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![Three-panel mural of postage stamps, which depicts the flag-raising ceremony at Sydney Cove in 1788, Bicentenary of Australia, 1788-1988]( "Three-panel mural of postage stamps, which depicts the flag-raising ceremony at Sydney Cove in 1788, Bicentenary of Australia, 1788-1988")
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![The Weir, Penrith]( "The Weir, Penrith")
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![St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney]( "St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney")
St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney
Handwritten message on reverse is addressed to 'Miss M Waugh / Moorland P.O. / Manning River / C/o Mr Weber / North Beac...
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![Australia's 150th Anniversary 1788-1938]( "Australia's 150th Anniversary 1788-1938")
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![Victorian Railways Union]( "Victorian Railways Union")
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![Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners]( "Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners")
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![Photographic glass plate holder]( "Photographic glass plate holder")
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![Varnished wooden bowl, used with a sponge to wet stamps in a Post Office]( "Varnished wooden bowl, used with a sponge to wet stamps in a Post Office")
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![Ogden Smiths Mermaid fishing fly]( "Ogden Smiths Mermaid fishing fly")
Ogden Smiths Mermaid fishing fly
This fishing fly belonged to Thomas Lloyd Forster Rutledge, who was a keen fisherman. During the 1930s, he and some frie...
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![Pearl brooch given to Janet Templeton in Edinburgh by her husband on their wedding anniversary in 1826]( "Pearl brooch given to Janet Templeton in Edinburgh by her husband on their wedding anniversary in 1826")
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![Letter, advance money order, and receipt sent from Dalgety & Company Limited to R.M. Carroll, 8 November 1910]( "Letter, advance money order, and receipt sent from Dalgety & Company Limited to R.M. Carroll, 8 November 1910")
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![Whitework oval linen table centre in mountmellick work]( "Whitework oval linen table centre in mountmellick work")
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![Settler's Home, Adelaide Exhibition, 1910]( "Settler's Home, Adelaide Exhibition, 1910")
Settler's Home, Adelaide Exhibition, 1910
Handwritten message on reverse is addressed to 'Master Harold Inch / C/o Mrs D Birdd / "Townsend" / Strathon / N. Cornwa...
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![Hand saw with a wooden handle and a metal blade]( "Hand saw with a wooden handle and a metal blade")
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![Large group of people in an outdoor setting,15 June 1910]( "Large group of people in an outdoor setting,15 June 1910")
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![Ansonia Parisian parlour clock with an ornate wood and glass case]( "Ansonia Parisian parlour clock with an ornate wood and glass case")
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![White china bowl]( "White china bowl")
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![High Light, Queenscliff]( "High Light, Queenscliff")
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![Parliament of Tasmania Penal Establishments, Hobart and Launceston Reports for 1886]( "Parliament of Tasmania Penal Establishments, Hobart and Launceston Reports for 1886")
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![Muriel McPhee's personalised greeting card]( "Muriel McPhee's personalised greeting card")
Muriel McPhee's personalised greeting card
This is a blank Christmas greeting card printed with Muriel McPhee's name. She would have sent cards like this to her fa...
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![Upper Mary St., Gympie, Queensland]( "Upper Mary St., Gympie, Queensland")
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![Map of the West Kimberley fitted into a timber pelmet]( "Map of the West Kimberley fitted into a timber pelmet")
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![Spirit level]( "Spirit level")
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![Cylindrical red painted metal letter box with a domed top]( "Cylindrical red painted metal letter box with a domed top")
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![Wooden highchair with white leather harness]( "Wooden highchair with white leather harness")
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![Harvest of Endurance: A History of the Chinese in Australia 1788-1988]( "Harvest of Endurance: A History of the Chinese in Australia 1788-1988")
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![Photographic postcard of Coogee Beach, NSW]( "Photographic postcard of Coogee Beach, NSW")
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![John Poole Marine Chronometer No 2659, with accessories in a wooden case]( "John Poole Marine Chronometer No 2659, with accessories in a wooden case")
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![Sticker 'PMG']( "Sticker 'PMG'")
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![Small square crockery shard with a white glaze and brown pattern]( "Small square crockery shard with a white glaze and brown pattern")
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![Glass plate negative - Sinkhole in limestone rock, Nullarbor Plain, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920]( "Glass plate negative - Sinkhole in limestone rock, Nullarbor Plain, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920")
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![He - Have you seen the Pantomime...]( "He - Have you seen the Pantomime...")
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![Booklet titled 'Episodes - A Glimpse of Australia-Japan Relations 1859-1979']( "Booklet titled 'Episodes - A Glimpse of Australia-Japan Relations 1859-1979'")
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![Hately wheat collection]( "Hately wheat collection")
Hately wheat collection
This collection of wheat samples was assembled by James Hately, a wheat and sheep farmer near Cootamundra in New South W...
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![PS 'Enterprise' built in Echuca, Victoria, in 1878]( "PS 'Enterprise' built in Echuca, Victoria, in 1878")
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![The Gwalior Plains]( "The Gwalior Plains")
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![Kangaroo mounted on a circle]( "Kangaroo mounted on a circle")
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![Glass plate negative - Rock engravings, Deception Creek east, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, between 1905 and 1914]( "Glass plate negative - Rock engravings, Deception Creek east, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, between 1905 and 1914")
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![Bunch of keys from HM Prison Campbell St Hobart]( "Bunch of keys from HM Prison Campbell St Hobart")
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![Farm Cove, Sydney]( "Farm Cove, Sydney")
Farm Cove, Sydney
Handwritten message on reverse is addressed to 'Miss M Waugh / Moorland. PO. / Manning River. / C/o Mr Weber' and reads ...
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![Incised boomerang featuring figures dancing or fighting on anterior, family group and tent on posterior, from Cherbourg]( "Incised boomerang featuring figures dancing or fighting on anterior, family group and tent on posterior, from Cherbourg")
Incised boomerang featuring figures dancing or fighting on a...
According to the vendor, this club was purchased at Sotheby's Aboriginal Art Auction sale on 27 July 2004, part of lot 5...
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![Man, woman and child, with a tartan rug]( "Man, woman and child, with a tartan rug")
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![Cattle branding iron with the initials TR]( "Cattle branding iron with the initials TR")
Cattle branding iron with the initials TR
This cattle branding iron was used on Gidleigh station, near Bungendore in New South Wales. Tools like this were used o...
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![AUSTRALIAN XI NEW ZEALAND 1910]( "AUSTRALIAN XI NEW ZEALAND 1910")
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![Ceremonial boomerang made by Harry Shepherd, Byrock area, New South Wales, 1910]( "Ceremonial boomerang made by Harry Shepherd, Byrock area, New South Wales, 1910")
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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![Photographic glass plate holder]( "Photographic glass plate holder")
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![Red metal post box on four legs]( "Red metal post box on four legs")
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![Breastplate presented to Coomee Nullanga of Ulladulla NSW by Edmund Milne in 1909]( "Breastplate presented to Coomee Nullanga of Ulladulla NSW by Edmund Milne in 1909")
Breastplate presented to Coomee Nullanga of Ulladulla NSW by...
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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![Poster titled 'Post Office communication services are vital to the development of Australian industries']( "Poster titled 'Post Office communication services are vital to the development of Australian industries'")
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![Glass photographic magic lantern slide of a thylacine at the London Zoo]( "Glass photographic magic lantern slide of a thylacine at the London Zoo")
Glass photographic magic lantern slide of a thylacine at the...
This is a magic lantern slide of a thylacine at London Zoo. Between the 1850s and the 1920s thylacines were exported to ...
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![Sticker 'PMG']( "Sticker 'PMG'")
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![Photographic glass plate holder]( "Photographic glass plate holder")
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![Nib pen]( "Nib pen")
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![Poster captioned 'A 'phone call... takes the hurry out of not being close, do your speeding by 'phone']( "Poster captioned 'A 'phone call... takes the hurry out of not being close, do your speeding by 'phone'")
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![Square white cotton table centre cloth made by Una May Roadknight at Orbost, Victoria, in 1906]( "Square white cotton table centre cloth made by Una May Roadknight at Orbost, Victoria, in 1906")
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![White canvas post bag, printed with 'Postmaster General Australia, inaugural flight, Boeing 707 Jet Service, Sydney-Honolulu, 29 July 1959, QANTAS Empire Airways']( "White canvas post bag, printed with 'Postmaster General Australia, inaugural flight, Boeing 707 Jet Service, Sydney-Honolulu, 29 July 1959, QANTAS Empire Airways'")
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![Photograph of a steam engine threshing wheat]( "Photograph of a steam engine threshing wheat")
Photograph of a steam engine threshing wheat
This photograph was sent to the McPhees by a family friend.
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![Colour display card illustrated with a kookaburra, titled, 'Pre-stamped envelopes. All they need is an address...']( "Colour display card illustrated with a kookaburra, titled, 'Pre-stamped envelopes. All they need is an address...'")
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![The Grange, Willoughby, NSW, Australia]( "The Grange, Willoughby, NSW, Australia")
The Grange, Willoughby, NSW, Australia
The handwritten message on the reverse is addressed to 'Miss Nina Little / 34 Walkin St / Newtown' and reads 'Dear Nila ...
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![Farm Cove and Man-of-War Steps, Sydney]( "Farm Cove and Man-of-War Steps, Sydney")
Farm Cove and Man-of-War Steps, Sydney
Handwritten message on the reverse is addressed to 'Miss Minnie Waugh / Moorland / Manning River / NSW' and reads 'Dear ...
