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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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Aboriginal breastplate for Billy Hippie, King of Minnon
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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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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Album of pressed seaweed specimens collected by Charles Morr...
A nineteenth century Australian album of pressed marine algae specimens collected in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, between...
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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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Glass photographic magic lantern slide of a thylacine at the...
This is a magic lantern slide of a thylacine at London Zoo. Between the 1850s and the 1920s thylacines were exported to ...
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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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Aboriginal breastplate for U Robert, King of Big Leather and...
Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and emigrated to Queensland with his parents 19 months later. He had had pe...
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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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Shifting spanner
Shifting spanner tought to have been used to tighten dray and buggy wheels.
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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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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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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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Icepick used on 1911-1913 Australian Antarctic Expedition
Used by George Harris Sarjeant Dovers (1887-1971) Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1913
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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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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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