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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Qantas Boeing 707 VH-EBH aeroplane Gweneth Meyers collection Apply Gweneth Meyers collection filter	Postcards Apply Postcards filter		Mr Morris H. Meyers OBE Apply Mr Morris H. Meyers OBE filter
Bag featuring Berlin woolwork with silk Springfield - Faithfull Family collection Apply Springfield - Faithfull Family collection filter	Evening bags Apply Evening bags filter			1870 Apply 1870 filter
Four unused centenary re-issue of the first postage stamps p... Third Great Seal of New South Wales collection Apply Third Great Seal of New South Wales collection filter	Postage stamps Apply Postage stamps filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Postmaster General's Department Apply Postmaster General's Department filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
Commercial cast iron tobacco cutter for chopping plug tobacc... Suncoast Pioneer Village collection Apply Suncoast Pioneer Village collection filter	Tobacco cutters Apply Tobacco cutters filter	Bli Bli, Queensland, Australia Apply Bli Bli, Queensland, Australia filter	Suncoast Pioneer Village Apply Suncoast Pioneer Village filter	1850 Apply 1850 filter
St. Thomas' Church, North Sydney Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	North Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply North Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter	1849 Apply 1849 filter
Loseby Two Day Marine Chronometer No 109, with accessories i... Department of Defence collection Apply Department of Defence collection filter	Chronometers Apply Chronometers filter	London, England Apply London, England filter	Edward Thomas Loseby Apply Edward Thomas Loseby filter	1846 Apply 1846 filter
Family Bible Nancy Hamilton collection no. 2 Apply Nancy Hamilton collection no. 2 filter	Bibles Apply Bibles filter	Glasgow, Scotland Apply Glasgow, Scotland filter	William Collins, Sons and Co. Apply William Collins, Sons and Co. filter	1800 Apply 1800 filter
Album of pressed seaweed specimens collected around Port Phi... Port Phillip seaweed album collection Apply Port Phillip seaweed album collection filter	Botanical specimens Apply Botanical specimens filter	Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia Apply Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia filter	Charles Morrison Apply Charles Morrison filter	1851 Apply 1851 filter
Harnessing the dogs and preparing to start on a sledging exp... Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	Antarctica Apply Antarctica filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter
The Gap, Watson's Bay Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	The Gap, Watsons Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply The Gap, Watsons Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter	1849 Apply 1849 filter
Lead finial for gaol fence Sotheby's collection no. 1 Apply Sotheby's collection no. 1 filter	Finials Apply Finials filter	Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Apply Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia filter		1837 Apply 1837 filter
Erithraea Australis Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection Apply Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection filter	Botanical specimens Apply Botanical specimens filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller Apply Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller filter	1875 Apply 1875 filter
Muehlenbeckia Cunninghami Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection Apply Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection filter	Botanical specimens Apply Botanical specimens filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller Apply Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller filter	1875 Apply 1875 filter
Pipe stand handcrafted from an elephant seal vertebra Dr Stefan Csordas collection Apply Dr Stefan Csordas collection filter	Pipe stands Apply Pipe stands filter	Macquarie Island, Tasmania, Australia Apply Macquarie Island, Tasmania, Australia filter	Dr Stefan Csordas Apply Dr Stefan Csordas filter	1955 Apply 1955 filter
Aster Orarius Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection Apply Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection filter	Botanical specimens Apply Botanical specimens filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller Apply Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller filter	1875 Apply 1875 filter
Receipt from Tirranna Picnic Race Club, 22 April 1875 Tirranna Race Club collection Apply Tirranna Race Club collection filter	Receipts Apply Receipts filter	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia Apply Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia filter	The Goulburn Herald Apply The Goulburn Herald filter	1875 Apply 1875 filter
Night fishing The Christensen Fund collection no. 1 Apply The Christensen Fund collection no. 1 filter	Prints Apply Prints filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Samuel T. Gill Apply Samuel T. Gill filter	1870 Apply 1870 filter
Three page folded letter from John Close to Alice Close, Ant... John Collinson Close collection Apply John Collinson Close collection filter	Letters Apply Letters filter	Antarctica Apply Antarctica filter	Mr John Henry Collinson Close Apply Mr John Henry Collinson Close filter	1912 Apply 1912 filter
Large fleece of superfine wool from the Macarthur merino flo... Ermenegildo Zegna collection no. 1 Apply Ermenegildo Zegna collection no. 1 filter	Wool specimens Apply Wool specimens filter	Camden Park, New South Wales, Australia Apply Camden Park, New South Wales, Australia filter	John Macarthur Apply John Macarthur filter	1988 Apply 1988 filter
Natives of Carpentaria The Christensen Fund collection no. 1 Apply The Christensen Fund collection no. 1 filter	Prints Apply Prints filter	London, England Apply London, England filter	T Baines Apply T Baines filter	1873 Apply 1873 filter
Typed transcript of the handwritten proclamation McRobertson... Sir Douglas Mawson collection Apply Sir Douglas Mawson collection filter	Documents Apply Documents filter	Antarctica Apply Antarctica filter	Sir Douglas Mawson Apply Sir Douglas Mawson filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Dent Two Day Marine Chronometer No 1604 with accessories in ... Department of Defence collection Apply Department of Defence collection filter	Chronometers Apply Chronometers filter	London, England Apply London, England filter	Dent & Co Apply Dent & Co filter	1850 Apply 1850 filter
Congenital Penis Malformation in Southern Elephant Seals Dr Stefan Csordas collection Apply Dr Stefan Csordas collection filter	Magazine clippings Apply Magazine clippings filter	United States of America Apply United States of America filter	Dr Stefan Csordas Apply Dr Stefan Csordas filter	1966 Apply 1966 filter
Guard, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart Sotheby's collection no. 1 Apply Sotheby's collection no. 1 filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter	Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Apply Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia filter		1837 Apply 1837 filter
Brachycome Graminea Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection Apply Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection filter	Botanical specimens Apply Botanical specimens filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller Apply Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller filter	1875 Apply 1875 filter
Whisk with pin Tom Price collection Apply Tom Price collection filter	Regalia Apply Regalia filter	Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia Apply Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr K Warbarton Apply Mr K Warbarton filter	1870 Apply 1870 filter
Postcard titled 'Part of a pressed up ice ridge, Seal Bay', ... Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	Antarctica Apply Antarctica filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter	1903 Apply 1903 filter
Launceston Centenary 21st March 1906 Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Apply Launceston, Tasmania, Australia filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter	1806 Apply 1806 filter
Sabaea Ovata Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection Apply Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection filter	Botanical specimens Apply Botanical specimens filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller Apply Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller filter	1875 Apply 1875 filter
Light brown silk faille bonnet with self fabric fringe and r... Springfield - Faithfull Family collection Apply Springfield - Faithfull Family collection filter	Bonnets Apply Bonnets filter			1870 Apply 1870 filter
Volume 2, 1873-6, Educational collections of Australian plan... Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection Apply Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection filter	Books Apply Books filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller Apply Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller filter	1875 Apply 1875 filter
Qantas Boeing 707 VH-EBA aeroplane Gweneth Meyers collection Apply Gweneth Meyers collection filter	Postcards Apply Postcards filter		Mr Morris H. Meyers OBE Apply Mr Morris H. Meyers OBE filter
Paddy Pallin brand canvas 'A' frame backpack Jessie Luckman collection Apply Jessie Luckman collection filter	Backpacks Apply Backpacks filter
Qantas Boeing 707 aeroplane Gweneth Meyers collection Apply Gweneth Meyers collection filter	Postcards Apply Postcards filter		Mr Morris H. Meyers OBE Apply Mr Morris H. Meyers OBE filter
Receipt issued to Tirranna Picnic Race Club, February 1875 Tirranna Race Club collection Apply Tirranna Race Club collection filter	Receipts Apply Receipts filter	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia Apply Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia filter	Tirranna Picnic Race Club Apply Tirranna Picnic Race Club filter	1875 Apply 1875 filter
Proclamation of British sovereignty over King George V Land ... Sir Douglas Mawson collection Apply Sir Douglas Mawson collection filter	Documents Apply Documents filter	Antarctica Apply Antarctica filter	Sir Douglas Mawson Apply Sir Douglas Mawson filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Cartoon titled 'Royal Macquarie Hospital' Dr Stefan Csordas collection Apply Dr Stefan Csordas collection filter	Cartoons Apply Cartoons filter	Macquarie Island, Tasmania, Australia Apply Macquarie Island, Tasmania, Australia filter	George Kasasayas Apply George Kasasayas filter	1955 Apply 1955 filter
Myosotis Suaveolens Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection Apply Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection filter	Botanical specimens Apply Botanical specimens filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller Apply Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller filter	1875 Apply 1875 filter
Bushranger Medal awarded to the four Faithfull Brothers for ... Springfield - Faithfull Family collection Apply Springfield - Faithfull Family collection filter	Medals Apply Medals filter	London, England Apply London, England filter	Hardy Bros, Silversmiths and Jewellers Apply Hardy Bros, Silversmiths and Jewellers filter	1875 Apply 1875 filter
Helichrysum obtusifolium Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection Apply Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection filter	Botanical specimens Apply Botanical specimens filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller Apply Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller filter	1875 Apply 1875 filter
John Cumming, by Montagu Scott of Sydney Jane Webster collection Apply Jane Webster collection filter	Cartes-de-visite Apply Cartes-de-visite filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Montagu Scott Apply Montagu Scott filter	1870 Apply 1870 filter
Ceramic bust of John Pascoe Fawkner John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner Pottery Bust collection Apply John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner Pottery Bust collection filter	Busts Apply Busts filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Mr John P. Fawkner Apply Mr John P. Fawkner filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Letter - Commandants' Office, Port Arthur, 6 February 1846 Sotheby's collection no. 1 Apply Sotheby's collection no. 1 filter	Letters Apply Letters filter	Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Apply Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia filter		1846 Apply 1846 filter
Harnessing in dogs and preparing to start - Captain's sledge... Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	Antarctica Apply Antarctica filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter	1901 Apply 1901 filter
Five loose pages of diary with entries by John Close, 1912 John Collinson Close collection Apply John Collinson Close collection filter	Diaries Apply Diaries filter	Antarctica Apply Antarctica filter	Mr John Henry Collinson Close Apply Mr John Henry Collinson Close filter
Souvenir plate - 150th Anniversary of New South Wales Cecil Ballard Jnr collection Apply Cecil Ballard Jnr collection filter	Commemorative plates Apply Commemorative plates filter	England Apply England filter	Wood & Sons Ltd Apply Wood & Sons Ltd filter	1937 Apply 1937 filter
Pearl brooch given to Janet Templeton in Edinburgh by her hu... Diana Baxter collection no. 1 Apply Diana Baxter collection no. 1 filter	Brooches Apply Brooches filter	Scotland Apply Scotland filter	Janet Templeton Apply Janet Templeton filter	1826 Apply 1826 filter
Manaroo P & A Association 1875 'Blood Filly' David Allen medals collection Apply David Allen medals collection filter	Medals Apply Medals filter			1875 Apply 1875 filter
Boomerang 19th Century NSW Aboriginal Artefacts collection Apply 19th Century NSW Aboriginal Artefacts collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	North-west NSW, Australia Apply North-west NSW, Australia filter		1800 Apply 1800 filter
COLESANCO, January 1938, The Magazine of the Employees of G.... Noble Numismatics collection Apply Noble Numismatics collection filter	Magazines Apply Magazines filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	G J Coles & Company Limited Apply G J Coles & Company Limited filter	1938 Apply 1938 filter
The Dash for the South Pole Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	Antarctica Apply Antarctica filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter	1908 Apply 1908 filter
Boomerang, attributed as being made by Fred Mulga aka 'Pelac... Robert Croll Indigenous Artefacts collection Apply Robert Croll Indigenous Artefacts collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter		Fred Mulga Apply Fred Mulga filter	1874 Apply 1874 filter
The Courthouse, Parramatta Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Postcards Apply Postcards filter	Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter	1849 Apply 1849 filter
Bunch of keys from HM Prison Campbell St Hobart Sotheby's collection no. 1 Apply Sotheby's collection no. 1 filter	Keys Apply Keys filter	Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Apply Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia filter		1837 Apply 1837 filter
'NUCLEAR WEAPON FREE ZONE ANTARCTICA 1961' People for Nuclear Disarmament collection no. 2 Apply People for Nuclear Disarmament collection no. 2 filter	Political badges Apply Political badges filter	Antarctica Apply Antarctica filter	Antarctic Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty Apply Antarctic Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty filter	1961 Apply 1961 filter
Hakea nodosa Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection Apply Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection filter	Botanical specimens Apply Botanical specimens filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller Apply Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller filter	1875 Apply 1875 filter
Pair of ladies cream kid ankle boots Springfield - Faithfull Family collection Apply Springfield - Faithfull Family collection filter	Boots Apply Boots filter			1870 Apply 1870 filter
Gentiana Saxosa Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection Apply Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection filter	Botanical specimens Apply Botanical specimens filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller Apply Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller filter	1875 Apply 1875 filter
Prison padlock Sotheby's collection no. 1 Apply Sotheby's collection no. 1 filter	Padlocks Apply Padlocks filter	Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Apply Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia filter		1837 Apply 1837 filter
Salicornia australis Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection Apply Baron Ferdinand von Mueller collection filter	Botanical specimens Apply Botanical specimens filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller Apply Baron Sir Ferdinand J. von Mueller filter	1875 Apply 1875 filter