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Painted boomerang featuring boomerang, kangaroo, snake, snai...
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Queensland, Australia
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Tiwi Tunga - bark ceremonial container
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Boomerang from Coopers Creek, central Queensland

Original labelling on 1985.0059.0027 reads: "Coopers Creek Central Q'land". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in Engla...
1948 Queensland Clothing Ration Card
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Zena M. Hansen
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1948
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Queensland, Australia
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Rainforests
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Department of Forestry
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1987
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Queensland, Australia
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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".
Painting titled 'West 'McDonald's' Ranges' by Vanessa Inkama...

Of the 'West 'McDonald's' Ranges' series, artist Clara Inkamala states: "We want to send out [a message] to those people...
Photographic glass plate positive depicting two men outside ...
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Richard Daintree
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1860
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Queensland, Australia
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Wooden container
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Crown Hotel, Forest Hill, 28 February 1906
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Asymetrical boomerang
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Margaret Pinnock
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Kalumburu, Western Australia, Australia
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Canoe shaped wooden container
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1960
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Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia
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Small wooden bowl made from River Red Gum
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Nyukana (Daisy) Baker
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Bark container
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Kunmunya Mission (aka Port George IV mission), West Kimberley, West...
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Wooden container, Arrernte people
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1926
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Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia
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Model wooden club with a large pineapple head

This is one of a set of small models of Australian Aboriginal objects made in 1868 by Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Soue...
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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Weapon - Boomerang
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Not provided
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1925
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Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia
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Glass plate negative - His excellency Sir Tom Bridges, Gover...

Reproduced by Basedow in the "Observer" (Adelaide) (14 July 1923). Caption reads: 'His Excellency planting a tree at Arl...
Wooden container
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Western Australia, Australia
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Black and brown bowl
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Kanginy
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Black's Camp, Queensland
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Mr Josef Lebovic
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Queensland, Australia
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Bark container
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Long Peter, Parapriti
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1965
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Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Ter...
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Wooden concave container
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Ian Dunlop
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1964
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Boomerang with pointed ends and incised with alternating con...
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Queensland, Australia
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Deep concave wooden container
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1934
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Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia
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1934
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Musgrave Ranges, South Australia, Australia
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Photographic glass plate positive depicting Aboriginal men s...
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Richard Daintree
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1860
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Queensland, Australia
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Volutidae Cymbiolacca Wisemani

The Lady Helen Blackburn collection features more than five hundred seashells from Australian beaches, reefs and islands...
Oval concave wooden container with rounded ends, and pigment...
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J W. Lindo
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1985
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Cooper Creek, Queensland, Australia
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Painting titled 'West 'McDonald's' Ranges by Rosabelle Namat...

Of the 'West 'McDonald's' Ranges' series, artist Clara Inkamala states: "We want to send out [a message] to those people...
Tropical Rainforests Conservation and Production - Northern ...
Booklets
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Northern Rainforest Management Agency
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1987
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Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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Two Trochidae Chrysostoma Paradoxum shells

The Lady Helen Blackburn collection features more than five hundred seashells from Australian beaches, reefs and islands...
King Wally quits, 1991
Advertising posters
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The Daily Telegraph Mirror
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1991
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Weapon - Boomerang
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1925
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Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia
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Bark container collected at Yallock station near Cobar, New ...

Original labelling on 1985.0059.0320 reads: "Prest by Mr J Leah/Cobar/Coolamon or food dish/Mulga tribe/Yallock ". Edmu...
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1960
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Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia
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Spearthrower
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1934
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Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia
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Boomerang
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1985
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Queensland, Australia
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Painting titled 'West 'McDonald's' Ranges by Vanessa Inkamal...

Of the 'West 'McDonald's' Ranges' series, artist Clara Inkamala states: "We want to send out [a message] to those people...
Wooden bowl called piti
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Painting titled 'West 'McDonald's' Ranges' by Lenie Namatjir...

Of the 'West 'McDonald's' Ranges' series, artist Clara Inkamala states: "We want to send out [a message] to those people...
Wooden case for microscope used for the scientific study of ...
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Mrs Valerie May
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1940
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New South Wales, Australia
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Bark container
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Bull kelp, river reed and tea tree container made by Kylie D...
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Ms Kylie Dickson
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Pigmented, shallow wooden, elongated concave container
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1970
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Yalata, South Australia, Australia
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Coconut container
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Mr Francis E. Williams
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1922
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Purari River, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Wooden oval container
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1992
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Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
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Timber boomerang roughly carved with subtle fish design, fro...
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Queensland, 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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Bark container
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1928
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Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
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Wooden container
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Percy Mumbler
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1968
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South Coast, New South Wales, Australia
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Fighting stick with thin incised lines
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Margaret Pinnock
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Kalumburu, Western Australia, Australia
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Cartoon titled 'Rough End of the Pineapple'.
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Ross Bateup
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2001
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Palm leaf basket from Port Essington, made by Ningoldie Blyt...

Palm leaf baskets, as well as being used as water containers, have a particular use in relation to keeping up the energy...
Volutidae Relegamoria Molleri

The Lady Helen Blackburn collection features more than five hundred seashells from Australian beaches, reefs and islands...
Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Walter Pukutiwara
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Palm leaf container
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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Painted boomerang featuring boomerang, kangaroo, snake, snai... Scott Rainbow collection Apply Scott Rainbow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter
Tiwi Tunga - bark ceremonial container Charles Hart collection Apply Charles Hart collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Boomerang from Coopers Creek, 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
1948 Queensland Clothing Ration Card Daphne Harding collection Apply Daphne Harding collection filter	Ration cards Apply Ration cards filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Zena M. Hansen Apply Zena M. Hansen filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Rainforests Janeene Wallwork collection Apply Janeene Wallwork collection filter	Instruction booklets Apply Instruction booklets filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Department of Forestry Apply Department of Forestry filter	1987 Apply 1987 filter
Wooden container Ian Dunlop collection no. 3 Apply Ian Dunlop collection no. 3 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Painting titled 'West 'McDonald's' Ranges' by Vanessa Inkama... Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands collection Apply Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands collection filter	Watercolour paintings Apply Watercolour paintings filter	Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Vanessa Inkamala Apply Vanessa Inkamala filter
Photographic glass plate positive depicting two men outside ... 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
Wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers 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
Asymetrical boomerang Bruce Wright collection Apply Bruce Wright collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Kalumburu, Western Australia, Australia Apply Kalumburu, Western Australia, Australia filter	Margaret Pinnock Apply Margaret Pinnock filter
Canoe shaped wooden container Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 1 Apply Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Apply filter	1960 Apply 1960 filter
Small wooden bowl made from River Red Gum Maruku Arts collection no. 3 Apply Maruku Arts collection no. 3 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Nyukana (Daisy) Baker Apply Nyukana (Daisy) Baker filter	2003 Apply 2003 filter
Bark container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Kunmunya Mission (aka Port George IV mission), West Kimberley, West... Apply Kunmunya Mission (aka Port George IV mission), West Kimberley, West... filter
Wooden container, Arrernte people Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Apply filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Model wooden club with a large pineapple head JC Le Souef collection Apply JC Le Souef collection filter	Small scale models Apply Small scale models filter	Elwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Elwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Mr Albert A. Le Souef Apply Mr Albert A. Le Souef filter	1868 Apply 1868 filter
Cream coloured tray cloth featuring a cross stitched design ... 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	1936 Apply 1936 filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1925 Apply 1925 filter
Glass plate negative - His excellency Sir Tom Bridges, Gover... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Glass plate negatives Apply Glass plate negatives filter	Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1923 Apply 1923 filter
Wooden container Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Western Australia, Australia Apply Western Australia, Australia filter
Black and brown bowl 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	Kanginy Apply Kanginy filter
Black's Camp, Queensland Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Postcards Apply Postcards filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic 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	Long Peter, Parapriti Apply Long Peter, Parapriti filter	1965 Apply 1965 filter
Wooden concave container Ian Dunlop collection no. 2 Apply Ian Dunlop collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Ian Dunlop Apply Ian Dunlop filter	1964 Apply 1964 filter
Boomerang with pointed ends and incised with alternating con... Scott Rainbow collection Apply Scott Rainbow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia 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
Wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Musgrave Ranges, South Australia, Australia Apply Musgrave Ranges, South Australia, Australia filter	Apply filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Photographic glass plate positive depicting Aboriginal men s... 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
Volutidae Cymbiolacca Wisemani 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	1965 Apply 1965 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
Painting titled 'West 'McDonald's' Ranges by Rosabelle Namat... Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands collection Apply Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands collection filter	Watercolour paintings Apply Watercolour paintings filter	Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Rosabelle Namatjira Apply Rosabelle Namatjira filter
Tropical Rainforests Conservation and Production - Northern ... Janeene Wallwork collection Apply Janeene Wallwork collection filter	Booklets Apply Booklets filter	Cairns, Queensland, Australia Apply Cairns, Queensland, Australia filter	Northern Rainforest Management Agency Apply Northern Rainforest Management Agency filter	1987 Apply 1987 filter
Two Trochidae Chrysostoma Paradoxum 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
King Wally quits, 1991 Robbie Swan collection Apply Robbie Swan collection filter	Advertising posters Apply Advertising posters filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	The Daily Telegraph Mirror Apply The Daily Telegraph Mirror filter	1991 Apply 1991 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		Unknown Apply Unknown filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1925 Apply 1925 filter
Bark container collected at Yallock station near Cobar, New ... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Yallock, New South Wales, Australia Apply Yallock, New South Wales, Australia filter	J Leach Apply J Leach filter
Bark container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Wooden container Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 1 Apply Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Apply filter	1960 Apply 1960 filter
Spearthrower Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter	Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Boomerang JW Lindo collection Apply JW Lindo collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Painting titled 'West 'McDonald's' Ranges by Vanessa Inkamal... Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands collection Apply Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands collection filter	Watercolour paintings Apply Watercolour paintings filter	Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Vanessa Inkamala Apply Vanessa Inkamala filter

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