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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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Wooden skis
Used by Robert George Dovers (1922-1981) in two Antarctic expeditions; the first to Adelie Land in 1951-52 and then wit...
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Newspaper article by John Close, titled Captain John King Da...
Written by John Collinson Close, an 'assistant collector' on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914, led by ...
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Shifting spanner
Shifting spanner tought to have been used to tighten dray and buggy wheels.
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Clear glass bowl to commemorate Australia's Centenary in 188...
English Registration Number 88120 of 24 November 1887.
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Harnessing the dogs and preparing to start on a sledging exp...
The hand written message on the front reads 'up to that time, Captain Scott took the Discovery to / the head of Ross Sea...
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Five loose pages of diary with entries by John Close, 1912
Letter written by John Collinson Close, an 'assistant collector' on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914, ...
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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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Wooden walking stick carved by Aborigines and presented to R...
This walking stick was made by Aborigines for RRU Septimus Hungerford (1825-1927). Hungerford was born in Ireland and ar...
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Harnessing in dogs and preparing to start - Captain's sledge...
The hand written message on the front reads 'companions who left Lyttelton, n.z. in the discovery on / December 24, 1901...
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