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![Club]( "Club")
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![Boomerang]( "Boomerang")
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![Punishment cell Campbell Street Prison, Hobart]( "Punishment cell Campbell Street Prison, Hobart")
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![Sketchbook with contents drawn by Oscar, Cooktown boy, aged 18 years]( "Sketchbook with contents drawn by Oscar, Cooktown boy, aged 18 years")
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![Tirranna Picnic Race Club Programme, 12 January 1900]( "Tirranna Picnic Race Club Programme, 12 January 1900")
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![Gold Digger's Hut, Victoria, Austr]( "Gold Digger's Hut, Victoria, Austr")
Gold Digger's Hut, Victoria, Austr
Handwritten message on reverse is addressed to 'Mr V Mesnil / C/o Mr W Sewter / Mutooroo Mines / Via Cockburn' and reads...
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![Glass plate negative - Women's camp fight, photographed by Herbert Basedow]( "Glass plate negative - Women's camp fight, photographed by Herbert Basedow")
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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![Shifting spanner]( "Shifting spanner")
Shifting spanner
Shifting spanner tought to have been used to tighten dray and buggy wheels.
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![English cricketer Thomas Richardson - 1897/8 English Touring team to Australia]( "English cricketer Thomas Richardson - 1897/8 English Touring team to Australia")
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![Old Gaol, Port Macquarie]( "Old Gaol, Port Macquarie")
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![Small square crockery shard with a white glaze and brown pattern]( "Small square crockery shard with a white glaze and brown pattern")
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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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![Australasian Federated Butchers Union, Queensland Certificate of Recognition]( "Australasian Federated Butchers Union, Queensland Certificate of Recognition")
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![Poster titled 'It's the speedy airmail that conquers distance and saves time']( "Poster titled 'It's the speedy airmail that conquers distance and saves time'")
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![Spearthrower]( "Spearthrower")
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![Colourised photographic postcard of Bondi Beach, NSW]( "Colourised photographic postcard of Bondi Beach, NSW")
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![Guard, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart]( "Guard, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart")
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![Harnessing in dogs and preparing to start, Captain's sledge party]( "Harnessing in dogs and preparing to start, Captain's sledge party")
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![Old English Cricketers by A.W. Pullin]( "Old English Cricketers by A.W. Pullin")
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![Spearthrower from Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, 1900]( "Spearthrower from Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, 1900")
Spearthrower from Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, 1900
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0267 reads: "Gulf of Carpentaria/Qland/G. Roberts/1900". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was b...
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![Clear moulded stem glass]( "Clear moulded stem glass")
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![Railway Station, Ipswich, Queensland]( "Railway Station, Ipswich, Queensland")
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![Commercial cast iron tobacco cutter for chopping plug tobacco]( "Commercial cast iron tobacco cutter for chopping plug tobacco")
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![State, Municipal & Civil Luncheon at 1pm, Town Hall, Sydney, 7 January 1901]( "State, Municipal & Civil Luncheon at 1pm, Town Hall, Sydney, 7 January 1901")
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![Homo Australis]( "Homo Australis")
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![Breeding of the Fur Seal, Arctocephalus forsteri Lesson, at Macquarie Island]( "Breeding of the Fur Seal, Arctocephalus forsteri Lesson, at Macquarie Island")
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![Photographic postcard of big gun practice in Middle Head, Sydney NSW]( "Photographic postcard of big gun practice in Middle Head, Sydney NSW")
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![Australia's 150th Anniversary 1788-1938]( "Australia's 150th Anniversary 1788-1938")
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![Three-panel mural of postage stamps, which depicts the flag-raising ceremony at Sydney Cove in 1788, Bicentenary of Australia, 1788-1988]( "Three-panel mural of postage stamps, which depicts the flag-raising ceremony at Sydney Cove in 1788, Bicentenary of Australia, 1788-1988")
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![Colourised photographic postcard of Foot bridge at Mosman, NSW]( "Colourised photographic postcard of Foot bridge at Mosman, NSW")
Colourised photographic postcard of Foot bridge at Mosman, N...
The structure was built to enable water mains to be carted over a gully, linking Avenue Road and Park Streets, Mosman. A...
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![Noticee: visitors are permitted to see those persons who are committed for trial on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays]( "Noticee: visitors are permitted to see those persons who are committed for trial on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays")
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![Glass plate negative - Aboriginal prisoners, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1905]( "Glass plate negative - Aboriginal prisoners, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1905")
Glass plate negative - Aboriginal prisoners, Northern Territ...
The white man standing on the far right is Lionel Gee, a geologist. The photograph may have been taken in Darwin, Northe...
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![Ceramic vase]( "Ceramic vase")
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![John Rodgers Marine Chronometer No 1/1853, with accessories in a wooden case]( "John Rodgers Marine Chronometer No 1/1853, with accessories in a wooden case")
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![A Century at Moore Park Best Exhibit Beef Shorthorns 1882-1982]( "A Century at Moore Park Best Exhibit Beef Shorthorns 1882-1982")
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![Cast Easom Enfield plaque with rising sun, kangaroo and emu, late 1800s]( "Cast Easom Enfield plaque with rising sun, kangaroo and emu, late 1800s")
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![Photographic postcard of Sydney Observatory, NSW]( "Photographic postcard of Sydney Observatory, NSW")
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![Spearthrower]( "Spearthrower")
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![Wooden cell door, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart]( "Wooden cell door, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart")
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![Hot-air steriliser]( "Hot-air steriliser")
Hot-air steriliser
The absolute necessity for sterilising medical and surgical instruments in the laboratory to prevent the spread of infec...
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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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![Discovery alongside the barrier]( "Discovery alongside the barrier")
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![Weapon - Boomerang]( "Weapon - Boomerang")
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![Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners]( "Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners")
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![Knitted mittens]( "Knitted mittens")
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![Poster titled 'The Australian Post Office still pioneers new and dependable methods of communication']( "Poster titled 'The Australian Post Office still pioneers new and dependable methods of communication'")
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![Glass plate negative - Natives prisoners, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1905(?)]( "Glass plate negative - Natives prisoners, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1905(?)")
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![Warden sitting in the main chair in the Campbell Street Prison, Hobart]( "Warden sitting in the main chair in the Campbell Street Prison, Hobart")
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![Decorated boomerang, attributed to the Sydney area, about 1900-1920]( "Decorated boomerang, attributed to the Sydney area, about 1900-1920")
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![Diary of George Dovers, Antarctica 1911-1913]( "Diary of George Dovers, Antarctica 1911-1913")
Diary of George Dovers, Antarctica 1911-1913
Written by George Harris Sarjeant Dovers, surveyor for AAE 1911-1913. The diary has entries dating from 7 November 1912...
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![Harnessing in dogs and preparing to start - Captain's sledge party]( "Harnessing in dogs and preparing to start - Captain's sledge party")
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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![Hand-knitted woollen mittens in red and white]( "Hand-knitted woollen mittens in red and white")
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![American commercial cast iron tobacco cutter for chopping plug tobacco]( "American commercial cast iron tobacco cutter for chopping plug tobacco")
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![English cricketer J.T. Hearne - 1897/8 English Touring team to Australia]( "English cricketer J.T. Hearne - 1897/8 English Touring team to Australia")
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![Cartoon of the parallels between the coal industry of 1892 and the hospitality industry of 1992]( "Cartoon of the parallels between the coal industry of 1892 and the hospitality industry of 1992")
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![Nameplate for Ludwig Leichhardt 1848]( "Nameplate for Ludwig Leichhardt 1848")
Nameplate for Ludwig Leichhardt 1848
This small brass nameplate is the first relic with a corroborated provenance from Ludwig Leichhardt's third expedition i...
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![Fillet crochet doily featuring an emu]( "Fillet crochet doily featuring an emu")
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![Ceramic vase shaped as a gothic buttress]( "Ceramic vase shaped as a gothic buttress")
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![Mitten made from the base of a hessian sack]( "Mitten made from the base of a hessian sack")
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![Character reference for John Close, dated 16th December 1900]( "Character reference for John Close, dated 16th December 1900")
Character reference for John Close, dated 16th December 1900
John Collinson Close was an 'assistant collector' on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14, led by Douglas Ma...
