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Top grinding stone [stone implement]
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Spearthrower from Cloncurry, Queensland
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Hafted stone hatchet
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Club with bulbous head
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Club used by Jimmy Clements, Lachlan River, New South Wales
A list that accompanied the Milne collection on its arrival in Canberra has the following entry for 1985.0059.0136: 'Nul...
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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...
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Wooden club, made by Budd Billy, Jervis Bay, 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...
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Two-ply black wattle string fishing line made by Coomee Null...
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Shield, Castlereagh River area, New South Wales, 1890
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0292 reads: "Castlereagh River/1890". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and ...
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Boomerang used by 'King Boney', Woolgoolga, north coast New ...
Labelled: "King Boney/Woolgoolga/North Coast NSW" and "Woolgoolga [word]/Chief [Old Boney]". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) ...
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Boomerang
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0016 reads: "North Qland Gulf Country E.O.M.". "E.O.M." on 1985.0059.0016 suggests tha...
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Aboriginal breastplate for Peter, King of Tchanning
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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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...
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Scoop or digging stick from Byrock, New South Wales, 1914
Original label on 1985.0059.0333 reads: 'Jack Shepherd/"Muta-maley"/Mallee hen making nest/Mulga Tribe/Byrock/EM/1914' a...
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Message stick
A drawing of both sides of 1985.0059.0398 includes explanation of its symbols. This explanation is reproduced here in fu...
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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...
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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...
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Coconut container
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Aboriginal breastplate for Dicky, King of Clyde Road
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Kimberley point - glass
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Parrying shield
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0290 reads: "Murg... Shield/Mulga Tribe and Mu...". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born ...
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Retouched flake [stone implement]
Original label on 1985.0059.0659 reads: "Gunnulla N.S.W./13/4/13". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emi...
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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...
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Boomerang used by Jacky Plowright, 1842
Original label on 1985.0059.0070 reads: "Jacky Plowright's fighting/Boomerang Last King Berrima/1842/[word] Chas Nichols...
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Spearthrower with etched design, from central Western Austra...
Original label on 1985.0059.0245 reads: "17 Central West/Australia/Valuable carved". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born...
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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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Digging stick from Lake Eyre area, South Australia,1907
Original label on 1985.0059.0330 reads: "Gin's yam stick/Lake Eyre Tribe [SA]/EM 1907". "E.M." on 1985.0059.0330 suggest...
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Boomerang from Bogan River, New South Wales, 1870
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0043 reads: "Darling + Bogan River Tribe/1870 M[?r] [word] 1910". Edmund Milne (1861-...
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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...
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Boomerang from Darling River, New South Wales
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0042 reads: "Darling River/[?Bogan]/come back". 'Come back' is another term for returnin...
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Boomerang from Goondiwindi, Queensland, 1901
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0030 reads: "Macintyre River Tribe ..." and "Goondiwindi Qland Border 1901". Edmund M...
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Paddle
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Parrying shield, Murrumbidgee River area, New South Wales, 1...
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0295 reads: "Murrumbidgee River Tribe 1895". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in Eng...
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Ceremonial boomerang made by Harry Shepherd, Byrock area, Ne...
Original label on 1985.0059.0053 reads: "Ceremonial/boomerang/Mulga Tribe/Harry/Shepherd 1910". Edmund Milne (1861-191...
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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...
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Spearthrower
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0254 reads: "Alligator River/Northn Territory/1911". One or more other words have soaked...
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Smoking pipe used by Ben Chifley
Labor politician Ben Chifley became Australia's 16th prime minister in 1945. Chifley, often seen with a pipe in hand, es...
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Wooden pointed spearhead with five reverse barbs of four pro...
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Club with bulbous head
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Cylindrical wooden clapstick
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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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...
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Shield, Castlereagh River area, New South Wales, 1906
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0291 reads: "Castlereagh/River" and "Castlereagh/River/Tribe/190[0] or 1906". Edmund Mi...
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Hafted stone hatchet, South Coast, 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...
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Spearthrower with etched design, from Western Australia, 191...
Original label on 1985.0059.0246 reads: "Womerah/Throwing Stick/Desert Tribes/W.A./Pres. by Capt Bates Forbes/1915". J...
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Tapered tapstick, 1890
Original label on 1985.0059.0388 reads: "Ancient and very/rare type of corrobbery [sic] music stick/[Bong ?Bong] tribe ?...
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Club belonging to Mundabil, Yaamba, Rockhampton, Queensland,...
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Club from Bogan River area, New South Wales
Original label on 1985.0059.0111 reads: "Bogan/River/Mr Peacock". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emig...
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Club with bulbous head
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Boab nut incised with designs of animals from Western Austra...
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Boomerang
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0014 reads: "[Mr Crowe/Wellington]". A list accompanying the Edmund Milne collection whe...
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Bamboo pipe
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Boomerang
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0071 reads: "King Nelson Last of the old wild Murrumbidgee Tribe". Edmund Milne (1861-...
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Club
Original label on 1985.0059.0129 reads: "King Boney/Orara River N. Coast/for infighting/1896". Edmund Milne (1861-191...
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Club from Yaamba, Rockhampton, Queensland, 1903
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Nautilus shell necklace from Northern Queensland
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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Stone knife
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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