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Toy ball made from burnt (open-hearth baked) gypsum
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1926
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Mungeranie, South Australia, Australia
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Hooked club, western Victoria
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1926
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Western Victoria, Victoria, Australia
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Pottery dish decorated with concentric bands and geometric c...

Although this dish is unsigned, it is believed to be by either John Bosco Tipiloura or Jock Puatjimi, ceramicists from B...
Weapon - Boomerang
Boomerangs
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1934
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South West Queensland, Queensland, Australia
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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...
Kimberley point
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1948
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Woven split cane bicornual [bicornuate] basket made in the C...
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1850
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Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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Shield
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1954
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Forrest River, Western Australia, Australia
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Wooden tapstick, with an oval convex anterior surface, a fla...
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1975
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Western 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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Bone implement

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Club
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1934
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King Sound, Western Australia, Australia
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Club, Victoria
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1926
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Victoria, Australia
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Pair of tapsticks tied together with a shoelace threaded thr...
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1987
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Victoria, Australia
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Shield

This object is one of large collection the Museum acquired from Patricia Heath in 1982. She had had the collection for m...
Mesh bag formed from two-ply looped fibre-string - Yirrkala,...
Bags
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1948
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Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Vertical woven split-cane basket
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1984
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Northern Australia, Australia
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Spearthrower
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1957
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Archer River, Queensland, Australia
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Spearthrower

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

This object is one of large collection the Museum acquired from Patricia Heath in 1982. She had had the collection for m...
Boomerang from Barron River, North Queensland, 1897

Original labelling on 1985.0059.0020 reads: "Barron River N.Q./E.M. 1897". "E.M." on 1985.0059.0020 suggests it was col...
Stone knife
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1934
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Northern Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia
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String bag from Staater River area, Gulf of Carpentaria, Que...

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

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Message stick
Message sticks
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1926
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Boomerang

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Club from Darling River, New South Wales

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Aboriginal breastplate for James Fearnought, King of Merigal

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Hatchet with a flaked stone head in bent wood
Hatchets
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1938
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Muttama, New South Wales, Australia
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Shield
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1927
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Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia
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Clapstick
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1934
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Southern central, Australia
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Stone knife
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1926
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South Australia, Australia
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Paintbrush
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1962
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Aurukun, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
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Head ornament made with macropod teeth
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Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia
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Cylindrical stone-bladed wooden knife
Knives
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1969
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Pubic tassel
Personal adornments
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1985
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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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Spearthrower
Spearthrowers
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Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia
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Spearthrower from Mitchell River area, Gulf of Carpentaria, ...

Original labelling on 1985.0059.0256 reads: "Gulf of Carpentaria/(Mr Birkenhead)/Orange/August 1913". Edmund Milne (186...
Spearthrower
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1934
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Alberga River, South Australia, Australia
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Pigmented cylindrical fibre basket
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1926
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Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Boomerang
Boomerangs
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1957
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Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Stone knife with sheath
Knives
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1948
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Aboriginal breastplate for Tommy, Constable Wellington

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Wooden club, made by Mickey Bell, Jervis Bay, New South Wale...

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

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

This object is one of large collection the Museum acquired from Patricia Heath in 1982. She had had the collection for m...
Animal long bone awl
Awls
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1964
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Babinda, Queensland, Australia
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Ceremonial wooden paddle
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1974
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Club
Clubs
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Archer River, Queensland, Australia
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Spearthrower
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Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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Boomerang
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1985
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Cooper Creek, South Australia, Australia
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Nose bone

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Pubic tassel
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1926
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Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Woven reed basket
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1927
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Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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Shield, north west Western Australia, 1900

Original label on 1985.0059.0279 reads: "North West Coast/West Austlia/1900" and "N. West Aus". Edmund Milne (1861-1917...
Club from Bogan River area, New South Wales, 1896

Original label on 1985.0059.0107 reads: ' "Coolibera"/Bogan River Tribe [1896]'. This original paper label is damaged. ...
Boomerang - Mornington Island
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1987
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Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia
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Boomerang from Bogan River, New South Wales

Original label on 1985.0059.0046 reads: "Bogan River NSW". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated t...
Club, Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory
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Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Toy ball made from burnt (open-hearth baked) gypsum Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Toys Apply Toys filter	Mungeranie, South Australia, Australia Apply Mungeranie, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Hooked club, western Victoria Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Western Victoria, Victoria, Australia Apply Western Victoria, Victoria, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Pottery dish decorated with concentric bands and geometric c... Tiwi Ipima Arts collection Apply Tiwi Ipima Arts collection filter	Dishes Apply Dishes filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1988 Apply 1988 filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	South West Queensland, Queensland, Australia Apply South West Queensland, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 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
Kimberley point Keith Goddard collection Apply Keith Goddard collection filter	Spearheads Apply Spearheads filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Woven split cane bicornual [bicornuate] basket made in the C... JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 1 Apply JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 1 filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Cairns, Queensland, Australia Apply Cairns, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1850 Apply 1850 filter
Shield Bruce Coaldrake collection Apply Bruce Coaldrake collection filter	Shields Apply Shields filter	Forrest River, Western Australia, Australia Apply Forrest River, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1954 Apply 1954 filter
Wooden tapstick, with an oval convex anterior surface, a fla... H Robinson collection Apply H Robinson collection filter	Clapsticks Apply Clapsticks filter	Western Australia, Australia Apply Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1975 Apply 1975 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
Bone implement Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Bone tools Apply Bone tools filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 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, 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
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
Shield Patricia Heath collection Apply Patricia Heath collection filter	Shields Apply Shields 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
Mesh bag formed from two-ply looped fibre-string - Yirrkala,... American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... Apply American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land (AASEAL) c... filter	Bags Apply Bags filter	Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Yirrkala, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Vertical woven split-cane basket Dr Gerald Holt collection no. 1 Apply Dr Gerald Holt collection no. 1 filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Northern Australia, Australia Apply Northern Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1984 Apply 1984 filter
Spearthrower University of Sydney collection Apply University of Sydney collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter	Archer River, Queensland, Australia Apply Archer River, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1957 Apply 1957 filter
Spearthrower Patricia Heath collection Apply Patricia Heath collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter	Lake Darlot, Western Australia, Australia Apply Lake Darlot, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1894 Apply 1894 filter
Club Patricia Heath collection Apply Patricia Heath collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia Apply Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
Boomerang from Barron River, North Queensland, 1897 Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Barron River, Queensland, Australia Apply Barron River, Queensland, Australia filter	Mr Edmund Milne Snr Apply Mr Edmund Milne Snr filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Stone knife Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Knives Apply Knives filter	Northern Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Northern Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
String bag from Staater River area, Gulf of Carpentaria, Que... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Bags Apply Bags filter	Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia Apply Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia filter
Club from Samoa Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Samoa Apply Samoa filter
Message stick Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Message sticks Apply Message sticks filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Boomerang Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Club from Darling River, New South Wales Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Darling River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Darling River, New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Aboriginal breastplate for James Fearnought, King of Merigal Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Aboriginal breastplates Apply Aboriginal breastplates filter	Merigal, New South Wales, Australia Apply Merigal, New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1850 Apply 1850 filter
Hatchet with a flaked stone head in bent wood William Ewart Williams collection Apply William Ewart Williams collection filter	Hatchets Apply Hatchets filter	Muttama, New South Wales, Australia Apply Muttama, New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1938 Apply 1938 filter
Shield Professor Adolphus Elkin collection Apply Professor Adolphus Elkin collection filter	Shields Apply Shields filter	Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia Apply Cape Leveque, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1927 Apply 1927 filter
Clapstick Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clapsticks Apply Clapsticks filter	Southern central, Australia Apply Southern central, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Stone knife Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Knives Apply Knives filter	South Australia, Australia Apply South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Paintbrush Frederick D McCarthy collection Apply Frederick D McCarthy collection filter	Paintbrushes Apply Paintbrushes 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
Head ornament made with macropod teeth Professor WEH Stanner collection no. 1 Apply Professor WEH Stanner collection no. 1 filter	Head ornaments Apply Head ornaments filter	Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter
Cylindrical stone-bladed wooden knife Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum collection Apply Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum collection filter	Knives Apply Knives filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1969 Apply 1969 filter
Pubic tassel Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Personal adornments Apply Personal adornments 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
Spearthrower Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Spearthrower from Mitchell River area, Gulf of Carpentaria, ... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter	Mitchell River, Queensland, Australia Apply Mitchell River, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1913 Apply 1913 filter
Spearthrower Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter	Alberga River, South Australia, Australia Apply Alberga River, South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Pigmented cylindrical fibre basket Dr William Warner collection Apply Dr William Warner collection 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	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Boomerang University of Sydney collection Apply University of Sydney collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1957 Apply 1957 filter
Stone knife with sheath Keith Goddard collection Apply Keith Goddard collection filter	Knives Apply Knives filter		Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1948 Apply 1948 filter
Aboriginal breastplate for Tommy, Constable Wellington Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Aboriginal breastplates Apply Aboriginal breastplates filter	Wellington, New South Wales, Australia Apply Wellington, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Edmund Milne Snr Apply Mr Edmund Milne Snr filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Wooden club, made by Mickey Bell, Jervis Bay, New South Wale... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter

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