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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
19th Century folk art diorama which portrays Governor Willia... Sotheby's collection no. 2 Apply Sotheby's collection no. 2 filter	Dioramas Apply Dioramas filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Unknown Apply Unknown filter	1808 Apply 1808 filter
Pair of wooden skis made from hand-cut mountain ash, with le... Donald Maclurcan collection no. 2 Apply Donald Maclurcan collection no. 2 filter	Skis Apply Skis filter	Kiandra, New South Wales, Australia Apply Kiandra, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Geoffrey Yen Apply Mr Geoffrey Yen filter	1860 Apply 1860 filter
Government House Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Postcards Apply Postcards filter	Government House, Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Government House, Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	NSW Government Apply NSW Government filter	1849 Apply 1849 filter
Plaster plaque of William Lanney [King Bill] Edmund Dicks collection Apply Edmund Dicks collection filter	Plaques Apply Plaques filter	Tasmania, Australia Apply Tasmania, Australia filter	Edmund J. Dicks Apply Edmund J. Dicks filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Woven split cane bicornual [bicornuate] basket made in the C... JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 1 Apply JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 1 filter	Baskets Apply Baskets filter	Cairns, Queensland, Australia Apply Cairns, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1850 Apply 1850 filter
Thoroughbrace Coach used by the Nowland family, with accesso... Royal Australian Historical Society collection no. 1 Apply Royal Australian Historical Society collection no. 1 filter	Horse drawn coaches Apply Horse drawn coaches filter	Concord, New Hampshire, United States of America Apply Concord, New Hampshire, United States of America filter	Abbott-Downing Company Apply Abbott-Downing Company filter	1854 Apply 1854 filter
Postcard issued by the Sydney Philatelic Club for the Jubile... Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Postcards Apply Postcards filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Sydney Philatelic Club Apply Sydney Philatelic Club filter	1905 Apply 1905 filter
Toy farm set Marion Douglas and Pamela Yonge collection Apply Marion Douglas and Pamela Yonge collection filter	Toy farms Apply Toy farms filter	England, United Kingdom Apply England, United Kingdom filter		1860 Apply 1860 filter
Book titled 'Wedding Dress 1740-1970' written by Madelaine G... Margot Child collection Apply Margot Child collection filter	Books Apply Books filter	London, England Apply London, England filter	Victoria and Albert Museum Apply Victoria and Albert Museum filter	1740 Apply 1740 filter
Entrance to 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
British Military Issue Pattern 1842 Musket, or New Line, Soc... Neil Martin collection Apply Neil Martin collection filter	Socket bayonets Apply Socket bayonets filter	England Apply England filter	George Salter & Co Apply George Salter & Co filter	1844 Apply 1844 filter
Photographic glass plate positive depicting eight men and a ... Richard Daintree collection Apply Richard Daintree collection filter	Glass plate positives Apply Glass plate positives filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Richard Daintree Apply Richard Daintree filter	1860 Apply 1860 filter
Shell armband featuring 15 variegated segments JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 1 Apply JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 1 filter	Armbands Apply Armbands filter	Northern Queensland, Queensland, Australia Apply Northern Queensland, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1850 Apply 1850 filter
Bridge Street, looking east Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Postcards Apply Postcards filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter	1849 Apply 1849 filter
Homo Australis Political Humour Competition 1999 collection Apply Political Humour Competition 1999 collection filter	Cartoons Apply Cartoons filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Mr John Kron Apply Mr John Kron filter	1999 Apply 1999 filter
Black and white lantern slide - painting depicting the ambus... Christies Auction collection Apply Christies Auction collection filter	Lantern slides Apply Lantern slides filter	Eugowra, New South Wales, Australia Apply Eugowra, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Frank Gardiner Apply Mr Frank Gardiner filter	1862 Apply 1862 filter
Manacles from Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart Sotheby's collection no. 1 Apply Sotheby's collection no. 1 filter	Punishment equipment Apply Punishment equipment filter	Hobart, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Apply Hobart, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia filter	Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart Apply Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart filter	1837 Apply 1837 filter
Florence Faithfull 1860s Robert Faithfull collection no. 2 Apply Robert Faithfull collection no. 2 filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Freeman & Co Apply Freeman & Co filter	1860 Apply 1860 filter
Purple miser's purse Springfield - Faithfull Family collection Apply Springfield - Faithfull Family collection filter	Purses Apply Purses filter			1860 Apply 1860 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
Harvest of Endurance: A History of the Chinese in Australia ... Australia-China Friendship Society collection Apply Australia-China Friendship Society collection filter	Scrolls Apply Scrolls filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Mr Mo Xiangyi Apply Mr Mo Xiangyi filter	1987 Apply 1987 filter
Photographic glass plate positive depicting seven men outsid... Richard Daintree collection Apply Richard Daintree collection filter	Glass plate positives Apply Glass plate positives filter	Queensland, Australia Apply Queensland, Australia filter	Richard Daintree Apply Richard Daintree filter	1860 Apply 1860 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
Landau known as 'The Ranken Coach' Royal Australian Historical Society collection no. 1 Apply Royal Australian Historical Society collection no. 1 filter	Horse drawn coaches Apply Horse drawn coaches filter	Scotland Apply Scotland filter	Mr George Ranken Apply Mr George Ranken filter	1821 Apply 1821 filter
Album of pressed seaweed specimens collected around Port Phi... Port Phillip seaweed album collection Apply Port Phillip seaweed album collection filter	Botanical specimens Apply Botanical specimens filter	Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia Apply Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia filter	Charles Morrison Apply Charles Morrison filter	1851 Apply 1851 filter
Hand out key Campbell St Gaol, 1837-1961 Sotheby's collection no. 1 Apply Sotheby's collection no. 1 filter	Swing tags Apply Swing tags filter	Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Apply Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia filter		1837 Apply 1837 filter
Boomerang, attributed to King Billy, Geelong, 1800s Robert Croll Indigenous Artefacts collection Apply Robert Croll Indigenous Artefacts collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Geelong, Victoria, Australia Apply Geelong, Victoria, Australia filter		1800 Apply 1800 filter
Wooden boomerang bound with split cane and covered with adhe... JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 1 Apply JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 1 filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia Apply Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1850 Apply 1850 filter
Row of cells and walkway, 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
Space beneath trap door from gallows, Campbell Street Prison... 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
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
Ceramic bust of John Pascoe Fawkner 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	Mr John P. Fawkner Apply Mr John P. Fawkner filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Letter - Sworn statement by John Flynn, 16 May 1844 Sotheby's collection no. 1 Apply Sotheby's collection no. 1 filter	Letters Apply Letters filter	Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Apply Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia filter		1844 Apply 1844 filter
Convict-made brick with an 'O' stamped in the centre of one ... David Westcott collection no. 4 Apply David Westcott collection no. 4 filter	Convict bricks Apply Convict bricks filter	New South Wales, Australia Apply New South Wales, Australia filter	John Onus Apply John Onus filter	1833 Apply 1833 filter
Tirranna Race Club Programme, 14 February 1862 Tirranna Race Club collection Apply Tirranna Race Club collection filter	Programs Apply Programs filter	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia Apply Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia filter	Tirranna Picnic Race Club Apply Tirranna Picnic Race Club filter	1862 Apply 1862 filter
Letter from Stephen White to his sons, 1862 Tony Hill collection no. 4 Apply Tony Hill collection no. 4 filter	Letters Apply Letters filter	New Zealand Apply New Zealand filter	Stephen White Apply Stephen White filter	1862 Apply 1862 filter
Stone hatchet hafted in bent wood JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 1 Apply JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 1 filter	Hatchets Apply Hatchets filter	Dirranbandi, Queensland, Australia Apply Dirranbandi, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1850 Apply 1850 filter
Breastplate presented to the Yandruwandha people of Cooper C... James de Pury collection Apply James de Pury collection filter	Aboriginal breastplates Apply Aboriginal breastplates filter	Cooper Creek, South Australia, Australia Apply Cooper Creek, South Australia, Australia filter	Alfred Howitt Apply Alfred Howitt filter	1862 Apply 1862 filter
Australian cuprous penny trading token Trading Token collection Apply Trading Token collection filter	Penny tokens Apply Penny tokens filter	East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Stokes & Sons Apply Stokes & Sons filter	1862 Apply 1862 filter
Wooden cell door, 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
Wooden sword club made in the Cardwell district of Queenslan... JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 1 Apply JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 1 filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Cardwell, Queensland, Australia Apply Cardwell, Queensland, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1850 Apply 1850 filter
Letter - Sworn statement by John Dunn, 16 May 1844 Sotheby's collection no. 1 Apply Sotheby's collection no. 1 filter	Letters Apply Letters filter	Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Apply Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia filter		1844 Apply 1844 filter
Dispatch box with 'The Colonial Treasurer' on lid Marion Green collection Apply Marion Green collection filter	Dispatch boxes Apply Dispatch boxes filter			1856 Apply 1856 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
Exercise area No. 2, 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
Siemens Brothers Morse Code Printer Professor Arthur Hardie Corbett collection Apply Professor Arthur Hardie Corbett collection filter	Printing equipment Apply Printing equipment filter	London, England Apply London, England filter	Siemens Apply Siemens filter	1850 Apply 1850 filter
Poster titled 'Its the speedy airmail that conquers distance... Australia Post Historical collection Apply Australia Post Historical collection filter	Advertising posters Apply Advertising posters filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Postmaster General's Department Apply Postmaster General's Department filter	1959 Apply 1959 filter
Launceston Centenary 21st March 1906 Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Apply Launceston, Tasmania, Australia filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter	1806 Apply 1806 filter
Medal issued by the Australian Numismatic Society to mark th... TE Hanley collection no. 2 Apply TE Hanley collection no. 2 filter	Commemorative medals Apply Commemorative medals filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Australian Numismatic Society Apply Australian Numismatic Society filter	1955 Apply 1955 filter
Cream cotton unlined baby cap with broderie anglaise and dra... Springfield - Faithfull Family collection Apply Springfield - Faithfull Family collection filter	Baby caps Apply Baby caps filter			1860 Apply 1860 filter
Oak oil stone George Henry Taylor collection Apply George Henry Taylor collection filter	Sharpening stones Apply Sharpening stones filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Mr George H. Taylor Apply Mr George H. Taylor filter	1790 Apply 1790 filter
COLESANCO, January 1938, The Magazine of the Employees of G.... Noble Numismatics collection Apply Noble Numismatics collection filter	Magazines Apply Magazines filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	G J Coles & Company Limited Apply G J Coles & Company Limited filter	1938 Apply 1938 filter
Wooden walking stick carved by Aborigines and presented to R... JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 1 Apply JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 1 filter	Walking-sticks Apply Walking-sticks filter	Northern New England, New South Wales, Australia Apply Northern New England, New South Wales, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1852 Apply 1852 filter
Portrait of Alice Gibson, by Myra Felton, 1860's Robert Faithfull collection no. 2 Apply Robert Faithfull collection no. 2 filter	Pastel drawings Apply Pastel drawings filter	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia Apply Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia filter	Myra Felton Apply Myra Felton filter	1860 Apply 1860 filter
Pearl brooch given to Janet Templeton in Edinburgh by her hu... Diana Baxter collection no. 1 Apply Diana Baxter collection no. 1 filter	Brooches Apply Brooches filter	Scotland Apply Scotland filter	Janet Templeton Apply Janet Templeton filter	1826 Apply 1826 filter
Certificate Nettie McColive collection Apply Nettie McColive collection filter	Prize certificates Apply Prize certificates filter	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Apply Adelaide, South Australia, Australia filter	South Australian Chamber of Manufacturers Apply South Australian Chamber of Manufacturers filter	1936 Apply 1936 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
Tirranna Race Club account book, 1855 to 1867 Tirranna Race Club collection Apply Tirranna Race Club collection filter	Account books Apply Account books filter	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia Apply Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia filter	Tirranna Picnic Race Club Apply Tirranna Picnic Race Club filter	1855 Apply 1855 filter
Goldsmiths Work From Australia Art Exhibitions Australia collection Apply Art Exhibitions Australia collection filter	Chromolithographs Apply Chromolithographs filter	London, England Apply London, England filter	Day and Son Apply Day and Son filter	1862 Apply 1862 filter
Workshop, 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