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Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Gates with three arches and two flags on top, crossed over 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
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
Glass plate negative - Rock engravings, Deception Creek east... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Glass plate negatives Apply Glass plate negatives filter	Deception Creek, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia Apply Deception Creek, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1905 Apply 1905 filter
Club Papuan Official collection Apply Papuan Official collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania Apply Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania filter		1917 Apply 1917 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
Prison truncheon, about 1940 Sotheby's collection no. 1 Apply Sotheby's collection no. 1 filter	Weapons Apply Weapons filter	Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Apply Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia filter		1837 Apply 1837 filter
Film negative - Smithy at Mt. Davies camp, Tomkinson Ranges,... 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	1903 Apply 1903 filter
Copy of a letter from Geo S Beeby, 18 December 1917 Colonel Alfred Spain collection Apply Colonel Alfred Spain collection filter	Letters Apply Letters filter	Taronga Park, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Taronga Park, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Colonel Alfred Spain Apply Colonel Alfred Spain filter	1917 Apply 1917 filter
Advance Australia, Australia Day 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
Piece of German shrapnel removed from WOII Glover's right an... Enid Treadgold collection Apply Enid Treadgold collection filter	Shrapnel Apply Shrapnel filter	Ypres, Belgium Apply Ypres, Belgium filter	Mr William R. Glover Apply Mr William R. Glover filter	1917 Apply 1917 filter
White china bowl Nancy Hamilton collection no. 2 Apply Nancy Hamilton collection no. 2 filter	Bowls Apply Bowls filter	England Apply England filter	Mr William Barbour Smith Apply Mr William Barbour Smith filter	1900 Apply 1900 filter
Photograph of two horses owned by Len Uren Len Uren collection Apply Len Uren collection filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter		Leonard S. Uren Apply Leonard S. Uren filter	1915 Apply 1915 filter
H.K.F.A - 4th Asian Cup Central Zone John 'Johnny' Warren collection Apply John 'Johnny' Warren collection filter	Club badges Apply Club badges filter
Gathering hay on the plateau in Mongolia north of Kalgan, Ja... 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
Hately wheat collection Horse Era Museum collection no. 2 Apply Horse Era Museum collection no. 2 filter	Grains Apply Grains filter			1886 Apply 1886 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
Bright Ski Club Fiona Reynolds collection Apply Fiona Reynolds collection filter	Club badges Apply Club badges filter
The Block, Pitt Street (Sydney) Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 Apply Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. 1 filter	Photographic postcards Apply Photographic postcards filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Mr Josef Lebovic Apply Mr Josef Lebovic filter	1917 Apply 1917 filter
View from South Side Window of Number 82 the peak looking 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
Filling the water cart at a well in Lamamao 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
Letter printed on yellow paper, titled '1984-A Year to Remem... 1992 Torres Strait Islands Cultural Festival collection Apply 1992 Torres Strait Islands Cultural Festival collection filter	Letters Apply Letters filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Australia Post Apply Australia Post filter	1984 Apply 1984 filter
Photograph of a woman and boy owned by Len Uren Len Uren collection Apply Len Uren collection filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter		Leonard S. Uren Apply Leonard S. Uren filter	1915 Apply 1915 filter
Section of commemmorative letter, issued to Edith Burns, mot... Vincent Burns collection Apply Vincent Burns collection filter	Commemorative objects Apply Commemorative objects filter		Lieutenant Vincent A. Burns Apply Lieutenant Vincent A. Burns filter	1917 Apply 1917 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
Junior RSPCA Reverend John Grosse collection Apply Reverend John Grosse collection filter	Club badges Apply Club badges filter		Reverend John Grosse Apply Reverend John Grosse 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
Pair of metal spurs with brown leather straps Colledge Family collection Apply Colledge Family collection filter	Spurs Apply Spurs filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Miss Emilie Roach Apply Miss Emilie Roach filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
"The Centre" by Bevan Hayward [Pooaraar] Pooaraar Bevan Hayward collection no. 2 Apply Pooaraar Bevan Hayward collection no. 2 filter	Drawings Apply Drawings filter	Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia Apply Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia filter	Mr Pooaraar Bevan Hayward Apply Mr Pooaraar Bevan Hayward filter	1994 Apply 1994 filter
Brick building with a pagoda style roof 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 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
Safrany 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
Photograph of two men on the beach owned by Len Uren Len Uren collection Apply Len Uren collection filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter		Leonard S. Uren Apply Leonard S. Uren filter	1915 Apply 1915 filter
The Opium, pipes and other apparatus on view to the public b... 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
Outside the big gate Kalgan - being the start of the journey... 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
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
Mafoss preparing a caravan load in front of BAT Quarters, 19... 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
Noticee: visitors are permitted to see those persons who are... Sotheby's collection no. 1 Apply Sotheby's collection no. 1 filter	Signs Apply Signs filter	Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Apply Campbell Street Gaol, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia filter		1892 Apply 1892 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
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
Film pack adaptor Milo Dunphy collection no. 1 Apply Milo Dunphy collection no. 1 filter	Photographic equipment Apply Photographic equipment filter	New York, United States of America Apply New York, United States of America filter	Eastman Kodak Company Apply Eastman Kodak Company filter	1903 Apply 1903 filter
Repatriation Day fundraising badge Social History Museums (South Australia) collection Apply Social History Museums (South Australia) collection filter	Commemorative badges Apply Commemorative badges filter	North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	A W. Patrick Apply A W. Patrick filter	1915 Apply 1915 filter
Photograph of a white stone bridge featuring five arches 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
Safrony and the 10 B.A.T. dealers of Yunnanfu in between Mch... 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 of a steam engine threshing wheat Judy and Ian McPhee collection no. 2 Apply Judy and Ian McPhee collection no. 2 filter	Photographs Apply Photographs 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
Loading Cargo in B.A.T Compound Kalgan, on Chinese camels fo... 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
Certificate Nettie McColive collection Apply Nettie McColive collection filter	Certificates Apply 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
Novelty doorstop or paperweight caricature of former Austral... JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 3 Apply JR Lawson Pty Ltd Auctioneers collection no. 3 filter	Doorstops Apply Doorstops filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	Sir George H. Reid Apply Sir George H. Reid filter	1917 Apply 1917 filter
Two men feeding a baby camel with a spoon 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 Army brass collar badge Alison Hope Oliver collection Apply Alison Hope Oliver collection filter	Military badges Apply Military badges filter	Egypt Apply Egypt filter	Alison H. Oliver Apply Alison H. Oliver filter	1915 Apply 1915 filter
CCCP 85 and Russian football federation trademarked logo John 'Johnny' Warren collection Apply John 'Johnny' Warren collection filter	Club badges Apply Club badges filter
Photograph of three people on a bench owned by Len Uren Len Uren collection Apply Len Uren collection filter	Photographs Apply Photographs filter		Leonard S. Uren Apply Leonard S. Uren filter	1915 Apply 1915 filter
Medal to commemorate the bicentenary of the discovery of the... TE Hanley collection no. 1 Apply TE Hanley collection no. 1 filter	Commemorative medals Apply Commemorative medals filter	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Apply Sydney, New South Wales, Australia filter	James Berry Apply James Berry filter	1969 Apply 1969 filter
Moukden Club Skating Rink 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
YMCA - With Our Boys Always Everywhere Social History Museums (South Australia) collection Apply Social History Museums (South Australia) collection filter	Club badges Apply Club badges filter		Young Mens Christian Association Apply Young Mens Christian Association filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
Birds eye view from the Sim Co. department Stores roof at Ca... 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
A view of the 'farmyard' at B.A.T. Mess, Kalgan; Horse, Dogs... 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
Stone plague on prison wall - 'ANNODOMINI M.DCCCXXXI' Campbe... 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
Colourised photographic postcard of Coogee Beach, NSW 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	Charles H. Kerry Apply Charles H. Kerry filter	1902 Apply 1902 filter
Brass button - Australian Military Forces Social History Museums (South Australia) collection Apply Social History Museums (South Australia) collection filter	Military buttons Apply Military buttons filter	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Apply Melbourne, Victoria, Australia filter	K C Luke Pty Ltd Apply K C Luke Pty Ltd filter	1914 Apply 1914 filter
A section of the Great Wall which is at the top of Nankow Pa... 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