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Photograph of a steam engine threshing wheat
This photograph was sent to the McPhees by a family friend.
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Glass plate negative - Old Kai Kai, a Western Arrernte man, ...
Reproduced by Basedow in "The Australian Aboriginal", FW Preece And Sons, Adelaide, 1925, plate VIII. Caption reads: 'Ol...
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Photograph album containing 100 original prints taken by Fri...
Original vintage prints taken by Friedrich Adelmann, a German plantation manager living on New Ireland circa 1909 - 1916...
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Sweetheart ring which belonged to Muriel McPhee
Muriel McPhee kept two photographs and two rings on her dressing table. One photograph was of her brother Bill and the o...
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Best Wishes for 1911. Boats on water
Handwritten message on reverse is addressed to 'Mrs C Mackintosh / "Homer Street" / Kings Cross / Canterburry, Sydney' a...
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Two women sitting on the veranda of a house called "Ovalau"
The handwritten message on the reverse reads 'To / dear Anny / Wishing her a Merry / X'mas & a bright and happy / New Ye...
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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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Lamp used by Muriel McPhee for sewing
A highly proficient seamstress, this lamp was used by Muriel McPhee while sewing. She was known within the local communi...
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Invoice from J Jukes General Merchant, Southgate
This invoice was issued by J Jukes General Merchant and includes items purchased by Muriel McPhee for dressmaking. She w...
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Head of Middle Harbour, Sydney, N.S.W
The handwritten message is addressed to 'Miss M. Waugh / Moorlands / Manning River / New South Wales' and reads 'Dear Mi...
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Sheer black mourning 'overdress' with ruffled bodice
This overdress was worn by Muriel McPhee. McPhee's family believe that around 1916 McPhee became engaged, although they ...
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Hot-air steriliser
The absolute necessity for sterilising medical and surgical instruments in the laboratory to prevent the spread of infec...
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Colourised photographic postcard of Foot bridge at Mosman, N...
The structure was built to enable water mains to be carted over a gully, linking Avenue Road and Park Streets, Mosman. A...
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