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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Silk embroidered postcard and and inner card to Muriel McPhe... 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
British passport issued to Karl Henry Aumuller, a Certificat... Anne Stockton collection no. 1 Apply Anne Stockton collection no. 1 filter	Travel documents Apply Travel documents filter	China Apply China filter	Karl H. Aumuller Apply Karl H. Aumuller filter	1917 Apply 1917 filter
Glass plate negative - two men with cuts of meat hanging fro... 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	1905 Apply 1905 filter
British Scouts district badge, Surrey Robin Maloney collection Apply Robin Maloney collection filter	Club badges Apply Club badges filter
Clear moulded stem glass Andrew Reeves and Helen Parrott collection Apply Andrew Reeves and Helen Parrott collection filter	Champagne glasses Apply Champagne glasses filter	United States of America Apply United States of America filter	The Libbey Glass Company Apply The Libbey Glass Company filter	1892 Apply 1892 filter
Private quarters where we stayed on account of the inn being... 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
Sydney Heads from Manly Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	Sydney Heads, Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney Heads, Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter	1919 Apply 1919 filter
Struggling through the mud in streets of Kalgan Augt 1914 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
Man wearing a long coat and hat, standing next to a sculptur... 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
Despatching cigarettes from Younnanfu per ox-cart to be load... 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
View of the Harbour from one of the roads on the Peak. Hong ... 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
Chinese barbers 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
In the grounds attached to the lake inside of Younnufu City.... 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
Kaleidoscope component Reverend Canon HR Cavalier collection Apply Reverend Canon HR Cavalier collection filter	Kaleidoscopes Apply Kaleidoscopes filter	Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Apply Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia filter	Reverend F H. Stokes Apply Reverend F H. Stokes filter	1909 Apply 1909 filter
A greeting from Sydney with all good wishes Turner and Valentine Families collection Apply Turner and Valentine Families collection filter	Greeting cards Apply Greeting cards filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter		1914 Apply 1914 filter
Butter container Anne Girard collection Apply Anne Girard collection filter	Butter containers Apply Butter containers filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Robert Fowler Pottery Works Apply Robert Fowler Pottery Works filter	1900 Apply 1900 filter
Postcard of Joe Beckett vs Georges Carpentier Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Postcards Apply Postcards filter	Halifax, West Yorkshire, England Apply Halifax, West Yorkshire, England filter	Lilywhite Ltd Apply Lilywhite Ltd filter	1919 Apply 1919 filter
Demobilised Sailors Soldiers & Airmens Assoc Social History Museums (South Australia) collection Apply Social History Museums (South Australia) collection filter	Membership badges Apply Membership badges filter		Demobilised Sailors, Soldiers & Airmens Association Apply Demobilised Sailors, Soldiers & Airmens Association filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
Bronco Strong Superfine Toilet Tissue Margaret Maclurcan collection Apply Margaret Maclurcan collection filter	Toilet paper Apply Toilet paper filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Andrew Jack, Dyson & Co Apply Andrew Jack, Dyson & Co filter	1894 Apply 1894 filter
Birds Eye View of Wuchow Apl 1917 showing both West and Fu R... 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
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
Robber arrested by one of the patrols on the road between Tu... 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
Lower Murrumbidgee Water Supply Mudgee Historical Society collection Apply Mudgee Historical Society collection filter	Maps Apply Maps filter	Murrumbidgee River, New South Wales, Australia Apply Murrumbidgee River, New South Wales, Australia filter	River Murray Commission Apply River Murray Commission filter	1917 Apply 1917 filter
Australian silver commemorative medallion in presentation bo... Olive King collection Apply Olive King collection filter	Commemorative medallions Apply Commemorative medallions filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Amor Pty Ltd Apply Amor Pty Ltd filter	1938 Apply 1938 filter
Trophy placed on a chair, garden background Australian Women's Cricket Council collection Apply Australian Women's Cricket Council collection filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia Apply Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia filter	Goulburn & Districts Women's Cricket Association Apply Goulburn & Districts Women's Cricket Association filter	1932 Apply 1932 filter
Fishing line Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Fishing lines Apply Fishing lines 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
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
Lead finial for gaol fence Sotheby's collection no. 1 Apply Sotheby's collection no. 1 filter	Finials Apply Finials filter	Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Apply Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia filter		1837 Apply 1837 filter
Junk on the Yangtze River at Nanking. Feb 1917 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
Invoice from J Jukes General Merchant, Southgate Judy and Ian McPhee collection no. 2 Apply Judy and Ian McPhee collection no. 2 filter	Invoices Apply Invoices 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
Clapstick Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clapsticks Apply Clapsticks filter	Southern central, Australia Apply Southern central, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1903 Apply 1903 filter
Waterside Workers Federation of Australia Sydney Branch, In ... Waterside Workers Federation of Australia (Sydney Branch) collection Apply Waterside Workers Federation of Australia (Sydney Branch) collection filter	Commemorative banners Apply Commemorative banners filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Waterside Workers Federation of Australia (Sydney Branch) Apply Waterside Workers Federation of Australia (Sydney Branch) filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
Hair brush and comb set Anne Stockton collection no. 1 Apply Anne Stockton collection no. 1 filter	Hair care equipment Apply Hair care equipment filter	London, England Apply London, England filter	Mappin & Webb Ltd Apply Mappin & Webb Ltd filter	1913 Apply 1913 filter
Film negative - Alice Springs, Northern Territory, photograp... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Film negatives Apply Film negatives filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1920 Apply 1920 filter
War drum Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Musical drums Apply Musical drums filter	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1919 Apply 1919 filter
Three leather hair curlers known as 'Curly Wurlies' Una May Irvine collection no. 2 Apply Una May Irvine collection no. 2 filter	Hair rollers Apply Hair rollers filter	Victoria, Australia Apply Victoria, Australia filter	Mrs Una M. Irvine Apply Mrs Una M. Irvine filter	1900 Apply 1900 filter
Union Jack with rising sum Social History Museums (South Australia) collection Apply Social History Museums (South Australia) collection filter	Badges Apply Badges filter	North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	A W. Patrick Apply A W. Patrick filter
Circular cotton doily with a 'Hairpin Work' lace fringe, mad... Una May Irvine collection no. 1 Apply Una May Irvine collection no. 1 filter	Doilies Apply Doilies filter	Orbost, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia Apply Orbost, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia filter	Mrs Helena E. Roadknight Apply Mrs Helena E. Roadknight filter	1870 Apply 1870 filter
Bundle of press cuttings and historical documents relating t... J B Young Ltd collection Apply J B Young Ltd collection filter	Scrapbooks Apply Scrapbooks filter		J B Young Holdings Ltd Apply J B Young Holdings Ltd filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
Film negative - Royal Mail about to leave Oodnadatta, South ... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Film negatives Apply Film negatives filter	Oodnadatta, South Australia, Australia Apply Oodnadatta, South Australia, Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1903 Apply 1903 filter
British Scouts district badge, Liverpool Robin Maloney collection Apply Robin Maloney collection filter	Club badges Apply Club badges filter
Boomerang, attributed as being made by Fred Mulga aka 'Pelac... Robert Croll Indigenous Artefacts collection Apply Robert Croll Indigenous Artefacts collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter		Fred Mulga Apply Fred Mulga filter	1874 Apply 1874 filter
Drilling recruits in the country on the road from Yunnufu to... 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
Keep the Home Fires Burning David Westcott collection no. 7 Apply David Westcott collection no. 7 filter	Postcards Apply Postcards filter			1914 Apply 1914 filter
Autograph book signed and dated by E.R. Mayne, and containin... Nanette Ward collection Apply Nanette Ward collection filter	Autograph books Apply Autograph books filter		Edgar Richard Mayne Apply Edgar Richard Mayne filter	1912 Apply 1912 filter
Patinated bronze sculpture of a man riding a camel Australian National Railways Commission collection Apply Australian National Railways Commission collection filter	Sculptures Apply Sculptures filter	Keswick, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Apply Keswick, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia filter	Australian National Railways Commission Apply Australian National Railways Commission filter
Epidiascope, more commonly known as a magic lantern Reverend Canon HR Cavalier collection Apply Reverend Canon HR Cavalier collection filter	Epidiascopes Apply Epidiascopes filter	Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Apply Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia filter	Reverend F H. Stokes Apply Reverend F H. Stokes filter	1909 Apply 1909 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
Wattle Day League, S.A, 1918 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	A W. Patrick Apply A W. Patrick filter	1918 Apply 1918 filter
Film negative - Expedition party on march, central Australia... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Film negatives Apply Film negatives filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Red Letter Day for Maimed Soldiers, Wattle Day League, Hospi... 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	1917 Apply 1917 filter
Anne Your Grandfather at Kalgan China May 1914 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
Violet Day, Remembrance of Famous S.A. Troops that Helped to... 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
Young Otterwill of the little one as his Dad calls him. Jan ... 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
Cormorants - used for fishing by the Chinese. Between Linsho... 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
Photograph album Judy Hirst collection no. 3 Apply Judy Hirst collection no. 3 filter	Photograph albums Apply Photograph albums filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	Jorgen Christiansen Apply Jorgen Christiansen filter	1919 Apply 1919 filter
World War One period medallion and badge display shield World War One Button Shield collection Apply World War One Button Shield collection filter	Commemorative objects Apply Commemorative objects filter			1926 Apply 1926 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
Leaflet titled 'The Monthly Magazine No.7 TARALGA, MARCH 191... Reverend Canon HR Cavalier collection Apply Reverend Canon HR Cavalier collection filter	Leaflets Apply Leaflets filter	Taralga, New South Wales, Australia Apply Taralga, New South Wales, Australia filter	Reverend F H. Stokes Apply Reverend F H. Stokes filter	1917 Apply 1917 filter
Black felt bowler hat for horse riding Colledge Family collection Apply Colledge Family collection filter	Bowler hats Apply Bowler hats filter	England Apply England filter	Miss Emilie Roach Apply Miss Emilie Roach filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter