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![Paddy Pallin brand canvas 'A' frame backpack]( "Paddy Pallin brand canvas 'A' frame backpack")
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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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![Radio operator in the Antarctic, dated 1912]( "Radio operator in the Antarctic, dated 1912")
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![CSIRO Wildlife Research: Studies on the Southern Elephant Seal.]( "CSIRO Wildlife Research: Studies on the Southern Elephant Seal.")
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![Certificate for Edgar Wikner Percival from the Institution of Marine Engineers, 1954]( "Certificate for Edgar Wikner Percival from the Institution of Marine Engineers, 1954")
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![Red card holder for Copy of Freedom, City of London]( "Red card holder for Copy of Freedom, City of London")
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![Aviation technical drawing titled]( "Aviation technical drawing titled")
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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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![Dogwatch]( "Dogwatch")
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![Two page newspaper article titled Sir Douglas Mawson, As I knew him, by John Close, 1919]( "Two page newspaper article titled Sir Douglas Mawson, As I knew him, by John Close, 1919")
Two page newspaper article titled Sir Douglas Mawson, As I k...
Written by John Collinson Close, an 'assistant collector' on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914, led by ...
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![Copy of Freedom of the City of London, dated 28 May 1959]( "Copy of Freedom of the City of London, dated 28 May 1959")
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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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![Cartoon titled 'Royal Macquarie Hospital']( "Cartoon titled 'Royal Macquarie Hospital'")
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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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![Album of Newspaper clippings, Kingsford Smith, London]( "Album of Newspaper clippings, Kingsford Smith, London")
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![Album of newspaper clippings, relating to flights in Percival Gull Aeroplanes in 1935]( "Album of newspaper clippings, relating to flights in Percival Gull Aeroplanes in 1935")
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![Wooden skis]( "Wooden skis")
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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![Album of newspaper clippings, Kingsford Smith, Australian]( "Album of newspaper clippings, Kingsford Smith, Australian")
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![Armitage's party]( "Armitage's party")
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![Pair of hand knitted woollen mittens]( "Pair of hand knitted woollen mittens")
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![Anodised red aluminium ashtray set into an elephant seal skull]( "Anodised red aluminium ashtray set into an elephant seal skull")
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![Miniature First World War service medals belonging to Edgar Percival]( "Miniature First World War service medals belonging to Edgar Percival")
Miniature First World War service medals belonging to Edgar ...
Left to right, the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal 1914-1920 and Victory Medal 1919.
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![Canister made from food tins]( "Canister made from food tins")
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![Blue card holder with coat of arms]( "Blue card holder with coat of arms")
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![Hungarian popular science magazine - Termeszettudomanyi Kozlony]( "Hungarian popular science magazine - Termeszettudomanyi Kozlony")
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![Hungarian popular science magazine - Termeszettudomanyi Kozlony]( "Hungarian popular science magazine - Termeszettudomanyi Kozlony")
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![Page's dog, Qus]( "Page's dog, Qus")
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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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![Emperor penquin rookery at commencement of Great Barrier]( "Emperor penquin rookery at commencement of Great Barrier")
Emperor penquin rookery at commencement of Great Barrier
The hand written message on the front reads 'after being frozen up / at the foot of Mount Erebus for over 2 years - was ...
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![Identification card for Edgar Wikner Percival, issued by the British Air Commission, Washington DC]( "Identification card for Edgar Wikner Percival, issued by the British Air Commission, Washington DC")
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![Two page letter from John Close to Alice Close, 1911]( "Two page letter from John Close to Alice Close, 1911")
Two page letter from John Close to Alice Close, 1911
Written by John Collinson Close, 'assistant collector' on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914....
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![Aviation button]( "Aviation button")
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![Certificate for Edgar W Percival, Member of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators of the British Empire]( "Certificate for Edgar W Percival, Member of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators of the British Empire")
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![Paddy Pallin brand canvas 'A' frame backpack]( "Paddy Pallin brand canvas 'A' frame backpack")
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![Page's dog Qus]( "Page's dog Qus")
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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![Pipe with a stem handcrafted from a Giant Petrel bone]( "Pipe with a stem handcrafted from a Giant Petrel bone")
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![Air speed indicator]( "Air speed indicator")
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![Boxed set of a book, map, strip calculator and table]( "Boxed set of a book, map, strip calculator and table")
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![Hungarian popular science magazine - Termeszettudomanyi Kozlony]( "Hungarian popular science magazine - Termeszettudomanyi Kozlony")
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![Part of a pressed up ice ridge, Seal Bay]( "Part of a pressed up ice ridge, Seal Bay")
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![Head of Sea Leopard, side view]( "Head of Sea Leopard, side view")
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![Album of newspaper clippings, Miscellaneous, September to December 1935]( "Album of newspaper clippings, Miscellaneous, September to December 1935")
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![Manual for ski babies by Fritz Heinrich]( "Manual for ski babies by Fritz Heinrich")
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![Typed transcript of the handwritten proclamation McRobertson Land on dated February 18th 1931]( "Typed transcript of the handwritten proclamation McRobertson Land on dated February 18th 1931")
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![Silver cigarette case engraved]( "Silver cigarette case engraved")
Silver cigarette case engraved "Royal Aero Club Kings Cup 19...
Percival was a competitor in the 1928, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1938 Kings Cup air races. He never ...
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![Farthest South, Keen's Mustard]( "Farthest South, Keen's Mustard")
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![Pocket compass in case, used by John Close]( "Pocket compass in case, used by John Close")
Pocket compass in case, used by John Close
This pocket compass was used by John Collinson Close, a member of Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AA...
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![Album of newspaper clippings, Miss Jean Batten 1935 -1936]( "Album of newspaper clippings, Miss Jean Batten 1935 -1936")
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![Technical drawing for a Percival aircraft titled]( "Technical drawing for a Percival aircraft titled")
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![Three men and three dogs on the deck of a ship going to Antarctica]( "Three men and three dogs on the deck of a ship going to Antarctica")
Three men and three dogs on the deck of a ship going to Anta...
The hand written message on the reverse reads 'This is the [?] the boat / that went to the South / Pole.'...
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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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![Technical drawing for a Percival aircraft titled]( "Technical drawing for a Percival aircraft titled")
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![Five loose pages of diary with entries by John Close, 1912]( "Five loose pages of diary with entries by John Close, 1912")
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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![The Dash for the South Pole]( "The Dash for the South Pole")
The Dash for the South Pole
The message on the reverse is addressed to Mr H. V. M. Clark / c/o G Clark Esq1 / Hawford Road / Apaua. It is dated Frid...
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![Technical drawing for a Percival aircraft titled]( "Technical drawing for a Percival aircraft titled")
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![Technical drawing of a Percival Mew Gull E3H aircraft]( "Technical drawing of a Percival Mew Gull E3H aircraft")
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![Pair of unmatched overmittens]( "Pair of unmatched overmittens")
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![Newspaper clipping titled Australian who went to England a Nobody]( "Newspaper clipping titled Australian who went to England a Nobody")
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![Seven page letter from John Close to Alice Close, Antarctica 1911]( "Seven page letter from John Close to Alice Close, Antarctica 1911")
Seven page letter from John Close to Alice Close, Antarctica...
Written by John Collinson Close, an 'assistant collector' on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14, led by Do...
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![Folkestone Aero Speed Trophy presented by Mrs W.E. Davis, 1937]( "Folkestone Aero Speed Trophy presented by Mrs W.E. Davis, 1937")
