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Ogden Smiths Mermaid fishing fly
This fishing fly belonged to Thomas Lloyd Forster Rutledge, who was a keen fisherman. During the 1930s, he and some frie...
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'Prospecting', about 1886
Print of 'Prospecting' by American artist William Thomas Smedley, about 1886. The work is based on John William Lindt's...
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Bryant and May 'Wax Vestas' match box, used by John Close to...
Used by John Collinson Close, an 'assistant collector' on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914, led by Dou...
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Photographic postcard of Paramatta River at Drummoyne, NSW
The Drummoyne Bridge was built in 1881 and had an opening span to let vessels on the Parramatta River pass through....
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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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Hately wheat collection
This collection of wheat samples was assembled by James Hately, a wheat and sheep farmer near Cootamundra in New South W...
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Illuminated address which William Barak and fifteen other Co...
The address reads: "To the Honble [sic] Graham Berry Melbourne March 22nd 1886 We have come to see you because you ha...
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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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Page's dog Qus
The hand written message on the front reads 'from the most southerly point reached by / Ross in 1841, just 60 years earl...
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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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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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Postcard titled 'Seal Bay, part of a pressed up ice ridge', ...
The hand written message on the front reads 'one other made a long journey / southwards from their winter / quarters in ...
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