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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Photograph of three women in red skirts and white tops with ... 1992 Torres Strait Islands Cultural Festival collection Apply 1992 Torres Strait Islands Cultural Festival collection filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter	Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia Apply Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia filter	The Mills Sisters, Singers, Dancers, Cultural Ambassadors and Perfo... Apply The Mills Sisters, Singers, Dancers, Cultural Ambassadors and Perfo... filter	1992 Apply 1992 filter
Pamphlet titled 'The future of North Queensland is in your h... Concerned Ladies Action Group collection no. 2 Apply Concerned Ladies Action Group collection no. 2 filter	Pamphlets Apply Pamphlets filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Concerned Ladies Action Group Apply Concerned Ladies Action Group filter	1995 Apply 1995 filter
Peasant's land-bank, 5% State certificate of 100 roubles Olga Riet collection Apply Olga Riet collection filter	Financial records Apply Financial records filter	Harbin, Heilongjiang Sheng, China Apply Harbin, Heilongjiang Sheng, China filter	Mrs Olga A. Riet Apply Mrs Olga A. Riet filter	1929 Apply 1929 filter
Poster for 'International Women's Day' 80th Aniversary, 1990 Union of Australian Women collection Apply Union of Australian Women collection filter	Posters Apply Posters filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Ms Audrey McDonald Apply Ms Audrey McDonald filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
Poster Union of Australian Women collection Apply Union of Australian Women collection filter	Posters Apply Posters filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Ms Audrey McDonald Apply Ms Audrey McDonald filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
Pair of black and brown wooden bird sculptures covered with ... Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Carvings Apply Carvings filter	Umbakulu, South Australia, Australia Apply Umbakulu, South Australia, Australia filter	Nowitja Apply Nowitja filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
International Women's Day mug, 1994 Union of Australian Women collection Apply Union of Australian Women collection filter	Mugs Apply Mugs filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Ms Audrey McDonald Apply Ms Audrey McDonald filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
Wet specimen - Mountain Devil - whole specimen preserved MacKenzie collection Apply MacKenzie collection filter	Zoological specimens Apply Zoological specimens filter
Bailliere's Nurses' Complete Medical Dictionary, 1938, used ... Penelope Nelson collection Apply Penelope Nelson collection filter	Dictionaries Apply Dictionaries filter	London, England Apply London, England filter	Hitch & Marshall Apply Hitch & Marshall filter	1938 Apply 1938 filter
Awelye- panel 2 by Gloria Petyarre Helen Eager and Christopher Hodges collection no. 2 Apply Helen Eager and Christopher Hodges collection no. 2 filter	Acrylic paintings Apply Acrylic paintings filter	Utopia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Utopia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Gloria Petyarre Apply Gloria Petyarre filter	1991 Apply 1991 filter
Wet specimen - Koala - arm muscles MacKenzie collection Apply MacKenzie collection filter	Zoological specimens Apply Zoological specimens filter
I Am A Woman For Peace Union of Australian Women collection Apply Union of Australian Women collection filter	Political badges Apply Political badges filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Ms Audrey McDonald Apply Ms Audrey McDonald filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
Snake sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Wingellina, Western Australia, Australia Apply Wingellina, Western Australia, Australia filter	Jean I. Burke Apply Jean I. Burke filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
ACTIVE Spring 1993 Union of Australian Women collection Apply Union of Australian Women collection filter	Newsletters Apply Newsletters filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Ms Audrey McDonald Apply Ms Audrey McDonald filter	1993 Apply 1993 filter
Cylindrical, ceramic stoneware vessel Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Containers Apply Containers filter		Apply filter	1991 Apply 1991 filter
UAW. Union of Aust. Women Union of Australian Women collection Apply Union of Australian Women collection filter	Union badges Apply Union badges filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Ms Audrey McDonald Apply Ms Audrey McDonald filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
Preliminary drawing for completed work 'Bandjalang' Pooaraar Bevan Hayward collection no. 4 Apply Pooaraar Bevan Hayward collection no. 4 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Apply Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia filter	Mr Pooaraar Bevan Hayward Apply Mr Pooaraar Bevan Hayward filter	1990 Apply 1990 filter
36th Battalion pennant, AIF, First World War, associated wit... Vincent Burns collection Apply Vincent Burns collection filter	Pennants Apply Pennants filter		Lieutenant Vincent A. Burns Apply Lieutenant Vincent A. Burns filter	1916 Apply 1916 filter
Pair of pink-brown knit stockings Olga Riet collection Apply Olga Riet collection filter	Stockings Apply Stockings filter	Harbin, Heilongjiang Sheng, China Apply Harbin, Heilongjiang Sheng, China filter	Mrs Olga A. Riet Apply Mrs Olga A. Riet filter	1929 Apply 1929 filter
Poster - "For a Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific'' Union of Australian Women collection Apply Union of Australian Women collection filter	Posters Apply Posters filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Ms Audrey McDonald Apply Ms Audrey McDonald filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
Poster Union of Australian Women collection Apply Union of Australian Women collection filter	Posters Apply Posters filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Ms Audrey McDonald Apply Ms Audrey McDonald filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
Poster Union of Australian Women collection Apply Union of Australian Women collection filter	Posters Apply Posters filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Ms Audrey McDonald Apply Ms Audrey McDonald filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
A.N.C. Struggle for Liberation Union of Australian Women collection Apply Union of Australian Women collection filter	Political badges Apply Political badges filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Ms Audrey McDonald Apply Ms Audrey McDonald filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
Poster - "1986 From the Year of Peace to the Century of Peac... Union of Australian Women collection Apply Union of Australian Women collection filter	Posters Apply Posters filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Ms Audrey McDonald Apply Ms Audrey McDonald filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
Dronepipe Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Didjeridus Apply Didjeridus filter	Mowanjum, West Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia Apply Mowanjum, West Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia filter	Unknown Apply Unknown filter	1979 Apply 1979 filter
Peace People for Nuclear Disarmament collection no. 2 Apply People for Nuclear Disarmament collection no. 2 filter	Political badges Apply Political badges filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	People for Nuclear Disarmament Apply People for Nuclear Disarmament filter	1981 Apply 1981 filter
1985 Participation Development Peace - IYY [International Y... Union of Australian Women collection Apply Union of Australian Women collection filter	Commemorative badges Apply Commemorative badges filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Ms Audrey McDonald Apply Ms Audrey McDonald filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
Ceramic glazed stoneware teapot from Yarrabah Pottery Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 Apply Aboriginal Arts Board collection no. 2 filter	Teapots Apply Teapots filter	Yarrabah, Cairns, Queensland, Australia Apply Yarrabah, Cairns, Queensland, Australia filter	Not known Apply Not known filter	1981 Apply 1981 filter
Share childcare Judy Horacek collection no. 2 Apply Judy Horacek collection no. 2 filter	Cartoons Apply Cartoons filter		Ms Judy Horacek Apply Ms Judy Horacek filter	1991 Apply 1991 filter
Bird sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Amata, South Australia, Australia Apply Amata, South Australia, Australia filter	Mildred Lyons Apply Mildred Lyons filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
Bird sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Kalka, South Australia, Australia Apply Kalka, South Australia, Australia filter	Ngininka Apply Ngininka filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
Sticker Union of Australian Women collection Apply Union of Australian Women collection filter	Stickers Apply Stickers filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Ms Audrey McDonald Apply Ms Audrey McDonald filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
U.N. Decade for Women 1976-1985 Union of Australian Women collection Apply Union of Australian Women collection filter	Commemorative badges Apply Commemorative badges filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Ms Audrey McDonald Apply Ms Audrey McDonald filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
Reject heritage listing, If you close the mills who'll pay t... Concerned Ladies Action Group collection no. 2 Apply Concerned Ladies Action Group collection no. 2 filter	Stickers Apply Stickers filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Concerned Ladies Action Group Apply Concerned Ladies Action Group filter	1995 Apply 1995 filter
Roxby Downs - the uranium you're mining when you're not mini... People for Nuclear Disarmament collection no. 2 Apply People for Nuclear Disarmament collection no. 2 filter	Political badges Apply Political badges filter	Roxby Downs, South Australia, Australia Apply Roxby Downs, South Australia, Australia filter	Coalition for a Nuclear Free Australia Apply Coalition for a Nuclear Free Australia filter	1987 Apply 1987 filter
Nomad brand 'walking' lawn sprinkler David and Margaret Ride collection Apply David and Margaret Ride collection filter	Sprinklers Apply Sprinklers filter	Western Australia, Australia Apply Western Australia, Australia filter	Dr David Ride Apply Dr David Ride filter	1959 Apply 1959 filter
Nuclear Free Pacific People for Nuclear Disarmament collection no. 2 Apply People for Nuclear Disarmament collection no. 2 filter	Political badges Apply Political badges filter	South Pacific, Apply South Pacific, filter	People for Nuclear Disarmament Apply People for Nuclear Disarmament filter	1981 Apply 1981 filter
Sir Colin MacKenzie Australian Institute of Anatomy collection Apply Australian Institute of Anatomy collection filter	Oil paintings Apply Oil paintings filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	William B. McInnes Apply William B. McInnes filter	1928 Apply 1928 filter
Waste, World Environment Day 5th June, 1991 Woomargama Public School collection Apply Woomargama Public School collection filter	Posters Apply Posters filter	Woomargama, New South Wales, Australia Apply Woomargama, New South Wales, Australia filter	Woomargama Public School Apply Woomargama Public School filter	1991 Apply 1991 filter
Women's Ceremony by Mary Kemarre Helen Eager and Christopher Hodges collection no. 2 Apply Helen Eager and Christopher Hodges collection no. 2 filter	Screenprints Apply Screenprints filter	Utopia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Utopia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Mary Kenmarre Apply Mary Kenmarre filter	1991 Apply 1991 filter
Royal Visit Souvenir 1954 - Welcome to Australia pennant Professor Peter Spearritt collection no. 2 Apply Professor Peter Spearritt collection no. 2 filter	Pennants Apply Pennants filter
White, blue and brown cabin cruiser boat with inboard motor Bart Sansbury collection Apply Bart Sansbury collection filter	Motor boats Apply Motor boats filter	Point Pearce, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia Apply Point Pearce, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia filter	Bart Sansbury Apply Bart Sansbury filter	1991 Apply 1991 filter
Preliminary drawing for completed work 'The Transcript' Pooaraar Bevan Hayward collection no. 4 Apply Pooaraar Bevan Hayward collection no. 4 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Apply Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia filter	Mr Pooaraar Bevan Hayward Apply Mr Pooaraar Bevan Hayward filter	1990 Apply 1990 filter
Snake sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Mutitjulu, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Mutitjulu, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Pulya Taylor Apply Pulya Taylor filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
Karl Maria Stadler Munchen International Women's Day March 8... People for Nuclear Disarmament collection no. 2 Apply People for Nuclear Disarmament collection no. 2 filter	Tea-towels Apply Tea-towels filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	People for Nuclear Disarmament Apply People for Nuclear Disarmament filter	1960 Apply 1960 filter
Movimento Democratico De Mulheres MDM Union of Australian Women collection Apply Union of Australian Women collection filter	Political badges Apply Political badges filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Ms Audrey McDonald Apply Ms Audrey McDonald filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
Youth Rally...Tues 26th November, The Chess Pit, Garema Plac... Protest Against AIDEX '91 collection Apply Protest Against AIDEX '91 collection filter	Pamphlets Apply Pamphlets filter	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Apply Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia filter	Desiko Pty Ltd Apply Desiko Pty Ltd filter	1991 Apply 1991 filter
Land Rights not Uranium People for Nuclear Disarmament collection no. 2 Apply People for Nuclear Disarmament collection no. 2 filter	Political badges Apply Political badges filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	People for Nuclear Disarmament Apply People for Nuclear Disarmament filter	1981 Apply 1981 filter
Two hands holding a broken gun People for Nuclear Disarmament collection no. 2 Apply People for Nuclear Disarmament collection no. 2 filter	Political badges Apply Political badges filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	People for Nuclear Disarmament Apply People for Nuclear Disarmament filter	1981 Apply 1981 filter
March against nuclear war Sun. 27 March Kings Park 2pm People for Nuclear Disarmament collection no. 2 Apply People for Nuclear Disarmament collection no. 2 filter	Political badges Apply Political badges filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	People for Nuclear Disarmament Apply People for Nuclear Disarmament filter	1981 Apply 1981 filter
Preliminary drawing for completed work 'A Classic Text' Pooaraar Bevan Hayward collection no. 4 Apply Pooaraar Bevan Hayward collection no. 4 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Apply Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia filter	Mr Pooaraar Bevan Hayward Apply Mr Pooaraar Bevan Hayward filter	1990 Apply 1990 filter
Cartoon of John Hewson sitting on a chair nursing a large fa... John Shakespeare collection no. 1 Apply John Shakespeare collection no. 1 filter	Cartoons Apply Cartoons filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr John Shakespeare Apply Mr John Shakespeare filter	1987 Apply 1987 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
WIMMIN AGAINST AIDEX 1991 Protest Against AIDEX '91 collection Apply Protest Against AIDEX '91 collection filter	T-shirts Apply T-shirts filter	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Apply Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia filter	Desiko Pty Ltd Apply Desiko Pty Ltd filter	1991 Apply 1991 filter
Certificat de letat, Valeur 1000 roubles, Interets 4 1/2%, B... Olga Riet collection Apply Olga Riet collection filter	Financial records Apply Financial records filter	Harbin, Heilongjiang Sheng, China Apply Harbin, Heilongjiang Sheng, China filter	Mrs Olga A. Riet Apply Mrs Olga A. Riet filter	1929 Apply 1929 filter
Lizard sculpture Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 Apply Maruku Arts and Crafts collection no. 1 filter	Wood carvings Apply Wood carvings filter	Fregon, South Australia, Australia Apply Fregon, South Australia, Australia filter	Katy Apply Katy filter	1982 Apply 1982 filter
Sticker Union of Australian Women collection Apply Union of Australian Women collection filter	Stickers Apply Stickers filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Ms Audrey McDonald Apply Ms Audrey McDonald filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
Poster Union of Australian Women collection Apply Union of Australian Women collection filter	Posters Apply Posters filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Ms Audrey McDonald Apply Ms Audrey McDonald filter	1950 Apply 1950 filter
Preliminary drawing for completed work 'Colonial View' Pooaraar Bevan Hayward collection no. 4 Apply Pooaraar Bevan Hayward collection no. 4 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Apply Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia filter	Mr Pooaraar Bevan Hayward Apply Mr Pooaraar Bevan Hayward filter	1990 Apply 1990 filter
'Willy Wagtail and Hailstone Dreamings', painted by Pansy Na... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art (ATSIAA) collecti... Apply Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art (ATSIAA) collecti... filter	Acrylic paintings Apply Acrylic paintings filter	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Apply Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia filter	Pansy Napangarti Apply Pansy Napangarti filter	1981 Apply 1981 filter