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Parrying shield made by Jack Shepherd, Byrock, New South Wal...

Original labelling on 1985.0059.0286 reads: "Mulga Tribe/1908/Byrock". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and...
Sculpture
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Western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Digging stick
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1962
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Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
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Spearthrower
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1977
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Spearthrower
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1964
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Babinda, Queensland, Australia
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Boomerang made by Moody, Bogan River, New South Wales, 1889

Original label on 1985.0059.0049 reads: "Moody of the Bogan River Tribe/1889/[Presd by] W Byrnes". Edmund Milne (1861-1...
Club
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1934
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Roebuck Bay, Western Australia, Australia
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Spearthrower
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1934
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Nullarbor Plain, South Australia, Australia
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Split cane and fibre basket
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1974
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Coranderrk, Victoria, Australia
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Bugle grass necklace
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1926
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Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Armband of split cane with parakeet feathers bound on the ou...
Armbands
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1972
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Northern Territory, Australia
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Cylindrical fibre basket - Yirrkala, 1948
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Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Club
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1934
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Nullarbor Plain, South Australia, Australia
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Boomerang
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1993
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Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia
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Boomerang
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1926
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Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia
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Stone knife
Knives
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1969
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Nicholson River, Northern Territory, Australia
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Message stick
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1969
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Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
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Sculpture
Wood carvings
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1962
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Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
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Bogan pick [stone implement]

Original label on 1985.0059.0767 reads: "Ploughed up/At Forest Reefs/about 1907/unique/specimen". Edmund Milne (1861-19...
Boomerang
Boomerangs
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1964
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Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia
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Firedrill base
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1983
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North-Eastern Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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Boomerang
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1985
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Northern Territory, Australia
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Spearhead

This object is one of large collection the Museum acquired from Patricia Heath in 1982. She had had the collection for m...
Boomerang
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1972
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Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia
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Plaited grass fibre armband or "baku"
Armbands
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1926
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Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Boomerang
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1934
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Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia
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Shield
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1985
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Club
Clubs
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1957
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New South Wales, Australia
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Hollow cylinder of wood forming a smoking pipe with a wooden...
Smoking pipes
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1987
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Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Adze
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1948
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Nicholson Homestead, Western Australia, Australia
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Shoulder ornament
Personal adornments
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1926
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Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Shell armband featuring 15 variegated segments
Armbands
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1850
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Northern Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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Club from Castlereagh River area, New South Wales

Original label on 1985.0059.0133 reads: "Castlereagh River/Tribe". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emi...
Bifacially flaked and edged ground stone hatchet
Hatchets
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1964
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Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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Parrying shield, Murray River area, Victoria, 1902

Original labelling on 1985.0059.0300 reads: "Murray River/1902". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigr...
Parrying Shield
Shields
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1926
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Victoria, Australia
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Bundle of string, made from the fibre of a banyan vine, boun...
String
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1935
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Kaparlgoo, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Resin sample
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1985
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Galiwin'ku (Elcho Island), Northern Territory, Australia
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Waist ornament
Belts
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1931
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Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia
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Club
Clubs
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1963
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Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia
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Spearthrower
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1964
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Queensland, Australia
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Kimberley point

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Kimberley point
Spearheads
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1954
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Forrest River, Western Australia, Australia
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Aboriginal breastplate for Joey, Chief of Petraman

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Wooden harpoon
Harpoons
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1970
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Euramo, Tully, Queensland, Australia
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Spearthrower

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Shield
Shields
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1993
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Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia
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Shell necklace
Necklaces
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1987
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Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
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Wood implement
Tools
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1931
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Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia
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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...
Pair of tapsticks tied together with a shoelace threaded thr...
Clapsticks
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1987
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Victoria, Australia
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Spearthrower
Spearthrowers
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1964
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Galiwin'ku (Elcho Island), Northern Territory, Australia
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Aboriginal breastplate for Jack the Traveller, King of Bendo...

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

Original labelling on 1985.0059.0012 reads: "Palmer River/North Qland/Prestd by Mr D. Gleeson/18-4-1914". Edmund Milne ...
Pigmented knife made from an elliptical piece of wood and si...
Knives
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1985
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Boomerang
Boomerangs
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1914
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Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia
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Carved wooden lizard with an incised design on the upper sur...
Wood carvings
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1991
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Club
Clubs
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1964
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Victoria, Australia
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Club
Clubs
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1912
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Bathurst Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Club FG Tonge collection Apply FG Tonge collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1970 Apply 1970 filter
Parrying shield made by Jack Shepherd, Byrock, New South Wal... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Shields Apply Shields filter	Byrock, New South Wales, Australia Apply Byrock, New South Wales, Australia filter	Jack Shepherd Apply Jack Shepherd filter	1908 Apply 1908 filter
Sculpture J Davidson collection no. 3 Apply J Davidson collection no. 3 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1965 Apply 1965 filter
Digging stick Frederick D McCarthy collection Apply Frederick D McCarthy collection filter	Digging sticks Apply Digging sticks filter	Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia Apply Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1962 Apply 1962 filter
Spearthrower AR Eadie collection Apply AR Eadie collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1977 Apply 1977 filter
Spearthrower Douglas Seaton collection Apply Douglas Seaton collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter	Babinda, Queensland, Australia Apply Babinda, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1964 Apply 1964 filter
Boomerang made by Moody, Bogan River, New South Wales, 1889 Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Bogan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Bogan River, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Edmund Milne Snr Apply Mr Edmund Milne Snr filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Club Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Roebuck Bay, Western Australia, Australia Apply Roebuck Bay, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Spearthrower Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter	Nullarbor Plain, South Australia, Australia Apply Nullarbor Plain, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Split cane and fibre basket J Davidson collection no. 3 Apply J Davidson collection no. 3 filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Coranderrk, Victoria, Australia Apply Coranderrk, Victoria, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1974 Apply 1974 filter
Bugle grass necklace Dr William Warner collection Apply Dr William Warner collection filter	Necklaces Apply Necklaces filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Armband of split cane with parakeet feathers bound on the ou... Helen Reeve collection Apply Helen Reeve collection filter	Armbands Apply Armbands filter	Northern Territory, Australia Apply Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1972 Apply 1972 filter
Cylindrical fibre basket - Yirrkala, 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided 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
Boomerang Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection Apply Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia Apply Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1993 Apply 1993 filter
Boomerang Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Stone knife J Dymock collection Apply J Dymock collection filter	Knives Apply Knives filter	Nicholson River, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Nicholson River, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1969 Apply 1969 filter
Message stick A Morrison collection no. 1 Apply A Morrison collection no. 1 filter	Message sticks Apply Message sticks filter	Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1969 Apply 1969 filter
Sculpture Frederick D McCarthy collection Apply Frederick D McCarthy collection filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia Apply Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1962 Apply 1962 filter
Bogan pick [stone implement] Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Stone artefacts Apply Stone artefacts filter	Forest Reefs, New South Wales, Australia Apply Forest Reefs, New South Wales, Australia filter
Boomerang Dr La Mont West collection Apply Dr La Mont West collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia Apply Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1964 Apply 1964 filter
Firedrill base Dr Gerald Holt collection no. 1 Apply Dr Gerald Holt collection no. 1 filter	Firesticks Apply Firesticks filter	North-Eastern Queensland, Queensland, Australia Apply North-Eastern Queensland, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1983 Apply 1983 filter
Boomerang Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Northern Territory, Australia Apply Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Spearhead Patricia Heath collection Apply Patricia Heath collection filter	Spearheads Apply Spearheads filter	South-west Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia Apply South-west Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
Boomerang Lew Parlette collection no. 2 Apply Lew Parlette collection no. 2 filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1972 Apply 1972 filter
Plaited grass fibre armband or "baku" Dr William Warner collection Apply Dr William Warner collection filter	Armbands Apply Armbands filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Boomerang Dr Phyllis Kaberry collection Apply Dr Phyllis Kaberry collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia Apply Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Shield Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Shields Apply Shields filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Club Katherine Stow collection Apply Katherine Stow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	New South Wales, Australia Apply New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1957 Apply 1957 filter
Hollow cylinder of wood forming a smoking pipe with a wooden... Enid Bowden collection Apply Enid Bowden collection filter	Smoking pipes Apply Smoking pipes filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1987 Apply 1987 filter
Adze Keith Goddard collection Apply Keith Goddard collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Nicholson Homestead, Western Australia, Australia Apply Nicholson Homestead, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Shoulder ornament Dr William Warner collection Apply Dr William Warner collection filter	Personal adornments Apply Personal adornments filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Shell armband featuring 15 variegated segments JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 1 Apply JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 1 filter	Armbands Apply Armbands filter	Northern Queensland, Queensland, Australia Apply Northern Queensland, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1850 Apply 1850 filter
Club from Castlereagh River area, New South Wales Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Castlereagh River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Castlereagh River, New South Wales, Australia filter
Bifacially flaked and edged ground stone hatchet Douglas Seaton collection Apply Douglas Seaton collection filter	Hatchets Apply Hatchets filter	Cairns, Queensland, Australia Apply Cairns, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1964 Apply 1964 filter
Parrying shield, Murray River area, Victoria, 1902 Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Shields Apply Shields filter	Central Murray River Region, Victoria, Australia Apply Central Murray River Region, Victoria, Australia filter		1902 Apply 1902 filter
Parrying Shield Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Shields Apply Shields filter	Victoria, Australia Apply Victoria, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Bundle of string, made from the fibre of a banyan vine, boun... JW Lindo collection Apply JW Lindo collection filter	String Apply String filter	Kaparlgoo, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Kaparlgoo, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1935 Apply 1935 filter
Resin sample Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Samples Apply Samples filter	Galiwin'ku (Elcho Island), Northern Territory, Australia Apply Galiwin'ku (Elcho Island), Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Waist ornament Gerhardt Laves collection Apply Gerhardt Laves collection filter	Belts Apply Belts filter	Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Club Dr Wolfgang Laade collection Apply Dr Wolfgang Laade collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia Apply Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1963 Apply 1963 filter
Spearthrower Dr Robert Wishart collection Apply Dr Robert Wishart collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1964 Apply 1964 filter
Kimberley point Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Spearheads Apply Spearheads filter
Kimberley point Bruce Coaldrake collection Apply Bruce Coaldrake collection filter	Spearheads Apply Spearheads filter	Forrest River, Western Australia, Australia Apply Forrest River, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1954 Apply 1954 filter
Aboriginal breastplate for Joey, Chief of Petraman Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Aboriginal breastplates Apply Aboriginal breastplates filter	Petraman Apply Petraman filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Wooden harpoon Gladys Henry collection Apply Gladys Henry collection filter	Harpoons Apply Harpoons filter	Euramo, Tully, Queensland, Australia Apply Euramo, Tully, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1970 Apply 1970 filter
Spearthrower Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter
Shield Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection Apply Professor Henry and Luise Krips collection filter	Shields Apply Shields filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1993 Apply 1993 filter
Shell necklace Enid Bowden collection Apply Enid Bowden collection filter	Necklaces Apply Necklaces filter	Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia Apply Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1987 Apply 1987 filter
Wood implement Gerhardt Laves collection Apply Gerhardt Laves collection filter	Tools Apply Tools filter	Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia Apply Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 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
Pair of tapsticks tied together with a shoelace threaded thr... Enid Bowden collection Apply Enid Bowden collection filter	Clapsticks Apply Clapsticks filter	Victoria, Australia Apply Victoria, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1987 Apply 1987 filter
Spearthrower Sandra Holmes collection no. 5 Apply Sandra Holmes collection no. 5 filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter	Galiwin'ku (Elcho Island), Northern Territory, Australia Apply Galiwin'ku (Elcho Island), Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1964 Apply 1964 filter
Aboriginal breastplate for Jack the Traveller, King of Bendo... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Aboriginal breastplates Apply Aboriginal breastplates filter	Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia Apply Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Boomerang Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Palmer River, Queensland, Australia Apply Palmer River, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
Pigmented knife made from an elliptical piece of wood and si...

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