Material acquired and approved 30 July 2010
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AIRWAYS COLLECTION
An Australian National Airways enamel sign dating from the 1940s. Purchase
JOHN AYTON COLLECTION
A floor plan of the Sunshine Harvester Works, about 1924. Donation
JUDITH AND RON BEHAN COLLECTION NO. 1
Three sculptures of Mimih spirit figures by James Iyuna, Annie Wurrkidj and Emmanuel Wurrkidj, a painting by Bardayal Nadjamarrek, Mimi Hunting, and a painting by Queenie McKenzie, Walungawari Waterhole. Purchase
JUDITH AND RON BEHAN COLLECTION NO. 2
A mixed media work on canvas by John Wolseley, Iron Ore Mining as a Source of Ochre Pigments, produced in 1995 while working on a BHP commission in the Pilbara, Western Australia. Donation through the Cultural Gifts Program
BRONTE SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB COLLECTION
A blazer, surfboat life jacket, T-shirt and tie from the Bronte Surf Life Saving Club in Sydney’s eastern suburbs — one of the first surf lifesaving clubs formed in Australia. Donation
NEIL CADIGAN COLLECTION
A Hunter Mariners rugby league jersey worn by Anthony Brann in 1997. The Hunter Mariners were a Super League team based in Newcastle, New South Wales. Donation
JOHN CAIRNS COLLECTION
Four handmade wire clothes pegs made during the Great Depression. Donation
CANBERRA TRADESMEN’S UNION CLUB COLLECTION
A ‘Sid Patterson’ brand Malvern Star road racer presented to long-distance cyclist Ernest ‘Ernie’ Old by the manufacturer in 1946–47. Donation
COBB & CO. COLLECTION
An accountancy ledger used by Cobb & Co. in Tamworth, New South Wales, to record the accounts of coach routes to surrounding towns such as Armidale and Inverell between 1877 and 1883. Purchase
JOHN COLLINSON CLOSE COLLECTION
A collection of objects belonging to John Henry Collinson Close, a member of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911–14, led by Douglas Mawson. It includes a telescope and case, pocket compass, a Bryant and May matchbox (used to protect Close’s morse code), a hand-stitched canvas pouch containing two rock samples, and personal correspondence. Purchase
DODS VIOLIN AND VIOLA COLLECTION
Four violins and a viola made by amateur violin-maker William Whinfield Dods. Donation
GEORGE AND ROBERT DOVERS COLLECTION
A pair of dog-sled runners, an ice-pick engraved ‘Australasian Antarctic 1911’ and a diary used by George Harris Sarjeant Dovers, a cartographer on the 1911–14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition led by Douglas Mawson. The collection also includes a pair of wooden skis used by Dovers’ son, Robert, on two later Antarctic expeditions in the 1950s. Donation
PATRICIA DRUCE COLLECTION
Wedding dresses worn by four generations of brides from the Druce family who married in Sydney in 1900, 1926, 1956 and 1992. Donation
EMBROIDERERS’ GUILDS OF AUSTRALIA COLLECTION
Materials, including fabric, stranded wools and cottons, samplers, seams, design cartoons and transfer material, mounts, needlework equipment, notes and photographs, that document the making of the Parliament House Embroidery by members of the states’ and territories’ embroiderers’ guilds. Donation
BLAIR GARDNER COLLECTION NO. 3
A curved wooden axe acquired from Mornington Island in the late 1970s. Donation
GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA COLLECTION NO. 2
A collection of scientific instruments used by Australian government geophysicists in a range of geomagnetic, seismic and laboratory work. Donation
ROY GODDARD COLLECTION
A photograph album entitled ‘Carnarvon wonderland’ belonging to Roy Hamilton Goddard, an amateur ethnographer and collector of Aboriginal artefacts. Donation
PETER HENDERSON COLLECTION
Two portraits of the sons of William Pitt and Mary Faithfull, founders of Springfield sheep station near Goulburn, New South Wales, and a family bible. Donation
INDIGENOUS ALL STARS JERSEY COLLECTION
A jersey worn by Jonathon Thurston in the first half of the Indigenous All Stars versus National Rugby League All Stars match held on 13 February 2010. Purchase
JOHN JOHNSON COLLECTION NO. 2
An artwork entitled The Last Wave by John Johnson. Purchase
HANNA LEMBERG COLLECTION
Four woollen garments made and worn by Hanna Lemberg (1899–1998), a textile artist and Quaker. Donation
THOMAS MCGHIE COLLECTION
A hood ornament from the Sundowner vehicle driven by Sir Francis Birtles, and documentation relating to the acquisition of the car by the Commonwealth. Donation
PHIL MAY COLLECTION
The centre pages of the 21 August 1886 edition of The Bulletin featuring a double-page spread of ‘The Mongolian octopus’, a cartoon by Phil May. Purchase
LESLEY MAYNARD COLLECTION
A schoolbook for early primary school, containing material related to Empire Day, 1952. Donation
BUTCHER JOE NANGAN COLLECTION
A sketchbook of drawings by Butcher Joe Nangan (about 1902–89) depicting the traditional law and stories of the Nyigina people of Western Australia. Purchase
PARLIAMENT HOUSE CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY COLLECTION NO. 2
Prototype furniture designed for the Members of Parliament suites in Parliament House. Donation
AXEL AND ROSLYN POIGNANT COLLECTION
A collection of photographic and technical equipment, photographic prints, ethnographic artefacts and related archival material belonging to photographer Axel Poignant. Purchase
SCOTT RAINBOW COLLECTION
A collection of 81 decorated objects including boomerangs, clubs, scrimshaw, stockwhip handles, shields and walking sticks, many associated with Aboriginal missions from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Purchase
JEAN ROSS-GORRIE COLLCTION
A dressing gown made by Jean Gorrie at the Wellington Technical College in New South Wales in the late 1940s. Donation
BRENDA SAUNDERS COLLECTION
A mixed-media collage created by Brenda Saunders in 1999. The work is related to the story of Mary Jane Cain (1844–1929), an Aboriginal activist from the Coonabarabran region of New South Wales. Donation
SHARPSHOOTER’S VEST AND COIN COLLECTION
A red vest, rosette and an 1897 penny, which shows evidence of having been shot. The items were presented to a volunteer who agreed to have the penny shot out of his hand by a sharpshooter at a ‘Wild West’ show in 1903. Purchase
CATHY AND MICHAEL SULLIVAN COLLECTION
An Elector’s Right certificate issued to Augustus S Bond of Vaucluse, Victoria, on 7 July 1882. Donation
SYMBOLS OF AUSTRALIA COLLECTION
An Australian travel poster, a signed Australian One-Day International cricket shirt and a signed Australian World Cup soccer shirt featuring popular Australian symbols. Purchase
KAAPA TJAMPITJINPA COLLECTION NO. 1
An acrylic painting on canvas board entitled Kalipimpa (Kalipinypa) Rain by Papunya artist Kaapa Mbitjana Tjampitjinpa. Purchase
KAAPA TJAMPITJINPA COLLECTION NO. 2
A carving of a goanna and a painting of a central Australian landscape in the style of a Hermannsburg watercolour, signed by Kaapa Mbitjana Tjampitjinpa. Purchase
TRANS-AUSTRALIA RAILWAY COLLECTION
A single length of rail from the Trans-Australian Railway, which extends from Port Augusta in South Australia to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. Donation
THE RENATE WATKINSON COLLECTION
A small wall-hung tapestry designed and made around 1980 by textile artist Hanna Lemberg. Donation
WINDELLAMA FIRE TRUCK COLLECTION
A 1978-model Toyota FJ45 truck with firefighting equipment used by the Windellama Bushfire Brigade, which services the Goulburn Mulwarree shire. Purchase
YORK FAMILY COLLECTION
A shipping trunk used by the York family when they migrated to Australia in 1954 under the assisted passage, or ‘Ten Pound Pom’, scheme. Donation
Material acquired and approved 29 September 2010
BEHIND THE LINES 2009 COLLECTION
Political cartoons collected for the 2009 Behind the Lines exhibition. Purchase
RAY BROWNE COLLECTION
A program for the consecration of the Sunshine Masonic Lodge no. 226 in 1913 and the installation of Hugh Victor McKay, owner of the Sunshine Harvester Works, as Worshipful Master. Donation
JOHN COUGHLAN COLLECTION
Three photographs and a letter associated with John James ‘Jack’ Coughlan, a mechanic who drove the support truck for Francis Birtles’ Sundowner car on its first return journey from Melbourne to Darwin in 1926. Donation
PROFESSOR FRANK FENNER COLLECTION
A set of bifurcated needles in their original plastic container, manufactured for the World Health Organisation during the intensive smallpox eradication campaign between 1967and 1980. Donation
MICHAEL LEUNIG/BRYAN BROWN COLLECTION
Dioramas, clay and latex figurines and moulds, and pieces of exhibition furniture constructed as part of the Leunig Animated project produced by Bryan Brown and developed by Free Range animation. Donation
LOCKHART RIVER STATE SCHOOL COLLECTION
Fifty-one lino prints and 16 mono-prints made in 2002 by students in years 4 to 7 at Lockhart River State School in Queensland. Donation
GEORGE AND SYLVIA MILNE COLLECTION
Decorative and souvenir objects associated with the 1901 Federation celebrations, including a flag, pieces of bunting, souvenir medallions and a souvenir teaspoon. Purchase
DENNIS NONA COLLECTION NO. 2
Four artworks based on histories, cultures and practices of the Torres Strait, created by artist Dennis Nona. Purchase
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN’S MISSIONARY UNION OF QUEENSLAND COLLECTION
A 22nd and final edition of the WMU Cookery Book, published in 1981. Donation
KASMAN SPENCER COLLECTION
A Yuendumu Magpies football jumper worn by the team’s captain, Kasman Jungarrayi Spencer, during the 2003 grand final of the Ngurratjuta Cup (Seniors) competition, and a copy of On the Ball, the Central Australian Football League’s handbook for the match. Purchase
YANYATJARRI TJAKAMARRA COLLECTION
An acrylic painting entitled Story of a Woman’s Camp and Origin of the Damper (1973) by Papunya artist Anatjari (Yanyatjarri) Tjakamarra. Purchase
RJ WYLLIE COLLECTION
Memorabilia from the 1954 Royal Tour of Australia by Queen Elizabeth II, including a piece of red carpet cut from the runner laid on the landing pontoon, a panoramic photograph of Sydney Harbour, and an official signed copy of the working program. Donation
Material acquired and approved 7 December 2010
RON AND ELLA CHRISTOPHER COLLECTION
A fox-skin rug and a wedding dress made from mosquito netting and lined with parachute silk worn by three brides in 1943, 1945 and 1955. Donation
JOHN AND JUNE CORBY COLLECTION
A bone bobbin inscribed with the words ‘When this you see remember me my love’. Donation
IRIS CRAIG COLLECTION
A sheepskin coat, a late 1940s comptometer with instruction manual, a reference letter and two Western Union telegrams belonging to Iris Craig, who migrated in 1945 to the United States to join her husband, James Craig, a master sergeant in the United States Army who had been stationed in Australia during the Second World War. Donation
ROBERT CROMPTON COLLECTION
A 1959 Wolseley 1500 motor vehicle purchased by Bob Crompton in 1959 and maintained by him for over 50 years. Donation
DELTA DOWNS STATION COLLECTION
A brass breastplate presented to Gallawang, an Aboriginal man and head stockman at Delta Downs station in 1893 by the station manager, James Alexander Moir. The collection also includes photographs of the station, the Moir family and Aboriginal workers. Purchase
NGAIRE DURNAN COLLECTION
A pouch containing union membership tickets dating from 1935 to 1941, 1946 to 1981 and 1983, all of which belonged to Timothy Lawrence Durnan, a ‘gun’ shearer and committed member of the influential Australian Workers’ Union. Donation
LADY MARY HAMILTON FAIRLEY COLLECTION
Brushes, palettes, metal pots and an easel used by Australian artist Sir William Dargie to paint a replica, already held in the National Historical Collection, of his 1954 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Donation
GEORGY, MUDGEE POLICEMAN BREASTPLATE COLLECTION
A brass breastplate presented in the late 1830s to Georgy, a Wiradjuri man of the Mudgee region of New South Wales. Purchase
MICHAEL KINSELA, CHIEF OF CUDGELBONG BREASTPLATE
A brass breastplate presented in about 1840 to Michael Kinsela, a Kamberri man of Cudgelbong, New South Wales. Purchase
BILLY LAMBERT BREASTPLATE COLLECTION
A brass breastplate presented in 1834 to Billy Lambert, a Wiradjuri (or possibly Gundungura) man living on a sheep and cattle station called ‘Holwood’ near Bathurst, New South Wales. Purchase
CHIEF LECKIE WINDARRA TRIBE BREASTPLATE COLLECTION
A copper breastplate presented in the late 1890s to Chief Leckie, a Wongatha man from Windarra who lived around Kanowna and Bulong in the eastern goldfields of Western Australia. Purchase
BRUCE MACDONALD COLLECTION
A collection of toy and model trains by Australian makers dating from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Purchase
QUEEN MILLY OF THE BURUNJI BREASTPLATE COLLECTION
A brass breastplate presented in 1870 to Queen Milly, a Burunji (Parundji) woman from the Paroo River region in north-western New South Wales. Purchase
SANDRA MIRABELLI COLLECTION
A wedding dress worn by Sandra Mirabelli at her proxy wedding in Sicily in 1956, and brought to Australia when she joined her husband two years later. Donation
KING MULGA OF COONGIE LAKES BREASTPLATE COLLECTION
A bronze breastplate presented in 1911 to King Mulga, a Yawarrawarrka man living in the Coongie Lakes region north-west of Innamincka, South Australia. Purchase
POLITICAL CARTOONING 2006 COLLECTION
Political cartoons collected for the 2006 Behind the Lines exhibition. Purchase
PROTESTANT ALLIANCE FRIENDLY SOCIETY OF NSW COLLECTION
A roll of honour board commemorating members of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society (PAFS) of Australasia who served in the First World War. Donation
RANKINE FAMILY COLLECTION
A bench saw, timber cart, timber hooks and circular saw blades from the former Cairns Plywood Timber Mill at Yungaburra in the Atherton Tablelands, Queensland. Donation
MARGARET ROLFE COLLECTION NO. 5
A quilt entitled Scraps of Australia made by Margaret Rolfe using ‘Australiana’ fabrics. Donation
TOBY OF VANROOK BREASTPLATE COLLECTION
A brass breastplate presented to Toby, a Kunjen or Kurtjar man who worked at Vanrook station in the Gulf of Carpentaria, north Queensland. Purchase
Material acquired and approved 17 March 2011
JOHN BARSA COLLECTION
A model of a single boom outrigger canoe crafted by John Barsa on Mer Island, which is identical to those used in the Torres Strait for fishing and transport in the post-contact period. Purchase
BOWEN DOWNS COLLECTION
A Bowen Downs wool bale stencil and an ‘LC5’ branding iron. Donation
MARION BUTCHER COLLECTION
Three handmade scrapbooks containing material collected over 40 years relating to public attachment and interest in the monarchy in Australia. Donation
ROGER AND DOBBIE CLARK COLLECTION
An award certificate and medal presented to Roger Clark in 1929 for his successful farming activities, and a section of bayonet brought home by him from service in the First World War and used as a tool on his farm. Donation
COOKBOOK COLLECTION
Twenty cookbooks ranging in type from recipe encyclopedias, to books with recipes using a particular product or ingredient, to school textbooks. Purchase
CSIRO FORESTRY COLLECTION
A canvas backpack manufactured by Paddy Pallin and used by Ken Eldridge during his 1978 expedition to California to collect seeds of the plantation tree Pinus radiata. Donation
HELEN EAGER AND CHRISTOPHER HODGES COLLECTION NO. 2
A selection of artworks made during the 1990s by artists at the Ngkawenyerre camp in the Utopia homelands of the Northern Territory. Donation through the Cultural Gifts Program
GREENSLADE ALICE SPRINGS BEANIE FESTIVAL COLLECTION
Four beanies produced for the 2008 Alice Springs Beanie Festival Competition by various Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal artists from Titjikala in the Northern Territory, Ernabella (Pukatja) in South Australia and Allansford in Victoria. Donation
HENTY FAMILY COLLECTION
Objects owned by Edward Henty (1818–78) and his wife, Anna Maria, including Edward’s ‘Axyrite’ shaving stone, the couple’s bible, the maritime ensign from the Hentys’ ship Thistle, and a copy of the Chronological Tree of Victorian History. Purchase
FRANK HURLEY COLLECTION NO. 1
A Christmas card from the 1929 British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) featuring a photograph of the ship Discovery, and a photograph of elephant seals taken during the 1914–17 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Both photographs were taken by Frank Hurley. Purchase
LAVERTY COLLECTION
A basket made in 2006 by Wipana Jimmy, her daughter Anne Dixon, and Wipana’s sister, Timpula Mervin. Donation through the Cultural Gifts Program
MANGARRAYI ABORIGINAL LAND TRUST COLLECTION
An ‘HTT’ branding iron handmade by a blacksmith in the first half of the twentieth century and registered for use by the Elsey Pastoral Trust. Donation
ELYNE MITCHELL COLLECTION
A Corona typewriter used by Elyne Mitchell, author of the Silver Brumbyseries of novels. Donation
EMILY MURDOCH COLLECTION
A travel scrapbook compiled by Emily Murdoch, an Australian tourist to the United Kingdom and Europe in 1938. Purchase
NUTTING FAMILY COLLECTION
A brass chronometer timepiece dating to 1803–06, signed and numbered by its maker ‘John R Arnold, Invenit Fecit, London, no. 246’. Purchase
PATRICK O’LEARY COLLECTION
A copy of Voyage with the Mails, a souvenir booklet from a 1921 voyage on the RMS Orvieto between Australia and London, autographed by numerous passengers including former prime minister William ‘Billy’ Hughes. Purchase
ROSE PELLET SAMPLER COLLECTION
A cross-stitched sampler made in 1847 by Rose Augustine Pellet, daughter of Charlotte Pellet, housekeeper to the Superintendent of the Port Phillip District and later Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria, Charles La Trobe. Purchase
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN’S MISSIONARY UNION OF QUEENSLAND COLLECTION NO. 2
A handmade wooden chair made in 1913 by a 15-year-old Aboriginal boy, Albert Mackenzie from Weipa mission station. The chair was exhibited at the 1913 Brisbane Exhibition as an example of how missions trained Aboriginal people to be productive and industrious. Donation
JOHN ROBINSON COLLECTION
A handcrafted model of the Paddle Steamer Enterprise, scale drawings from which the model was built, and associated materials. Donation
ELLA-ROSE SAVAGE COLLECTION
A series of four lino prints on paper entitled Susu Shell Suite by Ella-Rose Savage from Erub Island in the Torres Strait. Purchase
KAAREN SEPHTON COLLECTION
Two sugarcane cutting knives used by Tom Lester while working as a labourer and manager on sugarcane farms at Mia Mia, near Mackay, in the Pioneer Valley, Queensland. Donation
MIKE AND JODIE TAYLOR COLLECTION
A sheep’s fleece and three prize ribbons won by Mike and Jodie Taylor who lived through the Black Saturday fires of 2009. Purchase
NED WILSON COLLECTION
Dingo traps and a drag chain used by Ned Wilson in his work as a dogger for the Aramac Shire Council in central Queensland. Purchase
Material acquired and approved 3 June 2011
JOSEPH BANKS AND OMAI COLLECTION
A black-and-white engraving entitled Mr Banks Presenting OMIAH the Native of Otaheite to her Majesty, inscribed with the date 1774. Purchase
ANNE FRASER BON COLLECTION
A silver case containing a small notebook and a fine engine-turned silver pencil belonging to Anne Fraser Bon, an important figure in the history of Victorian attempts to control the lives of Aboriginal people during the late 19th and early 20thcenturies. Purchase
BRIDESON COLLECTION
A carved wooden portrait of an Aboriginal man, dated 1917, by Robert Wilhelm Prenzel, Australia’s most celebrated carver of the Federation period. Donation through the Cultural Gifts Program
LINDY CHAMBERLAIN-CREIGHTON COLLECTION NO. 2
A collection of items relating to the events that surrounded the death of baby Azaria Chamberlain in 1980. Purchase
LINDY CHAMBERLAIN-CREIGHTON COLLECTION NO. 3
A collection of items relating to the events that surrounded the death of baby Azaria Chamberlain in 1980, including the infamous black dress worn by Azaria. Purchase
LINDY CHAMBERLAIN-CREIGHTON COLLECTION NO. 5
Forensic exhibits (1980–87) relating to the trial of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, and the royal commission into their convictions for murder and accessory to murder, respectively, of their daughter, Azaria Chamberlain. The collection also consists of clothing worn at significant family events from 1969 to 1992. Donation through the Cultural Gifts Program
ROBERT CROLL INDIGENOUS ARTEFACT COLLECTION
Boomerangs, clubs and baskets produced between the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries for sale as tourist souvenirs. The objects are linked to a number of important former mission or government reserves, including Lake Tyers, Coranderrk, Framlingham, Moonahcullah, La Perouse and Mornington Island. Purchase
HENRY FAITHFULL COLLECTION
A silver-plate tray presented to Henry ‘Monty’ Faithfull in recognition of his ‘sterling play’ in an intercolonial cricket match between New South Wales and Victoria in March 1871. Purchase
FRANK FEAST COLLECTION NO. 2
An Aboriginal basket from Gunbalunya in western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, collected by Frank Feast in 1928. Purchase
FIVE VIEWS OF THE GOLDFIELDS COLLECTION
A hand-coloured, half-tone copy of Thomas Ham’s Five Views of the Goldfields of Mount Alexander and Ballarat. Purchase
GUNDARY BUSHFIRE BRIGADE COLLECTION
A rake-hoe and a knapsack extinguisher used by the Gundary Bushfire Brigade in firefighting and fire prevention endeavours. Donation
CLARRIE HUTCHENS COLLECTION
A diesel tank sledge used in the Ninety Mile Desert region of south-east South Australia in the 1950s and 1960s. Purchase
PETER KERVILLE COLLECTION
A framed oil painting of the head of the racehorse Phar Lap painted by Australian artist Stuart Reid. Purchase
PADDY KING OF NIVE DOWNS AND DUKE OF TAMBO COLLECTION
A brass breastplate presented to Paddy, King of Nive Downs, and Duke of Tambo. Purchase
LINDSAY’S LEICHHARDT TOY FACTORY COLLECTION
A collection documenting the history of Lindsay’s Toy Factory, a pre-eminent Australian toy manufacturing company. Donation through the Cultural Gifts Program
NEVILLE LOCKER COLLECTION
A diverse collection of objects relating to the colonial period of Australian colonial history, particularly the convict era, the gold rush and 19th-century policing. Purchase
MARTUMILI NGURRA COLLECTION
A painting entitled Martumili Ngurra (meaning ‘This is all Martu’s home’) produced in association with the Martumili Art Centre, a community-owned organisation based in Newman, Western Australia. Purchase
DANNY MORSEU COLLECTION
Objects spanning Danny Morseu’s career as a professional basketball player and sporting champion from 1976 to 2004. Morseu was the first Torres Strait Islander to represent Australia at the Olympic Games. Purchase
MUSEUM OF THE RIVERINA FIREARM COLLECTION
A collection of six firearms used on properties in the Riverina district of New South Wales between the 1850s and 1920s. Donation
ALBERT NAMATJIRA — TGH STREHLOW COLLECTION
A varnished mulga wood boomerang with a painted view of the Hermannsburg mission on the front, and a plaque decorated with two goannas within a floral border. Both objects were made by Albert Namatjira at the Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission in Central Australia. Purchase
KING NOBBY OF WIDGEE WIDGEE COLLECTION
A brass breastplate presented to King Nobby of Widgee Widgee and preserved by James John Goode Caulfield, the head stockman on Widgee Widgee station, west of Gympie, Queensland. Purchase
SIR ANDREW SNAPE HAMOND COLLECTION
A mezzotint portrait of Captain Sir Andrew Snape Hamond engraved by George Henry Phillips in 1830. Purchase
ALEX AND PADDY STITT COLLECTION
Objects relating to the Life, Be In It public health campaign of the late 1970s and 1980s. Donation
TULLY SHIELD COLLECTION
An Aboriginal shield from south-western Queensland given to Francis Tully and Anne Leahy at their wedding in 1911 by members of the local Aboriginal community who resided on Ray station, near Quilpie. Purchase
KING WANNEY BREASTPLATE COLLECTION
A brass breastplate presented to King Wanney in 1861. Purchase