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Green and floral brocade open-front robe with "en fourreau" ...
It is likely that this dress was made in the late 1730s, early 1740s. It appears to have been altered in the 1770s and a...
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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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Proclamation of British sovereignty over King George V Land ...
Proclamation of British sovereignty over King George V Land (Antarctica), which was written by physicist and surveyor Al...
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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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High Five
Exhibition: Bringing the House Down 1999 Entrant.
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Neck Decoration for the Order of the Companion of Honour to ...
This award was presented to Robert Gordon Menzies in 1951. The Order of the Companion of Honour (CH) is an imperial hono...
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Postcard titled 'Part of a pressed up ice ridge, Seal Bay', ...
The hand written message on the front reads 'human being on Debember 4, 1903, the monring together with another relief s...
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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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HOMEWARD. AUSTRALIA
Postcard from the 'Oilette' series by Raphael Tuck and Sons.
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Cannon from HMB Endeavour, thrown overboard on the Great Bar...
This cast-iron quarter-pounder gun was one of ten cannon carried on HMB 'Endeavour' ' during Captain Cook's first voyage...
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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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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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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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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...