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Pigmented cylindrical bark container
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Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia
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Pigmented container
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Katherine River, Northern Territory, Australia
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J W. Lindo
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1985
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Cooper Creek, Queensland, Australia
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First English Women's Touring Cricket Team, Australia 1934-5
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D M. Turner
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1934
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Western Australia, Australia
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Deep concave wooden container
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Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia
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Tablecloth and four serviettes
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Mrs Violet M. Wilson
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1930
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Beaconsfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Two Thaidinae Mancinella Mancinella shells

The Lady Helen Blackburn collection features more than five hundred seashells from Australian beaches, reefs and islands...
Rainforest shield - QLD
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1926
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Queensland, Australia
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Tunga made by Kenny Brown, 2013

The maker said he would usually seal the sides with wax but, as he had none available at the time, he used a white clay ...
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Rod Emmerson
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1997
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Queensland, Australia
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Wooden container
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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Nola
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Photographic glass plate positive depicting three men workin...
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Richard Daintree
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Queensland, Australia
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Pauline Hanson Colour Chart
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Mr Sean Leahy
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1998
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Queensland, Australia
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Palm leaf container
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Boomerang from central Queensland

Original labelling on 1985.0059.0024 reads: "Central Qland E.O.M." and "2". "E.O.M" on 1985.0059.0024 suggests that it ...
Map of Burke and Wills' route from Cooper's Creek to Carpent...
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Office of Lands and Survey, Melbourne
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1861
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Thaidinae Morula Spinosa

The Lady Helen Blackburn collection features more than five hundred seashells from Australian beaches, reefs and islands...
QSL card for VK4HA

A handwritten note on the reverse reads 'Testing Mondays 7 to 7.30 pm EAST. on /ur QSL VFB Keith'.
Child's drawing

This artwork is one of a series of some 3383 drawings and paintings on paper made between 1975-1977 by Aboriginal childr...
Cassididae Phalium Bandatum

The Lady Helen Blackburn collection features more than five hundred seashells from Australian beaches, reefs and islands...
Country woman bat chosen
Newspaper clippings
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Mrs Ruby Lee
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New South Wales, Australia
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Two Muricidae Haustellum Macgillivrayi shells

The Lady Helen Blackburn collection features more than five hundred seashells from Australian beaches, reefs and islands...
Boomerang from central Queensland

Original labelling on 1985.0059.0023 reads: "Central Qland E.O.M.". "E.O.M" on 1985.0059.0023 suggests that it was coll...
Bark container
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Egg shaped hollow lime gourd
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Boomerang carved with central floral motif and horizontal ba...
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1920
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Queensland, Australia
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Photograph folder of an Australian holiday
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Victoria, Australia
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Broad flattened oval, concave wooden container
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1957
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Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia
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Campfire, 2000
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Mr Tony Albert
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Queensland, Australia
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Wooden container
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1991
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Queensland Rugby League cap, 1924
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Vic Armbruster
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Queensland, Australia
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Wooden boat shaped container
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1957
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Wooden container
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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Nola
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Bark container
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Popalntao
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1965
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Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Ter...
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Wooden container made by Erlikilyika (Jim Kite)

Erlikilyika was a Lower Southern Arrernte man born in c1865 in the area where the Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station was...
Child's drawing

This artwork is one of a series of some 3383 drawings and paintings on paper made between 1975-1977 by Aboriginal childr...
Pamphlet titled 'Make the most of this - it may by the last ...
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Concerned Ladies Action Group
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1995
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Queensland, Australia
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Crown Hotel, Forest Hill, 28 February 1906
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1906
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Possum costume
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Jan Harris
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1980
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Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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Volutidae Cymbiolacca Complexa

The Lady Helen Blackburn collection features more than five hundred seashells from Australian beaches, reefs and islands...
Oblong bark container
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1985
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Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Don't you worry about that...
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Mr Lou Dargham
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Queensland, Australia
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Oval wooden dish/container
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1985
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Wooden container
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Wooden container

WD 65 - A2 was used by Janindu in one of Ian Dunlop's "Peoples of the Australian Western Desert".
Spearthrower
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1985
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Queensland, Australia
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Child's drawing

This artwork is one of a series of some 3383 drawings and paintings on paper made between 1975-1977 by Aboriginal childr...
'Queensland Aboriginals Tree Climbing', 8 November 1915

Handwritten message on the reverse reads 'Thanks for P.C. It's so / nice to be remembered. / J. was just asking / if I h...
Wooden Container
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Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia
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Wooden container, Wangkangurru people
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1926
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Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia
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Two Cypraeidae Cyraea Annulus shells

The Lady Helen Blackburn collection features more than five hundred seashells from Australian beaches, reefs and islands...
Clear plastic cylindrical screw top container
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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Kanginy
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Cream coloured tray cloth featuring a cross stitched design ...
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Mrs Violet M. Wilson
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1936
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Beaconsfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Crocheted jug cover with yellow glass beads
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Mrs Violet M. Wilson
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1942
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Beaconsfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Wooden container
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Amata, South Australia, Australia
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Incised and painted boomerang featuring horse heads on arms ...
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Queensland, Australia
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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Pigmented cylindrical bark container Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia Apply Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia filter	Apply filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Pigmented container Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Katherine River, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Katherine River, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Apply filter	1963 Apply 1963 filter
Oval concave wooden container with rounded ends, and pigment... JW Lindo collection Apply JW Lindo collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Cooper Creek, Queensland, Australia Apply Cooper Creek, Queensland, Australia filter	J W. Lindo Apply J W. Lindo filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
First English Women's Touring Cricket Team, Australia 1934-5 Australian Women's Cricket Council collection Apply Australian Women's Cricket Council collection filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter	Western Australia, Australia Apply Western Australia, Australia filter	D M. Turner Apply D M. Turner filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Deep concave wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Apply filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Tablecloth and four serviettes Myrtle Wilson collection Apply Myrtle Wilson collection filter	Table linen Apply Table linen filter	Beaconsfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Beaconsfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Mrs Violet M. Wilson Apply Mrs Violet M. Wilson filter	1930 Apply 1930 filter
Two Thaidinae Mancinella Mancinella shells Lady Helen Blackburn collection Apply Lady Helen Blackburn collection filter	Shells Apply Shells filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Lady Helen Blackburn Apply Lady Helen Blackburn filter	1973 Apply 1973 filter
Rainforest shield - QLD Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Shields Apply Shields filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Tunga made by Kenny Brown, 2013 Kenny Brown collection Apply Kenny Brown collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Ter... Apply Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Ter... filter	Mr Kenny Brown Apply Mr Kenny Brown filter	2013 Apply 2013 filter
Wik Political Humour Competition 1997 collection Apply Political Humour Competition 1997 collection filter	Cartoons Apply Cartoons filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Rod Emmerson Apply Rod Emmerson filter	1997 Apply 1997 filter
Wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Bowl with pokerwork designs Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Nola Apply Nola filter
Photographic glass plate positive depicting three men workin... Richard Daintree collection Apply Richard Daintree collection filter	Glass plate positives Apply Glass plate positives filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Richard Daintree Apply Richard Daintree filter	1860 Apply 1860 filter
Pauline Hanson Colour Chart Political Humour Competition 1998 collection Apply Political Humour Competition 1998 collection filter	Cartoons Apply Cartoons filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Mr Sean Leahy Apply Mr Sean Leahy filter	1998 Apply 1998 filter
Palm leaf container Charles Hart collection Apply Charles Hart collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Boomerang from central Queensland Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Mr Edmund Milne Snr Apply Mr Edmund Milne Snr filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Map of Burke and Wills' route from Cooper's Creek to Carpent... Burke and Wills collection Apply Burke and Wills collection filter	Maps Apply Maps filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Office of Lands and Survey, Melbourne Apply Office of Lands and Survey, Melbourne filter	1861 Apply 1861 filter
Thaidinae Morula Spinosa Lady Helen Blackburn collection Apply Lady Helen Blackburn collection filter	Shells Apply Shells filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Lady Helen Blackburn Apply Lady Helen Blackburn filter	1973 Apply 1973 filter
QSL card for VK4HA Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	QSL cards Apply QSL cards filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Ceduna, South Australia, Australia Apply Ceduna, South Australia, Australia filter	Gae Mastrosavas Apply Gae Mastrosavas filter
Cassididae Phalium Bandatum Lady Helen Blackburn collection Apply Lady Helen Blackburn collection filter	Shells Apply Shells filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Lady Helen Blackburn Apply Lady Helen Blackburn filter	1978 Apply 1978 filter
Country woman bat chosen Ruby Lee collection Apply Ruby Lee collection filter	Newspaper clippings Apply Newspaper clippings filter	New South Wales, Australia Apply New South Wales, Australia filter	Mrs Ruby Lee Apply Mrs Ruby Lee filter
Two Muricidae Haustellum Macgillivrayi shells Lady Helen Blackburn collection Apply Lady Helen Blackburn collection filter	Shells Apply Shells filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Lady Helen Blackburn Apply Lady Helen Blackburn filter	1971 Apply 1971 filter
Boomerang from central Queensland Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Mr Edmund Milne Snr Apply Mr Edmund Milne Snr filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Bark container Ian Dunlop collection no. 3 Apply Ian Dunlop collection no. 3 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Egg shaped hollow lime gourd Florence Gaby collection Apply Florence Gaby collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Boomerang carved with central floral motif and horizontal ba... Scott Rainbow collection Apply Scott Rainbow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter		1920 Apply 1920 filter
Photograph folder of an Australian holiday Turner and Valentine Families collection Apply Turner and Valentine Families collection filter	Photograph folders Apply Photograph folders filter	Victoria, Australia Apply Victoria, Australia filter
Broad flattened oval, concave wooden container University of Sydney collection Apply University of Sydney collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Apply filter	1957 Apply 1957 filter
Campfire, 2000 Tony Albert collection Apply Tony Albert collection filter	Artworks Apply Artworks filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Mr Tony Albert Apply Mr Tony Albert filter	2000 Apply 2000 filter
Wooden container Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Wooden container Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Apply filter	Apply filter	1991 Apply 1991 filter
Queensland Rugby League cap, 1924 Vic Armbruster collection Apply Vic Armbruster collection filter	Caps Apply Caps filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Vic Armbruster Apply Vic Armbruster filter	1924 Apply 1924 filter
Wooden boat shaped container Katherine Stow collection Apply Katherine Stow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Apply filter	1957 Apply 1957 filter
Wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Bowl with pokerwork designs Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Nola Apply Nola filter
Bark container Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 2 Apply Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Ter... Apply Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Ter... filter	Popalntao Apply Popalntao filter	1965 Apply 1965 filter
Wooden container made by Erlikilyika (Jim Kite) Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Erlikilyika (Jim Kite) Apply Erlikilyika (Jim Kite) filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Child's drawing Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Ceduna, South Australia, Australia Apply Ceduna, South Australia, Australia filter	Gae Mastrosavas Apply Gae Mastrosavas filter
Pamphlet titled 'Make the most of this - it may by the last ... Concerned Ladies Action Group collection no. 2 Apply Concerned Ladies Action Group collection no. 2 filter	Pamphlets Apply Pamphlets filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Concerned Ladies Action Group Apply Concerned Ladies Action Group filter	1995 Apply 1995 filter
Crown Hotel, Forest Hill, 28 February 1906 Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Postcards Apply Postcards filter	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Apply Brisbane, Queensland, Australia filter		1906 Apply 1906 filter
Possum costume Cairns and Far North Queensland Environment Centre collection Apply Cairns and Far North Queensland Environment Centre collection filter	Costumes Apply Costumes filter	Cairns, Queensland, Australia Apply Cairns, Queensland, Australia filter	Jan Harris Apply Jan Harris filter	1980 Apply 1980 filter
Volutidae Cymbiolacca Complexa Lady Helen Blackburn collection Apply Lady Helen Blackburn collection filter	Shells Apply Shells filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Lady Helen Blackburn Apply Lady Helen Blackburn filter
Oblong bark container Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Apply filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Don't you worry about that... Lou Dargham collection Apply Lou Dargham collection filter	Cartoons Apply Cartoons filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Mr Lou Dargham Apply Mr Lou Dargham filter
Oval wooden dish/container Ron Bell collection Apply Ron Bell collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Apply filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter

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