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![Souvenir half main bearing of the Central Engine from the Southern Cross used on Pacific, Australian, Tasman and English flights 1928-1929]( "Souvenir half main bearing of the Central Engine from the Southern Cross used on Pacific, Australian, Tasman and English flights 1928-1929")
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![Wet specimen - Young kangaroo from pouch]( "Wet specimen - Young kangaroo from pouch")
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![Ampol hand-operated kerosene pump used by Cecil Firth at his family grocery store in Coonamble, New South Wales]( "Ampol hand-operated kerosene pump used by Cecil Firth at his family grocery store in Coonamble, New South Wales")
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![Knitlock brickmaking machine designed and used by Walter Burley Griffin]( "Knitlock brickmaking machine designed and used by Walter Burley Griffin")
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![Cadbury's Bourn-Vita tin]( "Cadbury's Bourn-Vita tin")
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![Cadbury's Bourn-Vita tin]( "Cadbury's Bourn-Vita tin")
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![Commercial display box with six tins of PAL'S Healer Ointment]( "Commercial display box with six tins of PAL'S Healer Ointment")
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![ACME 'Invincible' clothes wringer]( "ACME 'Invincible' clothes wringer")
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Iron tricycle c.1900
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![Larry Coonan (left) and Frank Feast ready to leave a lunch camp, Arnhem Land, 1928]( "Larry Coonan (left) and Frank Feast ready to leave a lunch camp, Arnhem Land, 1928")
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![Film negative - Two men spear-fishing, billabong of the East Alligator River, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928]( "Film negative - Two men spear-fishing, billabong of the East Alligator River, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928")
Film negative - Two men spear-fishing, billabong of the East...
Reproduced by Basedow in the "Brisbane Courier", 12 September 1928. Caption reads: 'The Mackay Exploring Expedition.-Kak...
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![Film negative - To keep flies away an old man fans himself with a immejet (fan), Liverpool River, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928]( "Film negative - To keep flies away an old man fans himself with a immejet (fan), Liverpool River, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928")
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![Film negative - Smithy at Mt. Davies camp, Tomkinson Ranges, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1903]( "Film negative - Smithy at Mt. Davies camp, Tomkinson Ranges, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1903")
Film negative - Smithy at Mt. Davies camp, Tomkinson Ranges,...
Reproduced by Basedow in 'Journal of the Government North-West Expedition', "Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Socie...
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![Film negative - Red Lily Lagoon, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928]( "Film negative - Red Lily Lagoon, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928")
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![Film negative - Neighbour, a recipient of the the Albert Medal bravery award, Roper River, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928]( "Film negative - Neighbour, a recipient of the the Albert Medal bravery award, Roper River, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928")
Film negative - Neighbour, a recipient of the the Albert Med...
Reproduced by Basedow in the "Brisbane Courier" (22 September 1928). Caption reads: 'The Mackay Exploring Expedition-The...
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![Glass plate negative - Rock engravings, Deception Creek, Red Gorge, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, between 1905 and 1914]( "Glass plate negative - Rock engravings, Deception Creek, Red Gorge, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, between 1905 and 1914")
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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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![Glass plate negative - Rock engravings, Deception Creek, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, between 1905 and 1914]( "Glass plate negative - Rock engravings, Deception Creek, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, between 1905 and 1914")
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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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![Glass plate negative - Bumerangi, an old Arrernte woman, suffering from senility and blindness, Bloods Creek, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920]( "Glass plate negative - Bumerangi, an old Arrernte woman, suffering from senility and blindness, Bloods Creek, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920")
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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")
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![Glass plate negative - Man holding a child, Victoria River, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1922]( "Glass plate negative - Man holding a child, Victoria River, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1922")
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![Glass plate negative - Women and children at campsite, Darwin, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1922]( "Glass plate negative - Women and children at campsite, Darwin, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1922")
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![Film negative - Wet-weather hut of the unmarried men, headwaters of Liverpool River, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928]( "Film negative - Wet-weather hut of the unmarried men, headwaters of Liverpool River, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928")
Film negative - Wet-weather hut of the unmarried men, headwa...
Reproduced by Basedow in the "Brisbane Courier" (5 September 1928). Caption reads: 'The Mackay Exploring Expedition-A na...
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![Black and white negative glass lantern slide - Expedition guides next to wet-weather huts, photographed by Herbert Basedow, Liverpool River, 1928]( "Black and white negative glass lantern slide - Expedition guides next to wet-weather huts, photographed by Herbert Basedow, Liverpool River, 1928")
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![Film negative - Man with rock python, Liverpool River, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928]( "Film negative - Man with rock python, Liverpool River, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928")
Film negative - Man with rock python, Liverpool River, Arnhe...
Reproduced by Basedow in the "Brisbane Courier" (5 September 1928). Caption reads: 'The Mackay Exploring Expedition-An A...
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![Film negative - Women carrying large plaited baskets, Liverpool River, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928]( "Film negative - Women carrying large plaited baskets, Liverpool River, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928")
Film negative - Women carrying large plaited baskets, Liverp...
Reproduced by Basedow in the "Brisbane Courier" (22 September 1928). Caption reads: 'Native women, Liverpool River.'...
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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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![Film negative - River scene, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928]( "Film negative - River scene, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928")
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![Film negative - Morning reflections on a billabong off the Wilton River, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928]( "Film negative - Morning reflections on a billabong off the Wilton River, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928")
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![Glass plate negative - Expedition caravan crossing sandy desert, central Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920]( "Glass plate negative - Expedition caravan crossing sandy desert, central Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920")
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![Film negative - entrance to a limestone cave on the Nullabor Plain, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920]( "Film negative - entrance to a limestone cave on the Nullabor Plain, South Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920")
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![Glass plate negative - Women's camp fight, photographed by Herbert Basedow]( "Glass plate negative - Women's camp fight, photographed by Herbert Basedow")
Glass plate negative - Women's camp fight, photographed by H...
This is believed to be a fight witnessed by Basedow in the Victoria River district N.T. in 1922.
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![Glass plate negative - Women's camp fight, photographed by Herbert Basedow]( "Glass plate negative - Women's camp fight, photographed by Herbert Basedow")
Glass plate negative - Women's camp fight, photographed by H...
This is believed to be a fight witnessed by Basedow in the Victoria River district N.T. in 1922.
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![Glass plate negative - Women's camp fight, photographed by Herbert Basedow]( "Glass plate negative - Women's camp fight, photographed by Herbert Basedow")
Glass plate negative - Women's camp fight, photographed by H...
This is believed to be a fight witnessed by Basedow in the Victoria River district N.T. in 1922.
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![Glass plate negative - Natives prisoners, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1905(?)]( "Glass plate negative - Natives prisoners, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1905(?)")
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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 - 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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![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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![Glass plate negative - Women's camp fight, photographed by Herbert Basedow]( "Glass plate negative - Women's camp fight, photographed by Herbert Basedow")
Glass plate negative - Women's camp fight, photographed by H...
This is believed to be a fight witnessed by Basedow in the Victoria River district N.T. in 1922.
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![Lantern slide - Pitjantjatjara man, central Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920-1924]( "Lantern slide - Pitjantjatjara man, central Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920-1924")
Lantern slide - Pitjantjatjara man, central Australia, photo...
Reproduced by Basedow in "The Australian Aboriginal", FW Preece And Sons, Adelaide, 1925, plate IV/2. Caption reads: 'Wo...
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![Glass plate negative - Expedition buggy on bed of Todd River, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920]( "Glass plate negative - Expedition buggy on bed of Todd River, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920")
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![Lantern slide - Chambers Pillar, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920]( "Lantern slide - Chambers Pillar, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920")
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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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![Film negative - A billabong, south of the Roper River, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928]( "Film negative - A billabong, south of the Roper River, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928")
Film negative - A billabong, south of the Roper River, North...
1985.0060.2838.001 and 1985.0060.2838.002 show the same scene.
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![Film negative - A billabong, south of the Roper River, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928]( "Film negative - A billabong, south of the Roper River, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928")
Film negative - A billabong, south of the Roper River, North...
1985.0060.2838.001 and 1985.0060.2838.002 show the same scene.
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![Film negative - Cutherson Falls, upper Liverpool River, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928]( "Film negative - Cutherson Falls, upper Liverpool River, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928")
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![Film negative - Horses watering, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928]( "Film negative - Horses watering, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928")
Film negative - Horses watering, Arnhem Land, Northern Terri...
This photograph was most likely taken at the Wilton River or Blyth River.
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![Film negative - Small palm trees and other vegetation, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928]( "Film negative - Small palm trees and other vegetation, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928")
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![Glass plate negative - Aboriginal prisoners, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1905]( "Glass plate negative - Aboriginal prisoners, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1905")
Glass plate negative - Aboriginal prisoners, Northern Territ...
The white man standing on the far right is Lionel Gee, a geologist. The photograph may have been taken in Darwin, Northe...
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![Lantern slide - View from the sea of Point Charles lighthouse, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1905]( "Lantern slide - View from the sea of Point Charles lighthouse, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1905")
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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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![Film negative - Laurie Coonan shoeing a horse, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928]( "Film negative - Laurie Coonan shoeing a horse, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928")
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![Film negative - Mustering yards, Oenpelli, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928]( "Film negative - Mustering yards, Oenpelli, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928")
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![Film negative - Travelling through rough sandstone tablelands in the interior of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928]( "Film negative - Travelling through rough sandstone tablelands in the interior of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928")
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![Glass plate negative - Children in front of dwellings, The Bungalow, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920]( "Glass plate negative - Children in front of dwellings, The Bungalow, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920")
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![Glass plate negative - Men and horses pulling the expedition car up a sandy stream bank, Victoria River district, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1922]( "Glass plate negative - Men and horses pulling the expedition car up a sandy stream bank, Victoria River district, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1922")
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![Glass plate negative - Punch (Arrerika) watering camels, central Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920]( "Glass plate negative - Punch (Arrerika) watering camels, central Australia, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1920")
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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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![Glass plate negative - two men with cuts of meat hanging from roof of dwelling, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1905 or 1911]( "Glass plate negative - two men with cuts of meat hanging from roof of dwelling, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1905 or 1911")
