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Boomerang
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Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia
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Boomerang from Lachlan River, New South Wales, 1913

Original label on 1985.0059.0067 reads: "Lachlan/River Tribe/Prestd by S.J. Waite Esq 7-12-13". Edmund Milne (1861-191...
Club

Original labelling on 1985.0059.0130 reads: "6 Orara [Tribe]/North Coast/Old Boney/[?word]". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) w...
Club

This object is one of large collection the Museum acquired from Patricia Heath in 1982. She had had the collection for m...
Boomerang used by 'King Boney', Woolgoolga, north coast New ...

Original label on 1985.0059.0059 reads: "King Boney North Coast/NSW/Orara River/Woolgoolga". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) ...
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...
Boomerang used by 'King Boney', Woolgoolga, north coast New ...

Original label on 1985.0059.0058 reads: "King Boney/North Coast/Orara River Woolgoolga" and "Orara River". Edmund Miln...
Club
Clubs
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Not provided
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1985
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Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia
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Boomerang used by 'King Boney', Woolgoolga, north coast New ...

Original label on 1985.0059.0055 reads: "King Boney Orara River North Coast NSW". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born ...
Aboriginal breastplate for U Robert, King of Big Leather and...

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Semi-circular wooden container
Containers
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Miss Helen Bowie
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Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia
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Wooden club
Clubs
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J W. Lindo
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Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia
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Semi-hemispherical hollow wooden container from Orara River ...

Original labelling on 1985.0059.0321 reads: "Coolabah/for/food water or honey/Orara River/1898". Edmund Milne (1861-191...
Chart detailing the proposed weir at Redbank, Murrumbidgee R...
Charts
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Water Conservation & Irrigation Commission
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1930
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Redbank Weir, Balranald, New South Wales, Australia
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Motot boat, Lachlan River
Photographic postcards
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Mr Josef Lebovic
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Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia
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Spearthrower from Orara River area, 1898

Original label on 1985.0059.0272 reads: "Womerah/King Boney/Orara/River Tribe 1898". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born...
Wooden club, Weapon
Clubs
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Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia
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Boomerang used by 'King Boney', Woolgoolga, north coast New ...

Original label on 1985.0059.0057 reads: "King Boney Orara River North Coast NSW". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in ...
Aboriginal breastplate for Paddy, King of Boobarrego

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Hafted stone pebble hatchet with a bifacial head and a groun...

Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
Symmetrical boomerang, New South Wales
Boomerangs
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Murrumbidgee River, New South Wales, Australia
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Boomerang used by 'King Boney', Woolgoolga, north coast New ...

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

Original label on 1985.0059.0311 reads: "LACHLAN RIVER/CHISEL MULBRUNG JACK". This labels appears to have been rewritte...
Boomerang

Original label on 1985.0059.0068 reads: "Co[u]bbie Lachlan River" and "Lachlan/Berrigan/Currawang/[word]". Edmund Mil...
Club

Original label on 1985.0059.0129 reads: "King Boney/Orara River N. Coast/for infighting/1896". Edmund Milne (1861-191...
Ground edge hatchet head [stone implement]

Ground edge hatchet head [stone implement]

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

Weapon - Spear

Original label on 1985.0059.0224 reads: "[word] Orara Tribe/North Coast/NSW." Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in Engl...
Weapon - Spear

Weapon - Spear

A list that accompanied the Milne collection on its arrival in Canberra has the following entry for 1985.0059.0216: "Sin...
Spear

Spear

A list that accompanied the Milne collection on its arrival in Canberra has the following entry for 1985.0059.0218: "Sin...
Wooden Spear

A list that accompanied the Milne collection on its arrival in Canberra has the following entry for 1985.0059.0217:"Figh...
Hammerstone [stone implement]

Hammerstone [stone implement]

Original label on 1985.0059.0668 reads: "1912/Willandra Creek/Tribe/Between Lachlan and/Darling Rivers". Edmund Milne (...
Weapon - Spear

Weapon - Spear

A list that accompanied the Milne collection on its arrival in Canberra has the following entry for 1985.0059.0219: "Thi...
Wooden cylindrical lure

Original labelling on 1985.0059.0316 reads: "EMU CALL". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to ...
Wooden spearthrower
Spearthrowers
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Murrumbidgee River, New South Wales, Australia
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Retouched flake [stone implement]

Retouched flake [stone implement]

Original label on 1985.0059.0697 reads: "Spear point/Lachlan". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrat...
Ground edge hatchet head [stone implement]

Ground edge hatchet head [stone implement]

Original label on 1985.0059.0696 reads: "4/8/[?]/Mr WAITE" and "WAITE". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England an...
Ground edge hatchet head [stone implement]

Ground edge hatchet head [stone implement]

Original label on 1985.0059.0695 reads: "Mr/Waite/Lachlan/River/1913". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and...

Image	Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
	Boomerang Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter
	Boomerang from Lachlan River, New South Wales, 1913 Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Edmund Milne Snr Apply Mr Edmund Milne Snr filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
	Club Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Orara River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Orara River, New South Wales, Australia filter
	Club Patricia Heath collection Apply Patricia Heath collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter
	Boomerang used by 'King Boney', Woolgoolga, north coast New ... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Woolgoolga, New South Wales, Australia Apply Woolgoolga, New South Wales, Australia filter	Billy Boney Apply Billy Boney filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
	Club used by Jimmy Clements, Lachlan River, New South Wales Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter	Jimmy Clements Apply Jimmy Clements filter
	Boomerang used by 'King Boney', Woolgoolga, north coast New ... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Woolgoolga, New South Wales, Australia Apply Woolgoolga, New South Wales, Australia filter	Billy Boney Apply Billy Boney filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
	Club Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
	Boomerang used by 'King Boney', Woolgoolga, north coast New ... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Woolgoolga, New South Wales, Australia Apply Woolgoolga, New South Wales, Australia filter	Billy Boney Apply Billy Boney filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
	Aboriginal breastplate for U Robert, King of Big Leather and... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Aboriginal breastplates Apply Aboriginal breastplates filter	Gwydir River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Gwydir River, New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1800 Apply 1800 filter
	Semi-circular wooden container Horne-Bowie collection Apply Horne-Bowie collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter	Miss Helen Bowie Apply Miss Helen Bowie filter
	Wooden club JW Lindo collection Apply JW Lindo collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter	J W. Lindo Apply J W. Lindo filter
	Semi-hemispherical hollow wooden container from Orara River ... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Orara River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Orara River, New South Wales, Australia filter	Apply filter	1898 Apply 1898 filter
	Chart detailing the proposed weir at Redbank, Murrumbidgee R... Mudgee Historical Society collection Apply Mudgee Historical Society collection filter	Charts Apply Charts filter	Redbank Weir, Balranald, New South Wales, Australia Apply Redbank Weir, Balranald, New South Wales, Australia filter	Water Conservation & Irrigation Commission Apply Water Conservation & Irrigation Commission filter	1930 Apply 1930 filter
	Motot boat, Lachlan River Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter
	Spearthrower from Orara River area, 1898 Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter	Orara River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Orara River, New South Wales, Australia filter		1898 Apply 1898 filter
	Wooden club, Weapon Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter
	Boomerang used by 'King Boney', Woolgoolga, north coast New ... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Woolgoolga, New South Wales, Australia Apply Woolgoolga, New South Wales, Australia filter	Billy Boney Apply Billy Boney filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
	Aboriginal breastplate for Paddy, King of Boobarrego Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Aboriginal breastplates Apply Aboriginal breastplates filter	Orara River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Orara River, New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1918 Apply 1918 filter
	Hafted stone pebble hatchet with a bifacial head and a groun... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Hatchets Apply Hatchets filter	Orara River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Orara River, New South Wales, Australia filter	Billy Boney Apply Billy Boney filter	1896 Apply 1896 filter
	Symmetrical boomerang, New South Wales Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Murrumbidgee River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Murrumbidgee River, New South Wales, Australia filter
	Boomerang used by 'King Boney', Woolgoolga, north coast New ... Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Woolgoolga, New South Wales, Australia Apply Woolgoolga, New South Wales, Australia filter	Billy Boney Apply Billy Boney filter	1918 Apply 1918 filter
	Adze from Lachlan River area, New South Wales Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mulbrung Jack Apply Mulbrung Jack filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
	Boomerang Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter	Cobbie Apply Cobbie filter
	Club Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Orara River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Orara River, New South Wales, Australia filter
Image Unavailable	Ground edge hatchet head [stone implement] Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Stone artefacts Apply Stone artefacts filter	Bogan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Bogan River, New South Wales, Australia filter
Image Unavailable	Weapon - Spear Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Spears Apply Spears filter	Orara River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Orara River, New South Wales, Australia filter
Image Unavailable	Weapon - Spear Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Spears Apply Spears filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter
Image Unavailable	Spear Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Spears Apply Spears filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter
	Wooden Spear Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Spears Apply Spears filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter
Image Unavailable	Hammerstone [stone implement] Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Hammerstones Apply Hammerstones filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter
Image Unavailable	Weapon - Spear Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Spears Apply Spears filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter
	Wooden cylindrical lure Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Hunting and gathering tools Apply Hunting and gathering tools filter	Western NSW, New South Wales, Australia Apply Western NSW, New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
	Wooden spearthrower Stan Mitchell collection Apply Stan Mitchell collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter	Murrumbidgee River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Murrumbidgee River, New South Wales, Australia filter
Image Unavailable	Retouched flake [stone implement] Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Stone artefacts Apply Stone artefacts filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter
Image Unavailable	Ground edge hatchet head [stone implement] Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Stone artefacts Apply Stone artefacts filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter
Image Unavailable	Ground edge hatchet head [stone implement] Edmund Milne collection Apply Edmund Milne collection filter	Stone artefacts Apply Stone artefacts filter	Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lachlan River, New South Wales, Australia filter

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