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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 of containers collected by Herbert Base...
Reproduced by Basedow in 'Notes on the Natives of Bathurst Island, North Australia', "Journal of the Royal Anthropologic...
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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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Water at Bunumbust, with trees in the background
Handwritten message on reverse is addressed to 'Mr V. Cole / London Bank / Bourke St / Melbourne / Victoria' and reads ...
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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 - Fish-tail bark and dug-out canoes, Me...
Reproduced by Basedow in 'Notes on the Natives of Bathurst Island, North Australia', "Journal of the Royal Anthropologic...
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Iron Cove Bridge, Sydney
Hnadwritten message is addressed to 'Mrs Stewart / 76 Cambridge St / Paddingtion / try 79 or 22' and reads 'Dear Mrs Ste...
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Photograph of a steam engine threshing wheat
This photograph was sent to the McPhees by a family friend.
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The Windings of Sydney Harbour, 20 March 1911
The handwritten message on the reverse is addressed to 'Miss I Fordyce / Addison Rd / (G. Bright St). / Carrickville' an...
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Manual work public school, Colo Vale, 1911
The hand written message on the reverse reads 'Eveliy Gallagher commence 18th Sept 1916 / Slyvia Hennsler " " 2nd Oct ' ...
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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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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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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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Christmas card (lion) from Ronnie McPhee to the McPhee famil...
This Christmas card was sent to the McPhee family from Ronnie McPhee, while serving in France during the First World War...
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Cattle branding iron with the initials WR
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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Newspaper article titled Sir Douglas Mawson, As I knew him, ...
Written by John Collinson Close, an 'assistant collector' on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14, led by Do...
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Camel Corps Christmas card to the McPhee family from Will Bo...
This card was sent to the McPhee family from Will Boothby, a neighbouring farmer. Boothby served during the First World ...
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