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Victoria, Australia
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Palm leaf container
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Club, Mungeranie, South Australia,
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1926
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Mungeranie, South Australia, Australia
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Club

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Wooden bowl with burnt engraved designs
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Nola
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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1982
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Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia
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Two wooden bowls
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Walter Pukutiwara
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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Plastic tube
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Wooden bowl with pokerwork snake design by Mowitja, Umbakuku...
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Mowitja
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Umbakulu, South Australia, Australia
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Club belonging to Mundabil, Yaamba, Rockhampton, Queensland,...

Original labelling on 1985.0059.0084 reads: "Yamba Tribe Rockhampton Qld. b[r]ought from "Mundabil["] black desperado...
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1987
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Ernabella, South Australia, Australia
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1915
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Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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1934
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King Sound, Western Australia, Australia
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1934
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Nullarbor Plain, South Australia, Australia
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Club, Victoria
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1926
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Victoria, Australia
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Paddy B. Pakapunali
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1965
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Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Ter...
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Weapon - Club - wooden
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1912
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Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
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Club head
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1923
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Central Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Club from Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Bark container
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Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart
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Wooden club, Weapon
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Mr Thomas P. Hackney
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1900
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Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia
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1915
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Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Asymmetrical wooden club, with one pointed end, and the othe...
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J W. Lindo
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1985
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Mitchell River Mission, Queensland, Australia
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Wooden club, Weapon
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1974
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Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
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1927
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Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia
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A wooden club
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1993
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Wooden container
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Wooden container
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Club from Palmer River area, Queensland, 1870s

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Club

This object is one of large collection the Museum acquired from Patricia Heath in 1982. She had had the collection for m...
Partly finished club

Original labelling on 1985.0059.0127 reads: "Boondi/2nd stage of Manuf". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England a...
Club with four-sided head featuring pokerwork animals and te...
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Tommy Foster
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1938
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La Perouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Club with pokerwork possum and bird, and kangaroo and emu mo...
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Tommy Foster
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Sawfish club
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1927
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Archer River, Queensland, Australia
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1934
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Nullarbor Plain, South Australia, Australia
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Pigmented wooden club
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Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart
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Wooden club
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1915
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Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Club from central Western Australia, 1915

1985.0059.0076 is labelled: "Desert/Tribes/WA/Pres by Capt Bates 1915/Forbes". John ("Jack") H Bates was born in Hull, E...
Bull kelp and river reed container made by Verna Nichols
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Verna Nichols
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Bowl with pokerwork designs
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Mowitja
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Umbakulu, South Australia, Australia
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Papua New Guinea, Oceania
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Wooden Container
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Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia
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Club from Bogan River area, New South Wales, 1915

Original label on 1985.0059.0110 reads: "Bogan River Boond[i]/(Major Sm.../P. Weston EsQ 191[5]" and "Bogan River/Boond...
Wooden concave container
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Ian Dunlop
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1964
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Club from Solomon Islands

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Wooden club with incised animal images, attributed to Corand...
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Coranderrk, Victoria, Australia
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Wooden club
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Wooden container with lid in the shape of an apple
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Pigmented wooden club
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Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart
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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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Black Joe Wombadiemeri
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1965
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Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Ter...
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Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
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Metal fragments of opium containers found at archaeological ...
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University of Sydney
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1982
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Palmer River, Queensland, Australia
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Green glass bottle from Ah Toy's garden, Palmer River

Marking refers to John Lumb and Co Ltd, a glass bottle manufacturer based in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. The co...
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1948
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Nicholson Homestead, Western Australia, Australia
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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Weapon - Club - wooden Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Victoria, Australia Apply Victoria, Australia filter
Palm leaf container Charles Hart collection Apply Charles Hart collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Club, Mungeranie, South Australia, Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Mungeranie, South Australia, Australia Apply Mungeranie, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Club Patricia Heath collection Apply Patricia Heath collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		Ms Patricia Heath Apply Ms Patricia Heath filter
Wooden bowl with burnt engraved 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
Club Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
Two wooden bowls 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	Walter Pukutiwara Apply Walter Pukutiwara filter
Plastic tube Dot Butler collection no. 2 Apply Dot Butler collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Wooden bowl with pokerwork snake design by Mowitja, Umbakuku... Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Umbakulu, South Australia, Australia Apply Umbakulu, South Australia, Australia filter	Mowitja Apply Mowitja filter
Club belonging to Mundabil, Yaamba, Rockhampton, Queensland,... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Yaamba, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Apply Yaamba, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia filter	Mundabil Apply Mundabil filter	1896 Apply 1896 filter
Club Enid Bowden collection Apply Enid Bowden collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Ernabella, South Australia, Australia Apply Ernabella, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1987 Apply 1987 filter
Club Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Club Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	King Sound, Western Australia, Australia Apply King Sound, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Club Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Nullarbor Plain, South Australia, Australia Apply Nullarbor Plain, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Club, Victoria Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Victoria, Australia Apply Victoria, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Club Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 2 Apply Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 2 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Ter... Apply Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Ter... filter	Paddy B. Pakapunali Apply Paddy B. Pakapunali filter	1965 Apply 1965 filter
Weapon - Club - wooden Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Club Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1912 Apply 1912 filter
Club head Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Central Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Central Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1923 Apply 1923 filter
Club from Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter
Bark container Charles Hart collection Apply Charles Hart collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart Apply Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart filter
Wooden club, Weapon Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Club L and T Hackney collection Apply L and T Hackney collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia Apply Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Thomas P. Hackney Apply Mr Thomas P. Hackney filter	1900 Apply 1900 filter
Club Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Asymmetrical wooden club, with one pointed end, and the othe... JW Lindo collection Apply JW Lindo collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		J W. Lindo Apply J W. Lindo filter
Club Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Mitchell River Mission, Queensland, Australia Apply Mitchell River Mission, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Wooden club, Weapon Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Club Dorothy Bennett collection Apply Dorothy Bennett collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1974 Apply 1974 filter
Club Professor Adolphus Elkin collection Apply Professor Adolphus Elkin collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia Apply Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1927 Apply 1927 filter
A wooden club Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection Apply Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1993 Apply 1993 filter
Wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Club from Palmer River area, Queensland, 1870s Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Palmer River, Queensland, Australia Apply Palmer River, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1911 Apply 1911 filter
Club Patricia Heath collection Apply Patricia Heath collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	South West Queensland, Queensland, Australia Apply South West Queensland, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
Partly finished club Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Club with four-sided head featuring pokerwork animals and te... Scott Rainbow collection Apply Scott Rainbow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	La Perouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply La Perouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Tommy Foster Apply Tommy Foster filter	1938 Apply 1938 filter
Club with pokerwork possum and bird, and kangaroo and emu mo... Scott Rainbow collection Apply Scott Rainbow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		Tommy Foster Apply Tommy Foster filter
Sawfish club Ursula McConnel collection Apply Ursula McConnel collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Archer River, Queensland, Australia Apply Archer River, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1927 Apply 1927 filter
Club Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Nullarbor Plain, South Australia, Australia Apply Nullarbor Plain, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Pigmented wooden club Charles Hart collection Apply Charles Hart collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart Apply Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart filter
Wooden club Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Club from central Western Australia, 1915 Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Western Australia, Australia Apply Western Australia, Australia filter		1915 Apply 1915 filter
Bull kelp and river reed container made by Verna Nichols Tayenebe collection Apply Tayenebe collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Verna Nichols Apply Verna Nichols 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	Umbakulu, South Australia, Australia Apply Umbakulu, South Australia, Australia filter	Mowitja Apply Mowitja filter
Club Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter
Club Roy Barker collection no. 1 Apply Roy Barker collection no. 1 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Wooden Container Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter
Club from Bogan River area, New South Wales, 1915 Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Bogan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Bogan River, New South Wales, Australia filter		1915 Apply 1915 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
Club from Solomon Islands Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Solomon Islands, Oceania Apply Solomon Islands, Oceania filter
Wooden club with incised animal images, attributed to Corand... Robert Croll Indigenous Artefacts collection Apply Robert Croll Indigenous Artefacts collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Coranderrk, Victoria, Australia Apply Coranderrk, Victoria, Australia filter
Wooden club Igor Zorich collection Apply Igor Zorich collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Wooden container with lid in the shape of an apple Springfield - Faithfull Family collection Apply Springfield - Faithfull Family collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Pigmented wooden club Charles Hart collection Apply Charles Hart collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter		Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart Apply Professor Charles (Steve) W. Hart 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	Kanginy Apply Kanginy filter
Club Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 2 Apply Dr Helen M Wurm collection no. 2 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Ter... Apply Milikapiti (Snake Bay), Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Ter... filter	Black Joe Wombadiemeri Apply Black Joe Wombadiemeri filter	1965 Apply 1965 filter
Club Dorothy Bennett collection Apply Dorothy Bennett collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1974 Apply 1974 filter
Metal fragments of opium containers found at archaeological ... Professor Ian Jack collection no. 1 Apply Professor Ian Jack collection no. 1 filter	Opium containers Apply Opium containers filter	Palmer River, Queensland, Australia Apply Palmer River, Queensland, Australia filter	University of Sydney Apply University of Sydney filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
Green glass bottle from Ah Toy's garden, Palmer River Professor Ian Jack collection no. 1 Apply Professor Ian Jack collection no. 1 filter	Beverage bottles Apply Beverage bottles filter	Castleford, West Yorkshire, England Apply Castleford, West Yorkshire, England filter	University of Sydney Apply University of Sydney filter	1905 Apply 1905 filter
Club Keith Goddard collection Apply Keith Goddard collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Nicholson Homestead, Western Australia, Australia Apply Nicholson Homestead, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter