Lorelle Moore collection filter	Autograph books Apply Autograph books filter		Lorelle Moore Apply Lorelle Moore filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Presented to J.L. Burton by the Studebaker Corporation Alban... Colledge Family collection Apply Colledge Family collection filter	Medals Apply Medals filter	Albany, Western Australia, Australia Apply Albany, Western Australia, Australia filter	Studebaker Corporation Apply Studebaker Corporation filter	1923 Apply 1923 filter
Three-pronged point for dugong-hunting whap or harpoon, made... Wilfred Aniba collection Apply Wilfred Aniba collection filter	Harpoons Apply Harpoons filter	Thursday (Waiben) Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia Apply Thursday (Waiben) Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia filter	Wilfred Aniba Apply Wilfred Aniba filter	1995 Apply 1995 filter
Stuzzi Memocord Microphone Remote Control Unit Ernest B Phillips collection Apply Ernest B Phillips collection filter	Audio equipment Apply Audio equipment filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Grundig Intermedia GmbH Apply Grundig Intermedia GmbH filter	1960 Apply 1960 filter
MANLY Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter