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![Wooden cell door, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart]( "Wooden cell door, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart")
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![Album of pressed seaweed specimens collected around Port Phillip Bay, 1859 -1882]( "Album of pressed seaweed specimens collected around Port Phillip Bay, 1859 -1882")
Album of pressed seaweed specimens collected around Port Phi...
This nineteenth century Australian album of pressed seaweeds contains algae specimens from the north of Ireland, the Cap...
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![Burnished, wooden fighting club]( "Burnished, wooden fighting club")
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![Discovery alongside the Barrier]( "Discovery alongside the Barrier")
Discovery alongside the Barrier
The hand written message on the front reads 'the latest attempt t solve the / mysteries of the South Polar regions / was...
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![Certificate]( "Certificate")
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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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![Leather bound brass telescope, used by John Close]( "Leather bound brass telescope, used by John Close")
Leather bound brass telescope, used by John Close
Used by John Collinson Close, an 'assistant collector' on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14, led by Dougl...
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![Newspaper article titled Antarctic Medals, mentioning John Close, 1916]( "Newspaper article titled Antarctic Medals, mentioning John Close, 1916")
Newspaper article titled Antarctic Medals, mentioning John C...
Details awarding of medal to John Collinson Close, an 'assistant collector' on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of ...
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![Prison padlock]( "Prison padlock")
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![Paved area leading to cells Campbell Street Prison, Hobart]( "Paved area leading to cells Campbell Street Prison, Hobart")
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![One sovereign coin, 1861]( "One sovereign coin, 1861")
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![Anodised red aluminium ashtray set into an elephant seal skull]( "Anodised red aluminium ashtray set into an elephant seal skull")
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![Photographic glass plate positive depicting group of white men, an Aboriginal woman and Aboriginal child in front of tent]( "Photographic glass plate positive depicting group of white men, an Aboriginal woman and Aboriginal child in front of tent")
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![Hungarian popular science magazine - Termeszettudomanyi Kozlony]( "Hungarian popular science magazine - Termeszettudomanyi Kozlony")
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![Water bottle used by explorer Robert O'Hara Burke on his 1860-1861 expedition to the Gulf of Carpentaria]( "Water bottle used by explorer Robert O'Hara Burke on his 1860-1861 expedition to the Gulf of Carpentaria")
Water bottle used by explorer Robert O'Hara Burke on his 186...
This water bottle belonged to explorer Robert O'Hara Burke and was most likely used by him on the ill-fated Victorian Ex...
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![The Dash for the South Pole]( "The Dash for the South Pole")
The Dash for the South Pole
The message on the reverse is addressed to Mr H. V. M. Clark / c/o G Clark Esq1 / Hawford Road / Apaua. It is dated Frid...
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![British Military Pioneer Other Ranks Sword, used by Lieutenant Thomas Quinn, 73rd Regiment (ret), in Van Diemens Land]( "British Military Pioneer Other Ranks Sword, used by Lieutenant Thomas Quinn, 73rd Regiment (ret), in Van Diemens Land")
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![Armitage's party]( "Armitage's party")
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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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![Oil on linen portrait of the racehorse 'Jorrocks']( "Oil on linen portrait of the racehorse 'Jorrocks'")
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![Paddy Pallin brand canvas 'A' frame backpack]( "Paddy Pallin brand canvas 'A' frame backpack")
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![Skiers Handbook]( "Skiers Handbook")
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![Congenital Penis Malformation in Southern Elephant Seals]( "Congenital Penis Malformation in Southern Elephant Seals")
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![Souvenir mug - Bicentenary of Australia]( "Souvenir mug - Bicentenary of Australia")
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![Three men and three dogs on the deck of a ship going to Antarctica]( "Three men and three dogs on the deck of a ship going to Antarctica")
Three men and three dogs on the deck of a ship going to Anta...
The hand written message on the reverse reads 'This is the [?] the boat / that went to the South / Pole.'...
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![W.A.V.E. - newsletter of Polly Woodside Volunteers Association, no.48 Sept 1989]( "W.A.V.E. - newsletter of Polly Woodside Volunteers Association, no.48 Sept 1989")
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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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![Parkinson & Frodsham Marine Chronometer No 3617 in a wooden case]( "Parkinson & Frodsham Marine Chronometer No 3617 in a wooden case")
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![Boomerang]( "Boomerang")
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![Ceramic bust of John Batman]( "Ceramic bust of John Batman")
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![Prison warden, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart]( "Prison warden, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart")
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![Ashtray handcrafted from an elephant seal vertebra]( "Ashtray handcrafted from an elephant seal vertebra")
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!['An Historic Retrospect on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations of the Founding of Australia' - colour publication printed for the 150th Anniversary Celebrations of Australia, 1938.]( "'An Historic Retrospect on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations of the Founding of Australia' - colour publication printed for the 150th Anniversary Celebrations of Australia, 1938.")
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![Morris Tobias Marine Chronometer No 695, with accessories in a wooden case]( "Morris Tobias Marine Chronometer No 695, with accessories in a wooden case")
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![Photographic glass plate positive depicting group of men with gold mining cradle]( "Photographic glass plate positive depicting group of men with gold mining cradle")
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![Black leather ski boots]( "Black leather ski boots")
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![Family Bible]( "Family Bible")
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![Emperor penquin rookery at commencement of Great Barrier]( "Emperor penquin rookery at commencement of Great Barrier")
Emperor penquin rookery at commencement of Great Barrier
The hand written message on the front reads 'after being frozen up / at the foot of Mount Erebus for over 2 years - was ...
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![Guard, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart]( "Guard, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart")
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![Shifting spanner]( "Shifting spanner")
Shifting spanner
Shifting spanner tought to have been used to tighten dray and buggy wheels.
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![Pearl necklace given to Janet Templeton in Edinburgh by her husband on their wedding anniversary in 1826]( "Pearl necklace given to Janet Templeton in Edinburgh by her husband on their wedding anniversary in 1826")
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![Aboriginal breastplate for U Robert, King of Big Leather and Big River Tribes]( "Aboriginal breastplate for U Robert, King of Big Leather and Big River Tribes")
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...
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![Shell armband featuring 15 variegated segments]( "Shell armband featuring 15 variegated segments")
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![Boomerang]( "Boomerang")
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![Cream cotton corset]( "Cream cotton corset")
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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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![The New Zealand Fur Seal, Arctocephlus Forsteri (Lesson) at Macquarie Island 1949-1964]( "The New Zealand Fur Seal, Arctocephlus Forsteri (Lesson) at Macquarie Island 1949-1964")
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![Pair of wooden skis made from hand-cut mountain ash, with leather bindings]( "Pair of wooden skis made from hand-cut mountain ash, with leather bindings")
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![Medal issued by the Australian Numismatic Society to mark the centenary of the Royal Australian Mint, Sydney, in 1955]( "Medal issued by the Australian Numismatic Society to mark the centenary of the Royal Australian Mint, Sydney, in 1955")
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![Standard Bushel gun-metal grain measure]( "Standard Bushel gun-metal grain measure")
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![Two page letter from John Close to Alice Close, 1911]( "Two page letter from John Close to Alice Close, 1911")
Two page letter from John Close to Alice Close, 1911
Written by John Collinson Close, 'assistant collector' on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914....
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![Workshop, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart]( "Workshop, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart")
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![Portrait of Alice Gibson, by Myra Felton, 1860's]( "Portrait of Alice Gibson, by Myra Felton, 1860's")
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![Barraud No 2/901 chronometer with Poole's auxiliary compensated balance]( "Barraud No 2/901 chronometer with Poole's auxiliary compensated balance")
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![Row of cells and walkway, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart]( "Row of cells and walkway, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart")
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![Wooden sword club made in the Cardwell district of Queensland]( "Wooden sword club made in the Cardwell district of Queensland")
Wooden sword club made in the Cardwell district of Queenslan...
The TRIM file (p59) records this object as having come from a private museum at Chevy Chase, Dangarsleigh, Arrmidale, N....
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![Postcard titled 'Part of a pressed up ice ridge, Seal Bay', 'Discovery' Antarctica series, 4 December 1903]( "Postcard titled 'Part of a pressed up ice ridge, Seal Bay', 'Discovery' Antarctica series, 4 December 1903")
Postcard titled 'Part of a pressed up ice ridge, Seal Bay', ...
The hand written message on the front reads 'human being on Debember 4, 1903, the monring together with another relief s...
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![Standard Half Bushel gun-metal grain measure]( "Standard Half Bushel gun-metal grain measure")
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![Australian bicentennial commemorative medal depicting Ned Kelly]( "Australian bicentennial commemorative medal depicting Ned Kelly")
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![Thoroughbrace Coach used by the Nowland family, with accessories, trunk, spanner and jack]( "Thoroughbrace Coach used by the Nowland family, with accessories, trunk, spanner and jack")
Thoroughbrace Coach used by the Nowland family, with accesso...
It is possible that this coach was manufactured by Cobb & Co., however no physical evidence remains linking the object w...
