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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Souvenir badge that commemorates the first flight from Engla... Social History Museums (South Australia) collection Apply Social History Museums (South Australia) collection filter	Commemorative badges Apply Commemorative badges filter	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Apply Adelaide, South Australia, Australia filter	Atkinson & Co Apply Atkinson & Co filter	1919 Apply 1919 filter
People watching carriages being carried through the streets ... Anne Stockton collection no. 1 Apply Anne Stockton collection no. 1 filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter		Karl H. Aumuller Apply Karl H. Aumuller filter	1913 Apply 1913 filter
Wet specimen - Horse - brain MacKenzie collection Apply MacKenzie collection filter	Zoological specimens Apply Zoological specimens filter
The Worker Cook Book, compiled by Mary Gilmore Hilda Creager collection no. 2 Apply Hilda Creager collection no. 2 filter	Cookbooks Apply Cookbooks filter		Dame Mary Gilmore Apply Dame Mary Gilmore filter	1915 Apply 1915 filter
Saucepan and lid Nancy Hamilton collection no. 2 Apply Nancy Hamilton collection no. 2 filter	Saucepans Apply Saucepans filter	New South Wales, Australia Apply New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr William Barbour Smith Apply Mr William Barbour Smith filter	1910 Apply 1910 filter
Cream coloured handkerchief Patricia Kennedy collection no. 2 Apply Patricia Kennedy collection no. 2 filter	Handkerchiefs Apply Handkerchiefs filter	England Apply England filter	Mrs Grace H. Kennedy Apply Mrs Grace H. Kennedy filter	1918 Apply 1918 filter
Silk embroidered postcard and inner card from World War 1 Judy and Ian McPhee collection no. 2 Apply Judy and Ian McPhee collection no. 2 filter	Postcards Apply Postcards filter	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia Apply Grafton, New South Wales, Australia filter	Muriel E. McPhee Apply Muriel E. McPhee filter	1910 Apply 1910 filter
Our junk - on which we travelled for about 5 days. Coming do... Anne Stockton collection no. 1 Apply Anne Stockton collection no. 1 filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter		Karl H. Aumuller Apply Karl H. Aumuller filter	1913 Apply 1913 filter
Australian bicentennial commemorative medal depicting Sir Ch... Coles-Myer collection Apply Coles-Myer collection filter	Commemorative medals Apply Commemorative medals filter	Victoria, Australia Apply Victoria, Australia filter	Coles-Myer Ltd Apply Coles-Myer Ltd filter	1897 Apply 1897 filter
Boot hook Colledge Family collection Apply Colledge Family collection filter	Boot hooks Apply Boot hooks filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Miss Emilie Roach Apply Miss Emilie Roach filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
Dent Two Day Marine Chronometer No 46982 in wooden case Department of Defence collection Apply Department of Defence collection filter	Chronometers Apply Chronometers filter	London, England Apply London, England filter	Dent & Co Apply Dent & Co filter	1895 Apply 1895 filter
Lamp used by Muriel McPhee for sewing Judy and Ian McPhee collection no. 2 Apply Judy and Ian McPhee collection no. 2 filter	Oil lamps Apply Oil lamps filter	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia Apply Grafton, New South Wales, Australia filter	Muriel E. McPhee Apply Muriel E. McPhee filter	1910 Apply 1910 filter
Glass plate negative - Old Kai Kai, a Western Arrernte man, ... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Glass plate negatives Apply Glass plate negatives filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1920 Apply 1920 filter
Guard, Campbell Street Prison, Hobart Sotheby's collection no. 1 Apply Sotheby's collection no. 1 filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter	Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Apply Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia filter		1837 Apply 1837 filter
Headdress Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Headdresses Apply Headdresses filter	Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Western Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter	Mr Leo Austen Apply Mr Leo Austen filter	1919 Apply 1919 filter
Nature Study sketchbook by Mary Kendall 1910s David and Gianna Sudholz collection Apply David and Gianna Sudholz collection filter	Sketchbooks Apply Sketchbooks filter	Natimuk, Victoria, Australia Apply Natimuk, Victoria, Australia filter	Mary Kendall Apply Mary Kendall filter	1911 Apply 1911 filter
Brass fastening pin for latch Department of Defence collection Apply Department of Defence collection filter	Fasteners Apply Fasteners filter	London, England Apply London, England filter	Edward Thomas Loseby Apply Edward Thomas Loseby filter	1846 Apply 1846 filter
Rectangular brown leather suitcase Colledge Family collection Apply Colledge Family collection filter	Suitcases Apply Suitcases filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Miss Emilie Roach Apply Miss Emilie Roach filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
Mayne's autograph book containing over 850 autographs of fam... Nanette Ward collection Apply Nanette Ward collection filter	Autograph books Apply Autograph books filter		Edgar R. Mayne Apply Edgar R. Mayne filter	1907 Apply 1907 filter
Cheer-Up Society, Hats Off to the Infantry Social History Museums (South Australia) collection Apply Social History Museums (South Australia) collection filter	Wartime badges Apply Wartime badges filter	North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	A W. Patrick Apply A W. Patrick filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
Wattle Day, Our Emblem, Our Defenders, W.D.L. Ambulance Fund Social History Museums (South Australia) collection Apply Social History Museums (South Australia) collection filter	Charity badges Apply Charity badges filter	North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	A W. Patrick Apply A W. Patrick filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
Mothers and Widows badge issued to the mother of 9956 Driver... Alison Hope Oliver collection Apply Alison Hope Oliver collection filter	Badges Apply Badges filter	Egypt Apply Egypt filter	Commonwealth of Australia Apply Commonwealth of Australia filter	1919 Apply 1919 filter
Ceramic bust of John Batman John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner Pottery Bust collection Apply John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner Pottery Bust collection filter	Busts Apply Busts filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	John Batman Apply John Batman filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Souvenir plate - Bicentenary of Australia Cecil Ballard Jnr collection Apply Cecil Ballard Jnr collection filter	Commemorative plates Apply Commemorative plates filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Apply Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II filter	1788 Apply 1788 filter
Unfinished ceremonial axe blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Stone tools Apply Stone tools filter	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1919 Apply 1919 filter
A bad picture of the town of Kochin in the famous tin centre... Anne Stockton collection no. 1 Apply Anne Stockton collection no. 1 filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter		Karl H. Aumuller Apply Karl H. Aumuller filter	1913 Apply 1913 filter
Baby's bib Patricia Kennedy collection no. 2 Apply Patricia Kennedy collection no. 2 filter	Baby bibs Apply Baby bibs filter	England Apply England filter	Mrs Grace H. Kennedy Apply Mrs Grace H. Kennedy filter	1918 Apply 1918 filter
Woman sitting with a child with the child's hand on the woma... Anne Stockton collection no. 1 Apply Anne Stockton collection no. 1 filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter		Karl H. Aumuller Apply Karl H. Aumuller filter	1913 Apply 1913 filter
Adelaide YMCA Active Service Home and Abroad Social History Museums (South Australia) collection Apply Social History Museums (South Australia) collection filter	Wartime badges Apply Wartime badges filter	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Apply Adelaide, South Australia, Australia filter	Young Mens Christian Association Apply Young Mens Christian Association filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
Four unused centenary re-issue of the first postage stamps p... Third Great Seal of New South Wales collection Apply Third Great Seal of New South Wales collection filter	Postage stamps Apply Postage stamps filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Postmaster General's Department Apply Postmaster General's Department filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
Cast iron frying pan Nancy Hamilton collection no. 2 Apply Nancy Hamilton collection no. 2 filter	Frying pans Apply Frying pans filter	Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia Apply Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr William Barbour Smith Apply Mr William Barbour Smith filter	1900 Apply 1900 filter
I didn't raise my son to be a soldier Adrian Luck collection no. 1 Apply Adrian Luck collection no. 1 filter	Postcards Apply Postcards filter		Australian Army Apply Australian Army filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
K.A. Aumuller - Self with Ginger and Bonsky Anne Stockton collection no. 1 Apply Anne Stockton collection no. 1 filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter		Karl H. Aumuller Apply Karl H. Aumuller filter	1913 Apply 1913 filter
Embroidered handmade doily Kathleen Simpson collection no. 1 Apply Kathleen Simpson collection no. 1 filter	Doilies Apply Doilies filter		Mrs Annie Taylor Apply Mrs Annie Taylor filter	1900 Apply 1900 filter
Clear glass bottle in the form of a standing kangaroo holdin... Terence Lane collection Apply Terence Lane collection filter	Bottles Apply Bottles filter	Australia Apply Australia filter		1910 Apply 1910 filter
Sacred Heart Monastery, Kensington, Sydney Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	Kensington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Kensington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter	1919 Apply 1919 filter
Stone blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Stone tools Apply Stone tools filter	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1919 Apply 1919 filter
View of canal near B.A.T. Mess Yunnanfu Anne Stockton collection no. 1 Apply Anne Stockton collection no. 1 filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter		Karl H. Aumuller Apply Karl H. Aumuller filter	1913 Apply 1913 filter
Monument erected in honor of a Chinese general at Lamamao. J... Anne Stockton collection no. 1 Apply Anne Stockton collection no. 1 filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter		Karl H. Aumuller Apply Karl H. Aumuller filter	1913 Apply 1913 filter
Outdoor scene featuring a man and woman sitting in a grassy ... Anne Stockton collection no. 1 Apply Anne Stockton collection no. 1 filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter		Karl H. Aumuller Apply Karl H. Aumuller filter	1913 Apply 1913 filter
Hackman & Thachen feeding the baby camel, B.A.T. Kalgan 25-4... Anne Stockton collection no. 1 Apply Anne Stockton collection no. 1 filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter		Karl H. Aumuller Apply Karl H. Aumuller filter	1913 Apply 1913 filter
Glass plate negative - About to depart The Bluff station, Qu... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Glass plate negatives Apply Glass plate negatives filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1919 Apply 1919 filter
A pagoda in a temple compound at Lamannao Jan 1915 Anne Stockton collection no. 1 Apply Anne Stockton collection no. 1 filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter		Karl H. Aumuller Apply Karl H. Aumuller filter	1913 Apply 1913 filter
Bunch of prison keys and tags Sotheby's collection no. 1 Apply Sotheby's collection no. 1 filter	Keys Apply Keys filter	Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Apply Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia filter		1837 Apply 1837 filter
Six camels in front of a large building Anne Stockton collection no. 1 Apply Anne Stockton collection no. 1 filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter		Karl H. Aumuller Apply Karl H. Aumuller filter	1913 Apply 1913 filter
Novelty ceramic ashtray or pin tray in the form of a young g... JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 3 Apply JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 3 filter	Ashtrays Apply Ashtrays filter	Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mashman Bros Apply Mashman Bros filter	1910 Apply 1910 filter
My God, My Father, While I Stray Far from My Home ... David Westcott collection no. 7 Apply David Westcott collection no. 7 filter	Prayer cards Apply Prayer cards filter			1914 Apply 1914 filter
A camel in difficulties - fallen on the slippery road with a... Anne Stockton collection no. 1 Apply Anne Stockton collection no. 1 filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter		Karl H. Aumuller Apply Karl H. Aumuller filter	1913 Apply 1913 filter
Glass plate negative - Man holding north-western type of spe... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Glass plate negatives Apply Glass plate negatives filter	Northern Territory, Australia Apply Northern Territory, Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1922 Apply 1922 filter
Key Colledge Family collection Apply Colledge Family collection filter	Keys Apply Keys filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Miss Emilie Roach Apply Miss Emilie Roach filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
Unfinished stone blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Stone tools Apply Stone tools filter	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1919 Apply 1919 filter
Debrie Parvo model 'L' 35mm hand-crank movie camera and acce... Robert and Irene Goard collection Apply Robert and Irene Goard collection filter	Movie cameras Apply Movie cameras filter	Paris, France Apply Paris, France filter	Andre Debrie Apply Andre Debrie filter	1917 Apply 1917 filter
Osmond Little Marvel washing machine EJ and NW Millett collection no. 1 Apply EJ and NW Millett collection no. 1 filter	Washing machines Apply Washing machines filter		Osmond Apply Osmond filter	1910 Apply 1910 filter
Brass winding key for chronometer Department of Defence collection Apply Department of Defence collection filter	Keys Apply Keys filter	London, England Apply London, England filter	Edward Thomas Loseby Apply Edward Thomas Loseby filter	1846 Apply 1846 filter
Carrobboree [i.e.Corroboree] on the banks of the Murray The Christensen Fund collection no. 1 Apply The Christensen Fund collection no. 1 filter	Prints Apply Prints filter	London, England Apply London, England filter	John S. Prout Apply John S. Prout filter	1873 Apply 1873 filter
Prison padlock Sotheby's collection no. 1 Apply Sotheby's collection no. 1 filter	Padlocks Apply Padlocks filter	Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Apply Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia filter		1837 Apply 1837 filter
1834-1934 matchbox holder souvenir of the Melbourne and Vict... Reverend John Grosse collection Apply Reverend John Grosse collection filter	Matchbox holders Apply Matchbox holders filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Reverend John Grosse Apply Reverend John Grosse filter	1834 Apply 1834 filter
The mode of climbing up to the Cliffs at Hoi Shan. Mrs Ottwe... Anne Stockton collection no. 1 Apply Anne Stockton collection no. 1 filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter		Karl H. Aumuller Apply Karl H. Aumuller filter	1913 Apply 1913 filter
Pair of ladies mauve leather shoes with a baby Louis heel an... Springfield - Faithfull Family collection Apply Springfield - Faithfull Family collection filter	Shoes Apply Shoes filter			1910 Apply 1910 filter
Stone axe blade Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Axe heads Apply Axe heads filter	Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1919 Apply 1919 filter