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The Wom­en’s Muse­um of Aus­tralia col­lec­tion holds over 2500 objects includ­ing domes­tic tech­nol­o­gy, pho­tographs, man­u­scripts, cloth­ing, jew­ellery and books.

Digi­tis­ing the col­lec­tion and mak­ing it avail­able online is an evolv­ing resource that will, over time, rep­re­sent many more of the Museum’s col­lec­tion highlights.

You can also explore our Library, which holds books and audio­vi­su­al mate­ri­als by click­ing HERE.

  • Hat Box

    Hat box that belonged to Mol­ly Clark. Beige weave in appear­ance with two sets of four ver­ti­cal lines on the top and bot­tom. The shape is flat across the bot­tom (17 cm) and then curves into a… Read more…

    Maker: PERMACASE Travelling goods

  • Photograph of Margaret WOODFORDE née LENNON

    Black and white pho­to of Mar­garet Wood­forde née Lennon. Wife of John William Wood­forde. Mea­sures 10.6 cm width by 15 cm length.

  • Photograph of Mary Theresa WOODFORDE

    Black and white pho­to of Mary There­sa Wood­forde. Mea­sures 10 cm wide by 14.4 cm length. On the back is the anno­ta­tion, ​“Mary There­sa Wood­forde Eldest daugh­ter of John & Mar­garet Woodforde:… Read more…

  • Manual of Devotion

    Man­u­al of Devo­tion, 186 pages. Mea­sures 5.2 cm wide, 9 cm length, 1 cm height. Black leather (leather-like) cov­er with title in gold font. Etched into the leather, front and back cov­ers, is a… Read more…

    Maker: Charles Eason

  • Short, Black Leather Gloves

    Short, black leather gloves with 3 seams stitched for dec­o­ra­tion on out­side and a clip at the wrist. There is a slit 6cm long on either side of a male and female half of a clip. 

  • Long Black Gloves with Three Pearls

    Long,black gloves with 3 black but­tons that look like round pearls. On out­side 3 seams stitched as decoration.

    Maker: MYJOY

  • Long White Gloves with Buttons

    Long white gloves with two plas­tic shiny but­tons inside which have 2 but­ton­holes oppo­site with a long slit in between (91÷2 cm) Mak­er’s tag in left glove 3 seams stitched as dec­o­ra­tion on out­er side… Read more…

    Maker: SATALON

  • Long White Gloves with Pearl Buttons

    Long white gloves with 3 pearl but­tons (i miss­ing on 1 glove) But­ton­holes oppo­site but­tons with a long slit in between. Size 7and half, nylon.

    Maker: Nylon Simplex

  • Short White Embroidered Gloves

    Short white embroi­dered gloves Size 7. Kayser, cot­ton, made in Italy . embroi­dery on out­side of each glove stems with sham­rocks on ends of each stem.

    Maker: KAYSER

  • Bottle Opener Fowler's Vacola

    Flat piece of met­al tapered to a point. Oth­er end is insert­ed into a yel­low han­dle of plastic/​bakelite? sim­i­lar to a knife handle.

    Maker: Fowler's Vacola

  • Letter to Mary Theresa WOODFORDE

    Let­ter to Mary There­sa ​“Pol­ly” WOOD­FORDE at Slid­ing Rock [Flinders Ranges, South Aus­tralia]. Mea­sures 12.6 cm width by 20.2 cm length. Had been fold­ed into thirds, which have become three pieces of… Read more…

    Maker: John William WOODFORDE

  • Pattern Book ''Those beautiful days in Feathersoft'' Patons book 391

    The book con­tains some adver­tise­ments and pat­terns for knit­ting dress­es, cardi­gans, jumpers and pix­ie hoods for babies. It has twen­ty pages and the cov­er is colour­ful with a pic­ture of babies in it. Read more…

    Maker: COATS PATONS [AUSTRALIA] LTD.

  • Pearson’s Pumice Soap

    Trape­zoid-shaped, measures:bottom: 10.4 cm in width,top: 9.5 cm in width,height: 8.5 cm,length: 7 cm at bot­tom and 6 cm at topThe back­ground colour is orange with black text. Weight is 375 g. Read more…

    Maker: The Pearson’s Soap Company

  • Caldwell’s Blu Nob

    A cylin­der wrapped in unbleached muslin. It is tied with string at the top. Red label and white text. ​“CALD­WELL Blu-Nob” on the front and ​“FINEST LAUN­DRY BLUE” on the back. Along the side is… Read more…

    Maker: Caldwell’s Pty Ltd

  • Silver-coloured Bracelet

    Sil­ver-coloured link bracelet. No mark­ing indi­cat­ing that it is ster­ling sil­ver. Com­posed of 13 links. Eight and a half (8.5) cm in diameter.

  • Old-fashioned Dolly Peg

    Old-fash­ioned dol­ly peg, oth­er­wise called a clothes peg (UK Eng­lish) and a clothes­pin (US Eng­lish). One piece, made of wood and mea­sures 10 cm in length and 1.5 cm in width.

  • Tin for Figsen Laxative

    A tin, for­mer­ly con­tain­ing an unknown quan­ti­ty of lax­a­tives. It mea­sures 6.8 cm in width by 5 cm in length by 1.5 cm in height. Hinged lid. The back­ground is orange with black let­ter­ing, except… Read more…

    Maker: Nyal Company

  • Butter Churn

    But­ter churn, cherry.

  • ''Cleckheaton Nursery Book 1''

    This book con­tains pat­terns for knit­ting and cro­chet­ing baby’s jumpers, cardi­gans, pants, bon­nets and bootees. It also con­tains baby’s cro­cheted shawl as well as baby’s pram coat. The book is in… Read more…

  • Pattern book ''Paton's Classic Collection in 5 and 8 ply for children No.51''

    This book con­tains pat­terns for knit­ting chil­dren’s jumpers and cardi­gans. It also shows the mea­sure­ments accord­ing to chil­dren’s age, and the mate­ri­als used, the acces­sories like the knitting… Read more…

    Maker: COATS PATONS PTY, LIMITED

  • Pattern book ''The Australian Women's Weekly Great Winter Knits''

    The book con­tains some adver­tise­ments and pat­terns for knit­ting for all the fam­i­ly. It con­tains pat­terns for great win­ter knits like a Cable knit design­er jumper, man’s colour block sweater and a… Read more…

    Maker: The Australian Women's Weekly

  • Clay Medallion

    Clay disc with hole punched at top and leather thong thread­ed through to enable it to be worn around the neck. One side stamped with old logo — wag­on wheel and map of Aus­tralia with dot to mark Alice… Read more…

  • Postcard - One of Qantas' First Offices

    Post­card, print­ed in Aus­tralia. The message/​address side, locat­ed in the bot­tom, left, states: One of Qan­tas’ FIRST OFFICES – at Duck Street, Lon­greach, Queens­land Divid­ing the mes­sage and the… Read more…

  • Postcard - AVRO 504K, 1921

    Post­card, print­ed in Aus­tralia. The message/​address side, locat­ed in the bot­tom, left, states: AVRO 504K, 1921. Pilot and 2 pas­sen­gers. 65 m.p.h. Intre­pid pas­sen­gers flew in this, Qan­tas’ first… Read more…

    Maker: Qantas

  • Hat Pin

    Hat pin. Mea­sures 12.2 cm total length. Pin/​shank mea­sures 10.1 cm. Fixed to the top is an onion-coloured ball mea­sur­ing ca 1.9 cm diameter.

  • Hat Pin

    Hat pin. Mea­sures 11.8 cm total length. Pin/​shank mea­sures 7 cm. Fixed to the top is a black, tear drop-shape wrapped with a braid of gold-coloured metal.

  • Hat Pin

    Hat pin. Mea­sures 10.8 cm total length. Pin/​shank mea­sures 9 cm. Fixed to the top is a round, mahogany-coloured ball with a gold sepal hold­ing it.

  • Gloves

  • Doll - Edith BOHNING

    Female doll made of com­po­si­tion, known as ​“com­po”, a sort of tough papi­er mâché, the doll has a cloth body and imi­tates the Ger­man porce­lain vari­ety. Mea­sures 40 cm in length by 16 cm width. She has… Read more…

  • Breast Pump

    A man­u­al breast pump with orig­i­nal box. On the box, writ­ten in blue ink, is “$2.59”. One-piece con­sist­ing of round, red pump and clear glass (?) suc­tion recep­ta­cle. Mea­sures approx­i­mate­ly 13.5 cm… Read more…

    Maker: Continental

  • Book - "Songs"

    Book: Songs: Select­ed for Use by Home League Meet­ings. The cov­er has a draw­ing of a home sit­ting on an open book. Red, fab­ric cov­er, with two sta­ples hold­ing it togeth­er. Mea­sures 10.6 cm wide… Read more…

    Maker: “Wholly set up and printed in Australia by Citadel Press”

  • Book - "Red Shield Huts"

    Book — Red Shield Huts. Mea­sures 9.5 cm wide by 13.1 cm length. Red, fab­ric cov­er, with two sta­ples hold­ing it togeth­er. The cov­er has, in black, an out­line of Aus­tralia with The Sal­va­tion Army… Read more…

    Maker: The Salvation Army Press

  • Pattern book ''Green Label Cottons'' Standard of the World.

    The book con­tains pat­terns and instruc­tions for mak­ing Yokes, such as a Night-gown yoke and a Dain­ty Yoke, night-gown yoke with a rose pat­tern, com­bi­na­tion yoke with dia­mond pat­tern and fil­let yoke… Read more…

    Maker: Richardson Silk Company

  • Pattern book ' Bestway Book no. 60 Lingerie Crochet Book''

    The book con­tains cro­chet pat­terns for lin­gerie items like Chemise and Knick­er Trim­mings and Lin­gerie Edg­ing with Cro­chet Trim­mings. There’s also a pat­tern for a Cro­chet-Trimmed Night­gowns, a… Read more…

    Maker: The Fleetway House

  • Dress Pattern, 9149

    Wom­an’s Dress Pattern

  • Justice of Peace Instruction Book and Badge

    Faye’s Jus­tice of the Peace badge and her book of instruc­tions to Jus­tices of the Peace. Faye has pinned the badge to the book. (a) The pin is on the bot­tom right cor­ner of the book. It mea­sures 2… Read more…

  • Photograph 1/14A The Gregory Children Uanita, Beryl, Rhoda, Eric, Illma

    A THE GRE­GO­RY CHIL­DREN 1/14A Uani­ta (10) Beryl (8) Rho­da (6) Eric (5) Ill­ma (2). Black & white and mea­sures 254 mm length by 202 mm wide. On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/14A GREGORY.

  • Photograph of First and Second Price Family Houses

    THE FIRST AND SEC­OND HOUS­ES TO BE BUILT BY THE PRICE FAM­I­LY ON HARP­ER SPRINGS STA­TION. THE FIRST HOUSE, BUILT IN 1925 IS ON THE LEFT, THE CHIL­DREN THEN WERE MOL­LY 18, PEARL 15, ALF 13 AND RON 11.… Read more…

  • Faye Nayler's Tourist Mecca

    Arti­cle FAYE NAYLERS TOURIST MEC­CA print­ed on A4 paper. Two pho­tos are includ­ed: Faye Nayler out­side the Opal Cave and Three tourist coach­es at Faye Naylers [sic] Opal Cave. 

  • Photograph 1/34A Flying Doctor Plane at Glengyle

    1/34A 34A FLY­ING DOC­TOR PLANE AT GLENGYLE. Black & white and mea­sures 254 mm wide by 202 mm length. On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/34A WALKER.

  • Opal Stone

    Triplet. Oval shape. The black back looks as though it had been glued to some­thing, as a dis­play piece. Mea­sures 20 mm length, 10 mm width.

  • Photograph 1/1A Nancie with Lizzie, ca 1940

    1/1A NAN­CIE WITH LIZZIE c1940 Black & white and mea­sures 253 mm high by 201 mm wide On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/1A ANDREW 

  • Photograph of Isobel and Fred Price Returning to Telegraph Station

    ISO­BEL AND FRED PRICE PREPAR­ING TO RETURN TO THE TELE­GRAPH STA­TION AFTER A DAY IN STU­ART TOWN. STAND­ING BEHIND FRED PRICE, ON THE VERAN­DAH OF THE STU­ART ARMS HOTEL, IS MRS LEN, WIFE OF THE MANAGER… Read more…

  • Letter to Drivers

    Print­ed on two sheets of A4 paper and taped (back­side only) togeth­er mak­ing it A3 in size is a let­ter, signed and dat­ed 1 April 1982, from Faye to dri­vers and Tour­ing Com­pa­nies when she was preparing… Read more…

  • Photograph 1/15A Metha Gregory

    1/15A METHA GRE­GO­RY. Copy of a black & white pho­to and mea­sures 254 mm length by 202 mm wide. The orig­i­nal had a crease from side to side approx­i­mate­ly 22 mm from the top. On back writ­ten in… Read more…

  • Map Kingoonya to Marla

    An A3-size black and white pho­to­copied map of Kin­goonya to Mar­la Near the mid­dle, in a frame, is Wilkins Tourist Maps. No dates of oth­er markings.

    Maker: Wilkins Tourist Maps

  • Photograph 1/35A Aborigine Workers at Station

    1/35A A Abo­rig­ine work­ers at sta­tion ?. Black & white and mea­sures 254 mm wide by 202 mm length. On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/35A WALKER.

  • Opal Stone

    White, oval shape. Sol­id crys­tal opal stone mea­sur­ing 18 mm length, 13 mm width.

  • Photograph 1/2A Bedourie, 1943, Colleen Clancy, J. Clancy, P. Finch ?, Nancie, J. Smith, Mr. Gaffney, Eric Sammon

    1/2A BEDOURIE 1943 Colleen Clan­cy, J. Clan­cy, P. Finch ?, Nan­cie, J. Smith, Mr Gaffney, Eric Sam­mon Black & white and mea­sures 254 mm wide by 202 mm high On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/2A… Read more…

  • Photograph of Price Rriends Returning to Stuart Town (Alice Springs)

    A GROUP OF FRIENDS OF THE PRICE FAM­I­LY RETURN TO STU­ART TOWN AFTER A PIC­NIC DAY AT SIMP­SONS GAP. 1923.

  • Letter from Parliament House

    Print­ed on A5 paper is a let­ter, dat­ed 25 Jan­u­ary 1980, from Gra­ham Gunn, Mem­ber for Eyre & Chair­man of Com­mit­tees, to Faye inform­ing her of her appoint­ment as a jus­tice of the peace.

  • Photograph 1/16A Illma Baldock (nee Gregory), 18 years old

    1/16A Ill­ma Bal­dock (née Gre­go­ry), 18 years old. Black & white and mea­sures 254 mm length by 202 mm wide. On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/16A GREGORY. 

  • Set of Three Doilies

    Three (3) doilies, of beige linen, fea­tur­ing a red bot­tle­brush flower with green leaves, brown stems, and buds. Lace around the bor­der of each. Hand embroidered.

  • Press Release

    From the Biru­bi Record­ing Stu­dio, 56 Man­gan Street, Ton­gala Vic., a four-page press release. Two pages of A4 paper, copied both sides, taped togeth­er to pages 2 and 3, mak­ing a sheet A3 size. PRESS… Read more…

    Maker: Birubi Recording Studio

  • Photograph 1/36A Donkey Team Near Station Home

    DON­KEY TEAM NEAR STA­TION HOME 1/36A. Black & white pho­to and mea­sures 254 mm wide by 202 mm length. On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/36A WALK­ER. The pho­to con­tains three hous­es. The one in… Read more…

  • Opal Stone

    Round. Sol­id white crys­tal opal stone mea­sur­ing 12 mm diameter.

  • Photograph 1/3A Albert Blinman and Daughter with Mailman from Marree to Birdsville (Tom Kruse)

    1/3A ALBERT BLIN­MAN & DAUGH­TER WITH MAIL­MAN FROM MAREE TO BIRDSVILLE (TOM KRUSE) Black & white and mea­sures 254 mm wide by 202 mm high On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/3A WALK­ER The… Read more…

  • Photograph of Ron, Alf, Pearl Price Children Riding Cow

    THE THREE PRICE CHIL­DREN GO FOR A RIDE ON THE FAM­I­LY PET COW AT THE TELE­GRAPH STA­TION, 1921 FROM THE BACK, RON, ALF AND PEARL The pho­to­graph is stamped in pur­ple ink Eileen McRae (on line 1) and… Read more…

  • Letter from Opal Cave

    Print­ed on A4 paper is a let­ter, dat­ed 17 July 2006, from Caroline/​Opal Cave to Faye wish­ing her well and thank­ing her for com­ing back to the field for a vis­it in 2006.

  • Photograph 1/17A Metha Gregory and Her Five Children

    1/17A Metha Gre­go­ry and Her Five Chil­dren. Eric (2) Cedric Errol (10) Uani­ta Mary (7) Beryl Elder (5) Rho­da Vio­la (3).

  • Glass

    Glass mug with clear, glass han­dle; gold rim. When the han­dle is on the right, 20th Anniver­sary is print­ed in black on the front. When the han­dle is on the left, there is a map of Australia… Read more…

  • Profile Faye Nayler

    Arti­cle PRO­FILE FAYE NAYLER, June 1994 on A3 paper. Orig­i­nal­ly was two A4 pages but has been pho­to­copied as an A3. The text is all in cap­i­tal letters.

  • Photograph 1/12A Andrew

    Four women, black and white, mea­sures 253 mm wide by 202 mm length. 1/12A 1/12A GLADYS WARE/BAKER (N ANDREWS). [Andrew in pho­to 1/13A but Andrews in pho­to 1/12A] with daugh­ters Zona (L) Raelene ©… Read more…

  • Opal Stone

    Tear-drop/­tri­an­gle. 15 mm at base, 19 mm length. Sol­id crys­tal opal stone measuring 

  • Photograph 1/4A Dinner at Birdsville Track

    1/4A DIN­NER AT BIRDSVILLE TRACK Black & white and mea­sures 254 mm wide by 202 mm length. On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/4A WALK­ER The pho­to is of a truck with goods on the back. In front of… Read more…

  • Photograph of Molly, Pearl, Ron Price Pulling Rope

    MOL­LY, PEARL AND RON PRICE PULL ON THE ROPE THAT IS SECURED TO A MILK­ING COW, KEEP­ING HER TIGHT AGAINST THE RAILS. THEY WERE GIV­EN SOME MILK­ERS FROM MR & MRS DRAP­ER OF BOND SPRINGS STATION. Read more…

  • Blue Book of South Australia

    The copy­right and arti­cle about Faye from page 88 of the Blue Book of South Aus­tralia, print­ed on A4 paper.

  • Photograph 1/18A Uanita Mary Simounds (nee Gregory)

    8A UANI­TA MARY SIMOUNDS (née GRE­GO­RY). Black & white and mea­sures 254 mm length by 202 mm wide. On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/18A GREGORY.

  • Glass

    Print­ed in white on one side only is ​“COOBER PEDY pick & axe WORLD’S OPAL CAP­I­TAL AUS­TRALIA.” Weight­ed on bot­tom. Mea­sures 11.5 mm high, 6 mm diam­e­ter. Excel­lent condition.

  • Faye Nayler Business Card and ALDECC Pin

    Not includ­ed in Faye’s inven­to­ry are two (2) busi­ness cards. They con­tain the same infor­ma­tion but Card one has been lam­i­nat­ed. Card two has the ALDECC 20th anniver­sary pin pinned to it. The pin… Read more…

  • Photograph of Camel Drivers with Camels

    A black & white pho­to­copy which mea­sures 257 mm wide by 201 mm length. The pho­to is of two camels; the first high­ly dec­o­rat­ed with a cameleer in the sad­dle. The sec­ond camel has a sad­dle, and… Read more…

  • Triplet Opal Stone

    Oval, sol­id crys­tal opal stone mea­sur­ing 36 mm length, 22 mm width. Has a chip.

  • Photograph 1/5A Marree Station

    MAREE STA­TION Black & white and mea­sures 254 mm wide by 202 mm length. On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/5A WALKER.

  • Photograph of Alf, Ron, Pearl, Molly Price Sitting on Top of Fence

    ALF, RON, PEARL AND MOL­LY PRICE SIT ON THE TOP RAIL OF THE CAT­TLE YARDS AT THE OVER­LAND TELE­GRAPH STA­TION, 1923. THEIR FAITH­FUL DOG PINCH­ER IS TAK­ING TIME OFF SIT­TING IN THE SHADE. The pho­to­graph is… Read more…

  • New S.E.S. Vehicle

    The front page from OPAL CHIPS, June 1980. There is a table of con­tents, called INSIDE STORES. It also con­tains three arti­cles, and in the low­er, right cor­ner is a pho­to titles New S.E.S. Vehicle.… Read more…

  • Photograph 1/20A Rhoda Viola Clough (nee Gregory)

    1/20A 0A RHO­DA VIO­LA CLOUGH (N GRE­GO­RY). 1/20A Black & white and mea­sures 254 mm length by 202 mm wide. On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/20A GREGORY.

  • Glass

    Mea­sures 6 mm diam­e­ter at top; 4.5 mm at bot­tom; 11.7 mm high. Gold, top rim. Some gold tar­nished or flecked off. Very good to excel­lent (if gold is tar­nished) con­di­tion. Small­er at bot­tom to… Read more…

  • Small Bottle Black Opal Chips

    It is not includ­ed in Faye’s inven­to­ry. A glass bot­tle which appears to have been a spice bot­tle because it has a plas­tic insert with 6 holes. Taped to it is a yel­low Post-It note with BLACK OPAL… Read more…

  • Photograph of Women

    A black & white which mea­sures 290 mm wide by 190 mm length, which has been lam­i­nat­ed. In front of a build­ing, are a group of approx­i­mate­ly eigh­teen (18) women, all wear­ing a hat and white… Read more…

  • T-shirt

    Faye’s descrip­tion is ​“1 white T‑shirt (well worn) Ayres [sic] Rock Pio­neers reunion 1984.” Logo: three red humps = Ayers rock with cab­in (two win­dows, one door) in front and two clumps of green… Read more…

    Maker: Ryder

  • Photograph 1/6A Maisie Arbon's Grave

    1/6A MAISIE ARBONS GRAVE Two copies of the same pho­to. One (orig­i­nal) is in col­or and mea­sures 89 mm wide by 88 mm length. On the back, writ­ten in blue ink, is Maisie Arbons grave died 1936 buried at… Read more…

  • Photograph of Alf, Molly, Ron, Pearl Price Having a Paddle

    ALF, MOL­LY, RON AND PEARL PRICE HAV­ING A PAD­DLE AFTER THE DROUGHT BROKE IN 1921, STU­ART TOWN.

  • Coober Pedy - The Tourist Centre

    Arti­cle COOBER PEDY THE TOURIST CEN­TRE: They’re com­ing in droves to To [sic] see the under­ground dwellers. Three columns of the arti­cle are print­ed on A4 paper; the fourth col­umn has been taped to… Read more…

  • Photograph 1/28A Bedourie: Royal Hotel, ca 1939, Geo. M. Gaffney, Proprietor

    1/28A BEDOURIE: ROY­AL HOTEL. c1939 Geo. M. Gaffney Pro­pri­etor Black & white and mea­sures 253 mm wide by 202 mm length. On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/28A ANDREW.

  • Bag of Potch and Colour

    Fayes inven­to­ry called it bag of potch and colour. Many small pieces of potch in a sealed GLAD bag with POTCH AND COLOUR hand-writ­ten in black mark­er to the right of the logo.

  • Photograph of Esther Bohning Boiling the Billy, Tennant Creek, 1933

    Black and white albu­men sil­ver pho­to­graph of Esther BOHN­ING boil­ing the billy.Stamped on reverse in blue ink: 9322 Inscrip­tions on reverse: In black foun­tain pen ink, cur­sive: ​“The first and only… Read more…

  • Photograph of Two Women Who Motored Across the Simpson Desert to Alice Springs, ca 1920s

    A black & white which mea­sures 176 mm wide by 125 mm length, with a 26 mm white mat. The pho­to is in a MAR­BIG COPY SAFE ref. 251 06 sheet pro­tec­tor. Writ­ten on the sheet pro­tec­tor in the left… Read more…

  • Opal Cave Wind Cheater

    “Blue Opal Cave Crew Blue wind cheater as worn by all Staff.” FAYE NAYLERS OPAL CAVE CREW with OPAL CAVE COUN­TRY under image of an opal. Crew neck, light blue, long sleeve sweat­shirt. ​‚The inside… Read more…

    Maker: Exacto Knitwear Pty Ltd

  • Photograph 1/8A Maisie Semmons Andrew, aged 16

    1/8A MAISIE SEM­MONS ANDREW aged 16. Two copies of the same pho­to. One (orig­i­nal ?) mea­sures 93 mm wide by 146 mm length. On back is writ­ten in blue ink, MAISIE SEM­MONS ANDREW 16 YEARS. In the… Read more…

  • Photograph of Molly and Pearl Price with Rita Henderson

    THREE FRIENDS READY FOR A HORSE RIDE. MOL­LY PRICE, PEARL PRICE AND RITA HEN­DER­SON, TAK­EN OUT FRONT OF THE MAIN RES­I­DENCE AT THE OVER­LAND TELE­GRAPH STA­TION, 1923.

  • We've Linked up with St Andrews

    Arti­cle Coober Pedy golf clubs gem of a deal: We’ve linked up with St Andrews. Two pages of A4 paper, copied one side, taped togeth­er, mak­ing a sheet A3 size. Pub­lished in the Sun­day Her­ald Sun,… Read more…

    Maker: Sunday Herald Sun

  • Photograph 1/30A Bedourie: Police Station, ca 1939

    1/30A BEDOURIE: POLICE STA­TION c1939. Black & white and mea­sures 254 mm wide by 202 mm length. On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/30A ANDREW.

  • Bag of Potch, no Colour

    In Fayes inven­to­ry, she describes it as Bag of Potch non pre­cious opal no colour). Many medi­um pieces of potch in a sealed GLAD bag with POTCH hand-writ­ten in black mark­er to the right of the logo. Read more…

  • Photograph of Esther and John Bohning

    Pho­to­graph of Esther and John BOHNING.

  • Photograph of 1922 Dort and A.I.M. Sisters

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  • CD - Gentle Giants of the Deep

    CD Gen­tle Giants of the Deep, music lyrics & vocals Faye Nayler. Sound record­ing by Air­play Record­ing Stu­dio 1996 AR00001. Four tracks: 1. Gen­tle Giants of the Deep 2. Aus­tralian Blue Skys… Read more…

    Maker: Airplay Recording Studio

  • Photograph 1/10A Gladys Ware/Baker (nee Andrews), aged 76, 1984

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  • Photograph of Group of Ladies and One Man at Old Police Station Picnic Race Meeting, 1923

    A GROUP OF LADIES, AND ONE GEN­TLE­MAN, SIT­TING UNDER THE PEP­PER TREES AT THE OLD POLICE STA­TION, JUST THROUGH THE GAP. THEY WERE ATTEND­ING A CHRIST­MAS PIC­NIC RACE MEET­ING. THE RACE COURSE WAS AT… Read more…

  • National Geographic

    Pho­to­copied on A3 size paper is the Octo­ber 1976 issue of Nation­al Geo­graph­ic (Vol. 150, No. 4). In addi­tion, are pages 565 – 566, the end of what should be the arti­cle Opal Cap­i­tal of Australia’s… Read more…

    Maker: National Geographic, Vol. 150, No. 4

  • Photograph 1/31A Topsy, Jack and Nora

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