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![Film negative - Nell Basedow walking toward house, Yalata station, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920]( "Film negative - Nell Basedow walking toward house, Yalata station, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920")
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![Glass plate negative - Emily Gap, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1924]( "Glass plate negative - Emily Gap, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1924")
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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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![Glass plate negative - Katherine River, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1922]( "Glass plate negative - Katherine River, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1922")
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![Glass plate negative - Man holding north-western type of spearthrower and wearing pubic fur tassel, Wardaman people, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1922]( "Glass plate negative - Man holding north-western type of spearthrower and wearing pubic fur tassel, Wardaman people, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1922")
Glass plate negative - Man holding north-western type of spe...
Reproduced by Basedow in "The Australian Aboriginal", FW Preece And Sons, Adelaide, 1925, plate XIV/2. Caption reads: 'W...
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![King George's Sound]( "King George's Sound")
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![Film negative - A woman showing one method of carrying an infant, north of the Musgrave Ranges photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1903]( "Film negative - A woman showing one method of carrying an infant, north of the Musgrave Ranges photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1903")
Film negative - A woman showing one method of carrying an in...
Reproduced by Basedow in 'Anthropological Notes Made on the South Australian Government North-West Prospecting Expeditio...
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![Cricket]( "Cricket")
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![Letter printed on yellow paper, titled '1984-A Year to Remember']( "Letter printed on yellow paper, titled '1984-A Year to Remember'")
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![Warden sitting in the main chair in the Campbell Street Prison, Hobart]( "Warden sitting in the main chair in the Campbell Street Prison, Hobart")
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![Film negative - Jetty, Fowlers Bay, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920]( "Film negative - Jetty, Fowlers Bay, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920")
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![Australian silver commemorative medallion in presentation box marking Australia's 150th Anniversary in1938, featuring the landing at Sydney Cove of Captain Arthur Phillip on January 26 1788.]( "Australian silver commemorative medallion in presentation box marking Australia's 150th Anniversary in1938, featuring the landing at Sydney Cove of Captain Arthur Phillip on January 26 1788.")
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![Blue nylon airmail bag, printed with '50th anniversary air mail covers re-enactment flight first official air mail Australia - New Zealand 1934-1984...11th April 1984']( "Blue nylon airmail bag, printed with '50th anniversary air mail covers re-enactment flight first official air mail Australia - New Zealand 1934-1984...11th April 1984'")
Blue nylon airmail bag, printed with '50th anniversary air m...
The first official airmail between Australia and New Zealand was carried on 17 February 1934 in the Avro X (10) aircraft...
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![Film negative - Trig erected on Krupp Hill, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1903]( "Film negative - Trig erected on Krupp Hill, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1903")
Film negative - Trig erected on Krupp Hill, South Australia,...
Left to right: Larry Wells, Arthur Grieg and John Reid.
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![Australia Post No.1 white canvas post bag, 1986]( "Australia Post No.1 white canvas post bag, 1986")
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![Postcard issued by the Sydney Philatelic Club for the Jubilee of the NSW five pence stamp, 1855-1905]( "Postcard issued by the Sydney Philatelic Club for the Jubilee of the NSW five pence stamp, 1855-1905")
Postcard issued by the Sydney Philatelic Club for the Jubile...
Postcard issued by the Sydney Philatelic Club to mark the Jubilee of the five pence stamp of N.S.W. in 1905. The printed...
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![Australia Post poster captioned 'We Deliver']( "Australia Post poster captioned 'We Deliver'")
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![Gesang Buch owned by Reverend John Grosse's father Bernard Theodor Grosse]( "Gesang Buch owned by Reverend John Grosse's father Bernard Theodor Grosse")
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![Navy cloth airmail bag, printed with 'Australia Sydney Air Mail']( "Navy cloth airmail bag, printed with 'Australia Sydney Air Mail'")
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![Glass plate negative - Old Kai Kai, a Western Arrernte man, Henbury station, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920]( "Glass plate negative - Old Kai Kai, a Western Arrernte man, Henbury station, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920")
Glass plate negative - Old Kai Kai, a Western Arrernte man, ...
Reproduced by Basedow in "The Australian Aboriginal", FW Preece And Sons, Adelaide, 1925, plate VIII. Caption reads: 'Ol...
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![Clapstick]( "Clapstick")
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![Set of nine metal weights]( "Set of nine metal weights")
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![Poster titled 'The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, history and development']( "Poster titled 'The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, history and development'")
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![Noticee: visitors are permitted to see those persons who are committed for trial on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays]( "Noticee: visitors are permitted to see those persons who are committed for trial on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays")
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![Cricket Across the Seas]( "Cricket Across the Seas")
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![Kangaroo mounted on a wishbone]( "Kangaroo mounted on a wishbone")
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![Workshop, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart]( "Workshop, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart")
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![Australian silver commemorative medallion in presentation box marking Australia's 150th Anniversary in1938, featuring the landing at Sydney Cove of Captain Arthur Phillip on January 26 1788.]( "Australian silver commemorative medallion in presentation box marking Australia's 150th Anniversary in1938, featuring the landing at Sydney Cove of Captain Arthur Phillip on January 26 1788.")
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![Steel hand drill with a round wooden handle]( "Steel hand drill with a round wooden handle")
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![Goodbye to Caux, 13 January 1905]( "Goodbye to Caux, 13 January 1905")
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![Brass fastening latch]( "Brass fastening latch")
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![Cast iron prison key]( "Cast iron prison key")
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![Nib pen]( "Nib pen")
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![Embroidered handmade doily]( "Embroidered handmade doily")
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![Australia Post colour poster titled]( "Australia Post colour poster titled")
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![Colourised photographic postcard of Foot bridge at Mosman, NSW]( "Colourised photographic postcard of Foot bridge at Mosman, NSW")
Colourised photographic postcard of Foot bridge at Mosman, N...
The structure was built to enable water mains to be carted over a gully, linking Avenue Road and Park Streets, Mosman. A...
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![Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association of Australasia, South Australian Branch certificate of merit]( "Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association of Australasia, South Australian Branch certificate of merit")
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![Film negative - Granite hill, Moorilyanna soakage, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1903]( "Film negative - Granite hill, Moorilyanna soakage, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1903")
Film negative - Granite hill, Moorilyanna soakage, South Aus...
Reproduced by Basedow in 'Journal of the Government North-West Expedition', "Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Socie...
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![Copy negative - Dr Herbert Basedow on South Australian Government North-west Expedition, near present-day Granite Downs station, South Australia, photographed by Alfred E. Treloar using Basedow's camera, 1903]( "Copy negative - Dr Herbert Basedow on South Australian Government North-west Expedition, near present-day Granite Downs station, South Australia, photographed by Alfred E. Treloar using Basedow's camera, 1903")
Copy negative - Dr Herbert Basedow on South Australian Gover...
Copied from an old sepia print found among Basedow papers, 1961.
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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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![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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![Sanitary Bronco Toilet Roll]( "Sanitary Bronco Toilet Roll")
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![Section of the Number 2 rabbit-proof fence from Hill View Homestead, Meekatharra, WA]( "Section of the Number 2 rabbit-proof fence from Hill View Homestead, Meekatharra, WA")
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![Large fleece of superfine wool from the Macarthur merino flock, Camden Park, Sydney]( "Large fleece of superfine wool from the Macarthur merino flock, Camden Park, Sydney")
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![Set of brass scales with a round plate and a rectangular plate with rounded edges]( "Set of brass scales with a round plate and a rectangular plate with rounded edges")
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![Medal to commemorate the bicentenary of the discovery of the east coast of Australia by Captain James Cook]( "Medal to commemorate the bicentenary of the discovery of the east coast of Australia by Captain James Cook")
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![Barren Jack before work started]( "Barren Jack before work started")
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![Black, white and pink leaflet printed for Australia's 150th Anniversary in 1938]( "Black, white and pink leaflet printed for Australia's 150th Anniversary in 1938")
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![P.M.G. Salter's spring balance, used to weigh large letters and small parcels]( "P.M.G. Salter's spring balance, used to weigh large letters and small parcels")
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![Australia Post poster captioned 'We Deliver']( "Australia Post poster captioned 'We Deliver'")
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![Scottish Gympie Quartz Crushing Battery]( "Scottish Gympie Quartz Crushing Battery")
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![Black and white negative glass lantern slide - Base of Ayers Rock Northern Territory, showing effect of aoelian erosion, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1926]( "Black and white negative glass lantern slide - Base of Ayers Rock Northern Territory, showing effect of aoelian erosion, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1926")
Black and white negative glass lantern slide - Base of Ayers...
Reproduced by Basedow in the "Adelaide Chronicle" (20 November 1926). Caption reads: 'Base of Ayers Rock, showing effect...
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![1997 Royal Australian Mint Proof Coin Set]( "1997 Royal Australian Mint Proof Coin Set")
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![Note that reads Tirranna Cup 1895 to 1904]( "Note that reads Tirranna Cup 1895 to 1904")
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![Cut-glass inkwell]( "Cut-glass inkwell")
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![Government House]( "Government House")
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![Blue nylon airmail bag, printed with 'Australia's First Airmail, 1914-1964, 50th Anniversary Flight']( "Blue nylon airmail bag, printed with 'Australia's First Airmail, 1914-1964, 50th Anniversary Flight'")
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![Photographic postcard of big gun practice in Middle Head, Sydney NSW]( "Photographic postcard of big gun practice in Middle Head, Sydney NSW")
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![Film negative - Family in garden, Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920]( "Film negative - Family in garden, Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920")
Film negative - Family in garden, Hermannsburg, Northern Ter...
The names of the subjects (except for the baby) were identified by TGH Strehlow as Abel, Rosa, Krisstof, Franziska and O...
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![Glass plate negative - Preparing for an emu hunt, Wogait people, Anson Bay, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1905-1911]( "Glass plate negative - Preparing for an emu hunt, Wogait people, Anson Bay, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1905-1911")
