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Treasures Gallery Exhibition Checklist September 2013 REALIA Robert Brettell Bate, Mathematical, Optical & Philosophical Instruments, Wholesale, Retail & for Exportation, London Surveying instruments used by Sir Thomas Mitchell during his three expeditions 18311846 brass, bronze, iron, glass and cedar; 66.0 x 63.5 x 32.0 cm (assembled) Maps Collection, nla.pic-an6393476 Donated by the descendants of Sir Thomas Mitchell EMI Australia, Sydney, and EMI Group, London Torch of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 diecast aluminium alloy and silver ; 40.0 x 14.2 cm Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn4532747 Recent acquisition BlueSky (design consultant), G.A. & L. Harrington (manufacturer) for Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and University of Adelaide School of Mechanical Engineering, in partnership with Fuel and Combustion Technology Pty Ltd (engineer) Sydney Olympic torch 2000 aluminium, steel and plastic coating; 78.0 x 10.0 x 6.3 cm Pictures Collection, nla.cat-vn155909 William Burwash and Richard Sibley, London (registered 1805) Salver presented to Sir James Stirling on 31 December 1838 1837 sterling silver; 56.5 cm (diam.) Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6227485 Presented to the Commonwealth Government in 1938 by Reginald Purbrick, Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton, United Kingdom W. Butcher and Sons, London (est. 1902) Harold Cazneaux’s Midg box quarter -plate c.1904 wood, metal and glass; 15.8 x 12.8 x 22.3 cm Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an10910566 Presented by Dick Smith on behalf of Rainbow Johnson, 1994

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Treasures Gallery Exhibition Checklist

September 2013

REALIA

Robert Brettell Bate, Mathematical, Optical & Philosophical Instruments,

Wholesale, Retail & for Exportation, London

Surveying instruments used by Sir Thomas Mitchell during his three

expeditions

1831–1846

brass, bronze, iron, glass and cedar; 66.0 x 63.5 x 32.0 cm (assembled)

Maps Collection, nla.pic-an6393476

Donated by the descendants of Sir Thomas Mitchell

EMI Australia, Sydney, and EMI Group, London

Torch of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956

diecast aluminium alloy and silver ; 40.0 x 14.2 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn4532747

Recent acquisition

BlueSky (design consultant), G.A. & L. Harrington (manufacturer) for Sydney

Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and University of Adelaide

School of Mechanical Engineering, in partnership with Fuel and Combustion

Technology Pty Ltd (engineer)

Sydney Olympic torch 2000

aluminium, steel and plastic coating; 78.0 x 10.0 x 6.3 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.cat-vn155909

William Burwash and Richard Sibley, London (registered 1805)

Salver presented to Sir James Stirling on 31 December 1838 1837

sterling silver; 56.5 cm (diam.)

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6227485

Presented to the Commonwealth Government in 1938 by Reginald Purbrick,

Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton, United Kingdom

W. Butcher and Sons, London (est. 1902)

Harold Cazneaux’s Midg box quarter-plate c.1904

wood, metal and glass; 15.8 x 12.8 x 22.3 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an10910566

Presented by Dick Smith on behalf of Rainbow Johnson, 1994

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Nelson Illingworth (1862–1926)

Cast of Henry Lawson's hand 1922

bronze; 24.0 x 12.0 x 7.5 cm

Sir William Dargie Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an8005282

Bullseye lantern owned by bushranger ‘Captain Moonlite’ c.1860

iron, glass and textile wick; 17.5 x 8.5 x 15.5 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7754288

Presented by Mrs J. Edmondson, 1951

Mere pounamu 18th or early 19th century

nephrite jade; 33.5 x 8.0 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an24393287

Kotiate paraoa 18th or early 19th century

whalebone; 33.6 x 12.0 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an24393114

1812 life mask of Ludwig van Beethoven, aged 41

plaster; 28.0 x 17.0 x 12.0 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an24393114

Bequest of Eve Hungerford, 1977

Lonkee, Swatow (Shantou), China

Chinese Tea Caddy Globe between 1860 and 1880

pewter; 10 cm (diam.)

Maps Collection, nla.map-vn6001562

Recent Acquisition

Dora Ohlfsen (1867–1948)

Commemorative medal sold to raise money for permanently disabled

Australian and New Zealand soldiers 1916 (design), 1919 (struck)

bronze; 3.3 cm (diam.)

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6300291

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William Farmer & Co. Inc. (est. 1897)

Key presented to the Prime Minister W.M. Hughes upon the opening of the

Commonwealth Bank, Sydney 22 August 1916

gold; 16.0 x 21.3 cm

Papers of William Morris Hughes (1862–1952)

Manuscripts Collection, MS 1538, Series 50, nla.ms-ms1538-10

Erik Lindberg (1873–1966) and Bertram Mackennal (1863–1931)

Olympic gold medal for swimming won by Fanny Durack at Stockholm

1912

gold; 3.3 cm (diam.)

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6137965

Presented by Frank Durack, 1956

Paul Newell (designer), Trofe Australia Pty Ltd (manufacturer)

Fatso the Fat-arsed Wombat, as seen on The Dream with Roy and H.G

during the Olympics, Sydney 2000

gold; 2.6 x 2.4 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.cat-vn1631176

Attributed to Julius Hogarth and Conrad Erichsen (designers) for Flavelle

Bros & Co (manufacturer)

Australian design brooch c.1850s

gold; 6.5 cm (diam.)

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6411791

Presented by Lady Katherine Darwin

Mrs Macquarie’s earrings 1820–1840

gold and citrine; 5.7 x 8.0 x 8.0 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6411788

Donated by Mr Edward Manley Hopkins, descendant of Elizabeth

Macquarie's niece, 1968

Garrard & Co. Ltd, London (est. 1735)

Officer of the Order of the British Empire, imperial honours decoration

given to Bessie Rischbieth, Western Australian suffragette 1935

gold; 19.0 x 9.4 x 1.0 cm

Bessie Rischbieth Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.cat-vn609172

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Rattlesnake-shaped brooch that Owen Stanley’s sister-in-law, Eliza N.

Stanley, gave to the wife of Dr John Thomson, surgeon on HMS

Rattlesnake, in remembrance ‘of the old ship’ c.1850

gold, enamel and gemstones; 4.5 cm (diam.)

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6411787

Presented by Mary Bennett, 1966

Tiffany & Co., New York

David Livingstone Centenary Medal awarded to Antarctic adventurer

Thomas Griffith Taylor by the American Geographical Society 1923

gold; 7.6 cm (diam.)

Papers of Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880–1963)

Manuscripts Collection, MS 1003, nla.cat-vn2961870

Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard, London (est. 1808)

Silver kettle and spirit lamp given by Queen Charlotte to Sir Joseph Banks

1813 silver; 31.0 x 26.5 x 14.5 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an8005379

TERRA AUSTRALIS TO AUSTRALIA

Early Exploration

Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius (active c. 400 AD)

Commentary on the Dream of Scipio in two books (In Somnium Scipionis:

lib. II) and the Festival of Saturn in seven books (Saturnaliorum: lib. VII)

Venice: Ioan Gryphius, c. 1560

Maps Collection, nla.map-ra277

Attributed to Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp (1594–c.1651)

Portrait of Abel Tasman, his wife and daughter c.1637

oil on canvas; 106.7 x 132.1 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2282370

Claudius Ptolemy (author, 80–150), Willibald Pirckheimer (translator, 1470–

1530) and Michael Servetus (editor, 1511–1553)

Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini Geographicae enarrationis libri octo (The

Geography)

Lyon: the workshop of Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel, 1535

Maps Collection, nla.cat-vn1668253

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Francisco Pelsaert (c. 1591–1630)

The Unlucky Voyage of the Ship Batavia (Ongeluckige voyagie, van’t schip

Batavia)

Amsterdam: Jan Jansz: 1647

engraving; 21cm

Petherick Collection

Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-vn2323054-s6-v

Benedict Arias Montano (1527–1598)

Double hemisphere world map (Sacrae Geographiae Tabulam Ex

Antiquissimorum cul top Familiis a Mose pecensitis: ad sacrorum libror:

explicandor. Commoditatem Antuuerpiae in Philippi Regis Catholici Gratia

Describebat) from Volume 8 of the Antwerp Polyglot Bible

hand-coloured engraving; 37.8 x 54 cm

Antwerp: Plantin, 1572

Maps Collection, nla.map-rm2597

Abraham Ortelius (cartographer, 1527–1598) and Frans Hogenberg (engraver,

1535–1590)

World map (Typus orbis terrarum) from The theatre of the world (Theatrum

Orbis Terrarum)

Antwerp: Coppenium Diesth, 1570

hand-coloured engraving; 33.5 x 49.8 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Maps Collection, nla.map-nk10001

Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598)

The Pacific Ocean (commonly Mar del Zur) with the surrounding regions

and islands in their various spaces, newly described (Maris Pacifici (quod

vulgo Mar del Zur) cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulisque in eodem

passim sparsis, novissima descriptio) from Volume 6 of The theatre of the

world (Theatrum Orbis Terrarum)

hand-coloured engraving; 33 x 48 cm

Antwerp: Plantin Press, 1592

Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Maps), nla.map-nk1528

Hugo Allard (c. 1628–1691) and Romeyn De Hooghe (attributed artist, 1645–

1708)

The Newest Chart of the Whole World (Novissima totius tarrarum orbis

tabula)

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Amsterdam: c. 1685

engraving; 44.2 x 55.4 cm

Maps Collection, nla.map-rm3916

Isaak de Graaf (1668–1743)

The Indian Ocean showing routes between the Cape of Good Hope and the

Sunda Strait 1739–1741

ink on vellum; 68.0 x 90.5 cm

Maps Collection, nla.map-rm4665

Samuel Wallis (1728–1795)

Otaheite [Tahiti] or King George’s Island c. 1767

pen and wash; 28.7 x 44 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3099876

John Gore (c. 1729–1790)

Entries for 8–27 July 1767 in Log of the Voyage of HMS Dolphin to the South

Seas, Volume 2 1767

ink; 38.3 x 24 cm

Manuscripts Collection, nla.cat-vn712798

Cooks Voyages

George Carter (1737–1795)

Death of Captain Cook 1781

oil on canvas; 151.2 x 213.4 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2271058

Sarah Banks (1744–1818)

Memorandums: list of the deaths of several (who sailed on board the

Endeavour Capn Cooke from Plymouth Aug. 25 1768) which happened in a

short space of time

ink; 22.2 cm x 18.5 cm

Papers of Sir Joseph Banks

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms9-32-s3

James Cook (1728–1779)

Endeavour Journal 1768–1771

ink; 34 x 52.5 cm

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Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms1

Inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, 2001

James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (1702–1768)

Hints offered to the consideration of Captain Cooke, Mr Banks, Dr

Solander and the other gentlemen who go upon the expedition on board the

Endeavour 10 August 1768

ink; 23.1 x 18.5 cm

Papers of Sir Joseph Banks

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms9-113-s13

Bureau c. 1760

Indian rosewood, ebony and ivory; 61.0 x 57.0 x 58.4 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6227532

Presented by the directors of Angus and Robertson, 1970

Richard Goodman (active 1807–1822)

The Resolution Table c.1810

various timbers and ivory; 73.5 x 150.0 x 66.0 cm

Permanent loan from the David Roche Foundation

John Keyes Sherwin (engraver, 1751–1790) ,after Nathaniel Dance (artist,

1735–1811)

Captain James Cook

London: J.K Sherwin, 1784

engraving; 30 x 25.5 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an9186277

Bookplate after 1785

engraving; 19.0 x 12.9 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an9352965

Walking cane c.1770

bamboo and wax; 70.2 x 2.2 cm (diam.)

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7726393

Thomas R. Poole (1765–1837)

Captain James Cook, wax portrait relief 1795–1815

wax and oak; 23.5 x 20.5 cm

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Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn5632228

Recent Acquisition

Fork c.1770

ebony and metal; 18.3 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7726388

Presented by the Honourable J. Hume Cook

Box made from the wood of HMB Endeavour c.1879

wood, textile and metal; 6.3 x 11.9 x 8.3 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6561252

Wedgwood and Bentley

Portrait Medallion of Captain Cook c. 1777

white and blue jasper; 8.4 x 6.6 cm (medallion), 11 x 9.3 cm (frame)

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn4366541

Josiah Wedgwood and Sons

Staffordshire, England

Plaque of Captain James Cook [after Webber] 1957

white and blue jasper; 10 x 7 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7743367

Cook memorial medal ‘Courage and Perseverance’, struck soon after news

of Cook’s death reached England 1780

bronze; 3.7 cm diameter

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn5149543

Lewis Pingo (1743–1830)

Medal issued by the Royal Society, London, to commemorate Cook, ‘the

most intrepid explorer of the oceans’ 1784

bronze; 4.3 cm diameter

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an23272630

Lewis Pingo (1743–1830)

Medal issued by the Royal Society, London, showing Fortune with the

inscription ‘Our own have left nothing untried’ 1784

silver; 4.3 cm diameter

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an23272620

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W.G.

200th anniversary medal issued by Commemorative International Ltd for

The Commercial Bank of Australia, Ltd 1970

gold; 4.5 cm diameter

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6137976

John Hamilton Mortimer (1740–1779)

Captain James Cook, Sir Joseph Banks, Lord Sandwich, Dr Daniel Solander

and Dr John Hawkesworth after 1771

oil on canvas; 120.0 x 166.0 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7351768

Bequest of Dame Merlyn Myer, 1982

William Hodges (1744–1797)

A Man of Tahiti 1773

red chalk; 54.7 x 37.5 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2720591

James Caldwell (engraver, 1739–1820) after William Hodges (artist, 1744–1797)

Portrait of Omai, plate VII from James Cook, Voyage towards the south pole

and round the world, Volume 1

etching and engraving; 30 x 25 cm

London: William Strahan & Thomas Cadell, 1777

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7682836

Playbill for the Tragedy of George Barnwell and the pantomime Omai: Or, A

Trip Round the World at London’s Theatre Royal, Covent Garden for

Monday, 26 December 1785

ink;

Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-vn4400101

Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740–1812)

Otoo, King of Otahaite 1785

watercolour; 31.2 x 19.2 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2668149

Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740–1812)

Obereyau Enchantress 1785

watercolour; 32.2 x 20.2 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2668145

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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740–1812)

The Present Woman of Otheheitee 1785

watercolour; 31.7 x 19.7 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2668156

Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740–1812)

Toha 1785

watercolour; 32.3 x 20 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2668148

Bligh’s mutinies

Alexander Huey (active 1809–1818)

Portrait of Rear-Admiral William Bligh 1814

watercolour on ivory; 11.5 x 8.4 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an11230917

Facsimile

William Bligh (1754–1817)

The Bligh notebook 28 April to 14 June 1789

ink; 17.1 x 10.7 cm

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms5393

William Bligh (1754–1817)

List and description of HMS Bounty mutineers 1789

ink; 32.1 x 19.6 cm

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms5393

George Johnston (1764–1823)

Proclamation issued by Major George Johnston on the day after the

deposition of Governor William Bligh 27 January 1808

print; 31.0 x 20.0 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Australian Collection, nla.aus-vn4511526

Early Settlement

Arthur Bowes Smyth (1750–1790)

Entry dated 21 January in Journal 1787–1789

ink; 20 x 17 cm

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms4568

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Black-eyed Sue and Sweet Poll of Plymouth taking leave of their lovers

who are going to Botany Bay

hand-coloured etching; 16.5 x 21.8 cm

London: Rbt. Sayer & Co., 1792

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an5577509

Port Jackson Painter (active 1788–1790s)

Half-length portrait of Aborigine c. 1790

watercolour; 29.4 x 24 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an5600430

Attributed to George Raper (1769–1796)

Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) 1789

watercolour; 47.3 x 28.5 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn3579191

Purchased from The Ducie-Moreton family, 2005

John Hunter (1737–1821)

Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) and Yellow Pittosporum (Pittosporum

revolutum)

in Birds & Flowers of New South Wales Drawn on the Spot in 1788, ‘89 & ’90

1788–1790

watercolour; 22.6 x 18.3 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an3149793

Playbill for a Performance of Jane Shore, The Wapping Landlady and The

Miraculous Cure at the Theatre, Sydney, Saturday 30 July 1796

Sydney : George Hughes, Govt. Printer for Theatre, Sydney, 1796

typeset ink on handmade paper; 20.0 x 12.0 cm

Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-vn4200235

Gift from the Government of Canada to the people of Australia, 2007

Inscribed on the Australian UNESCO Memory of the World Register, 2011

George Raper (1769–1796)

Plan of Botany Bay, New South Wales 1791

ink and watercolour; 20.1 x 15.8 cm

The George Raper Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.map-rm3456

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George Raper (1769–1796)

Plan of Port Jackson, Coast of New South Wales ... as Survey'd by Cap'n.

Hunter 1788 1791

ink and watercolour; 25.6 x 15.9 cm

The George Raper Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.map-rm3458

Augustus Earle (1793–1838)

Waterfall in Australia c. 1830

oil on canvas; 71 x 83.2 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2273848

Conrad Martens (1801–1878)

View of Fort Street and the North Shore, from Flagstaff Hill 1843

oil on canvas; 31.3 x 79.4 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2271531

Matthew Flinders (1774–1814)

General Chart of Terra Australis or Australia Showing the Parts Explored

between 1798 and 1803 by M. Flinders, Commander of HMS Investigator

London: Admiralty Hydrographical Office, 1822

engraving; 65.4 x 96.1 cm

Maps Collection, nla.map-rm1777

Joseph Lycett (c. 1775–1828)

Aborigines using fire to hunt kangaroos in The Lycett album c. 1820

watercolour; 17.7 x 27.8 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2962715-s20

Edward Close (1790–1866)

Sketchbook of scenes of Sydney, Broken Bay, Newcastle and Region, New

South Wales 1817–1840

pencil, ink and watercolour; 23.5 x 59 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4563834-s16

Governor Arthur’s Proclamation to the Aborigines c.1829

oil on board; 35.8 x 22.7 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2291826

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Colonial Life

Eugene von Guérard (1811–1901)

Natives chasing game 1854

oil on canvas; 46.5 x 37.0 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2282444-1

William Strutt (1825–1915)

Portrait of John Pascoe Fawkner 1856

oil on canvas; 61.3 x 51.2 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2268302

Edwin Roper Loftus Stocqueler (1829–1895)

Australian gold diggings c.1855

oil on canvas; 70.5 x 90.3 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2273979

John Michael Crossland (1800–1858)

Portrait of Samuel Kandwillan, a Pupil of the Natives’ Training Institution,

Poonindie, South Australia 1854

oil on canvas; 98.6 x 78.9 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2242495

Charles Louis Gabriel (1857–1927)

Two women at Gundagai Railway Station c. 1900

glass plate negative; 10.1 x 12.6 cm

Butcher and Bell Collections

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an8526479-768

William Lewis Roderick (active 1847–1856)

Whaling off the islands of Flores & Palo Comba in the Flores Sea, Indian

Ocean (A good cut) 30 July 1858

incised whalebone and pigment; 30.5 x 66.0 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an5598040

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John Glover (1767–1849)

Van Diemen’s Land sketchbook 1834–1835

pencil, pen and ink, wash; 18.2 x 27 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4622215

Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company (est. 1847)

Colt model pocket revolver, 5 shot, .31 calibre 1849

metal and wood; 11.3 x 25.0 x 3.0 cm

Frank Clune Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7969455

Water bottle used by Captain Charles Sturt c. 1820

black glass, braided fibre, textile, cork and paint; 31 x 9 cm (diam.)

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6393462

Captain Charles Sturt's swagger stick 1860s–1870s

leather and silver; 76 x 3 cm (diam.)

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6393469

Samuel Thomas Gill (1818–1880)

The sandy ridges of Central Australia c. 1846

watercolour; 15.2 x 22.9 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2377285

George French Angas (1822–1886)

Central Mount Stuart, South Australia c. 1861

pencil and watercolour wash; 12 x 22.8 cm

Jose Calvo Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2854600

The Burke and Wills Australian exploring expedition

The Illustrated London News, 1 February 1862

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an8960212

Robert O’Hara Burke (1821–1861)

Portion of diary kept by Robert O’Hara Burke on the expedition, 16

December 1860–20 January 1861

pencil on ledger paper; 9 x 16 cm

Papers of Burke and Wills expedition

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms30

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William John Wills (1834–1861)

Journal of trip from Cooper Creek towards Adelaide, 23 April–late June

1861

pencil on ledger paper; 39 x 12 cm

Papers of Burke and Wills expedition

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms30-7

William Monop (c. 1843–c. 1913)

Drawn and coloured by Monop (male): A Ballarruk of Nyeerrgoo (Victoria

Plains) c. 1907

crayon and pencil, 25.3 x 63.5 cm

Papers of Daisy Bates

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms365

Tommy McRae (1842–1901)

Drawings by Tommy McRae, an Aboriginal of the Wahgunyah tribe on the

Murray River 1880

ink on ledger paper, 18.3 x 25.5 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6431252-12

Presented by J.R. Bremner through H. Gregory MHR, 27 November 1935

J. Fitzsimons

Aboriginal king plate engraved ‘Tallboy, King of Moorabie’ c.1865

engraved brass; 11.5 x 16.0 cm

Rex Nan Kivell Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6227518

Christina Macpherson (1864–1936)

Waltzing Matilda, with lyrics by A.B. (Banjo) Paterson and music by

Christina Macpherson c.1895

ink and pencil; 31.0 x24.8cm (each sheet)

Papers of Christina Macpherson relating to the song Waltzing Matilda

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms9065-3

Presented by Joan Macrae on behalf of Macpherson descendants, 1996

Christina Macpherson (1864–1936)

Banjo Paterson’s lyrics to Waltzing Matilda c.1895

ink; 20.4 x 12.7 cm

Papers of Christina Macpherson relating to the song Waltzing Matilda

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms9065-2

Presented by Joan Macrae on behalf of Macpherson descendants, 1996

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Attributed to Aldolarius Humphrey Boyd (1829–1891)

James Harper, per S.R. [i.e. Sir Robert] Peel, taken at Port Arthur 1874

albumen print on carte-de-visite mount; 9.4 x 5.6 cm

Convict portraits, Port Arthur, 1874

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an24612822

Attributed to Aldolarius Humphrey Boyd (1829–1891)

Thomas Francis, Ly. [i.e. Lady] Franklin 4, taken at Port Arthur 1874

albumen print on carte-de-visite mount; 9.4 x 5.6 cm

Convict portraits, Port Arthur, 1874

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn4269870

Attributed to Aldolarius Humphrey Boyd (1829–1891)

William Hayes, per Asia, taken at Port Arthur 1874

albumen print on carte-de-visite mount; 9.4 x 5.6 cm

Convict portraits, Port Arthur, 1874

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn4506214

Attributed to Aldolarius Humphrey Boyd (1829–1891)

John Finlay or Finelly, per P. [Pestonjee] Bomanjee, taken at Port Arthur

1874

albumen print on carte-de-visite mount; 9.4 x 5.6 cm

Convict portraits, Port Arthur, 1874

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn4270360

Marian Ellis Rowan (1848–1922)

Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes mirabilis), Somerset, Queensland c. 1891

watercolour; 54.5 x 38 cm

Ellis Rowan Australian Collection

Picture Collection, nla.pic-an6722788

Tom Roberts (1856–1931)

Sketch Portrait of HRH the Duke of Cornwall and York, Later King

George V 1903

oil on wood panel; 43 x 26.2 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2284257

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Program of the Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to

Sydney 1901

leather, silk, ink; 22.0 x 14.5 cm

Papers of Sir Edmund Barton

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms51-10-1248-s1

Australia in the 20th century

Keith Arthur Murdoch (1885–1952)

The Gallipoli letter 1915

typescript and ink; 21.6 x 34.3 cm

Papers of Keith Arthur Murdoch

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms2823-2-1

Presented by Rupert Murdoch, 1975

Enlist in the Sportsmen’s 1000: Play Up Play Up & Play THE Game

Melbourne: Troedel and Cooper, 1916

lithograph; 102 x 76.0 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn4218752

Frank Hurley (1885–1962)

The Members who remained behind at Elephant Island, Shackleton

Expedition 1916

gelatin silver print; 30.5 x 38.0 cm

Hurley Collection of Photographic Prints

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn3082159

Jack O’Hagan (1898–1987)

Our Don Bradman: a snappy fox trot song

Melbourne: Allan & Co., c. 1930

offset lithograph; 31.0 x 23.2 cm

Music Collection, nla.cat-vn667040

Harold Cazneaux (1878–1953)

Arch in the Sky c. 1930

gelatin silver print; 33.2 x 25.4 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2381164

Ethel Carrick (1872–1952)

Canberra c. 1944

oil on canvas; 46.5 x 61 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn3255390

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John Telfer Gray (1911–1972)

Canberra: visit your national capital

photolithograph; 101.5 x 63 cm

Melbourne: McLarens, c. 1945

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7900786

Wolfgang Sievers (1913–2007)

Cement mill, Vickers Ruwolt, Burnley, Victoria 1969

gelatin silver print; 39.7 x 49.8 cm

Wolfgang Sievers photographic archive

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an24863947

Portrait of Billy Hughes being carried by soldiers along a crowded street

1918

sepia-toned gelatin silver photograph; 19.5 x 24.4 cm

William Morris Hughes Collection

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an23150756

Military service referendum bill

Melbourne: Government Printer, c. 1916

ink; 25 x 17.5 cm

Australian Printed Collection, nla.cat-vn5018288

Billy Hughes’ Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pen No. 52

bakelite and 14-carat gold; 13.7 x 1.9 cm

Papers of William Morris Hughes

Manuscripts Collection, nla.cat-vn527195

Charles Ulm (1897–1934)

Logbook of the Southern Cross on the first trans-Pacific flight 31 May–9

June 1928

pencil; 26.3 x 40.2 cm

Papers of Charles Kingsford Smith (1897–1935)

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms209-1

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (1897–1935) and Charles Ulm (1897–1934)

Notes passed between the cockpit and the navigating cabin during the

Southern Cross trans-Pacific flight 31 May–9 June 1928

pencil; 18.2 x 12.8 and 16.2 x 14.7 cm

Papers of E.A. and V.I. Crome

Manuscripts Collection, nla.cat-vn742484

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Samuel Garnet Wells (1885–1964)

“It’s Now a Very Small World We Live In” [Charles Kingsford Smith] 1928

ink and gouache; 35.7 x 25.4 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn3822543

Dorothy Wall (1894–1942)

Blinky Bill: The Quaint Little Australian

Sydney: Angus & Robertson Ltd, 1933

Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn2770260

Donald Friend (1915–1989)

Diaries of Donald Friend: disasters of war (Desastres de la Guerra), volume

9 1943

mixed media; 24.8 x 41 cm

Manuscripts Collection, nla.cat-vn2912709

Donated by Emeritus Professor David de Long, 2010

Donald Friend (1915–1989)

Diaries of Donald Friend: Disasters of war (Desastres de la Guerra), volume

14 1944

mixed media; 24.8 x 41.0 cm

Manuscripts Collection, nla.cat-vn2912709

Donated by Emeritus Professor David de Long, 2010

John Ian Wing (b. 1939)

Letter to Wilfred Kent Hughes, Chairman of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics

Organising Committee 1956

ink and coloured pencil; 24.7 x 19.8 cm (letter), 12.2 x 19.8 cm (diagram)

Papers of Sir Wilfred Kent Hughes (1895–1970)

Manuscripts Collection, nla.cat-vn2631927

John Olsen (b. 1928)

Manuscript of Salute to Five Bells: John Olsen's Opera House journal 1971

watercolour and ink; 77 x 50 cm

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms8015-2-s2

Jørn Utzon (1918–2008)

Architect’s model for the geometry of the Sydney Opera House shells 1961

paint, wood and letraset type; 29.5 x 88.8 x 8.0 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7650469

Presented by Professor H. Ingham Ashworth

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Patrick White (1912–1990)

Unpublished manuscript for ‘The hanging garden’ 1980s

ink; 33.0 x 40.5 cm

Papers of Patrick White

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms9982-4.6.1

Recent acquisition

Brendan Hennessy

Portrait of Patrick White 1984

digital reproduction of gelatin silver print; 30.5 x 40.5 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7568636

Courtesy of Brendan Hennessy

Martin Wells (Sydney)

Patrick White’s glasses c.1985

plastic, metal and glass; 15.5 x 7.5 x 3.0 cm

Papers of Patrick White

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms9982

Recent acquisition

Peter Porter OAM (1929–2010)

Notebook containing draft of The man in the luncheon-meat hat between

1978 and 1988

ink; 23 x 17 cm

Papers of Peter Porter c. 1952–2006

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms6640

Elyne Mitchell OAM (1913–2002)

First page from a draft of The Silver Brumby c. 1957

typescript and ink; 26.2 x 21 cm

Papers of Elyne Mitchell c. 1928–2002

Manuscripts Collection; nla.cat-vn186219

Les Murray AO (b. 1938)

Draft manuscript of Shoal c. 1992

ink; 29.7 x 21 cm

Papers of Les Murray 1951–2003

Manuscripts Collection; nla.cat-vn1099918

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Richard Flanagan (b. 1961)

First page from a draft of Death of a River Guide c. 1993

typescript and pen; 29.7 x 21 cm

Papers of Richard Flanagan c. 1989–1998

Manuscripts Collection; nla.cat-vn3944056

Recent Acquisition

James Gleeson (1915–2008)

Untitled in Fully bound: over to Hal Missingham: a tribute with love and

affection 1971

pencil

Papers of Hal Missingham

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms3940-8-1-s3

Gordon Bennett (b. 1955)

Notes to Basquiat: Untitled 1999

synthetic polymer paint on canvas; 53.4 x 53.4 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.cat-vn5857643

New acquisition

Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)

Lucrezia Borgia: opera in two acts and prologue

London: Boosey & Co., 1871

lithograph; 26 cm closed

Melba Conservatorium Collection

Music Collection, nla.cat-vn4199075

Joan Sutherland as Lucrezia Borgia 1977

type c print; 25.4 x 20.32 cm

Papers of Moffatt Oxenbould & Graeme Ewer

Manuscripts Collection, nla.cat-vn4696317

Kristian Fredrikson (1940–2005)

Costume for Lucrezia Borgia, Prologue (Act 1) 1977

pencil;

Papers of Kristian Fredrikson

Manuscripts Collection, nla.cat-vn3969578

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Edward Koiki Mabo (1936–1992)

Speaking notes for ‘Land rights for Torres Strait Islanders’ August 1981

ballpoint pen; 21.6 x 34.3 cm

Papers of Edward Koiki Mabo

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms8822

Inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, 2001

Edward Koiki Mabo (1936–1992)

Self portrait c.1975

wash on white ground on masonite; 25.3 x 20.2 cm

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an24341488

Edward Koiki Mabo (1936–1992)

Murray Islands from NW looking SE 1986

ink, felt-tip pen and highlighter pen; 33 x 20 cm

Papers of Bryan Keon-Cohen: The Mabo case

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms9518-1-1x-s6