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EXPLORE THE WMA OBJECTS COLLECTION

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.

  • White Ceramic Jug

    White ceram­ic jug, mea­sures 18.8 cm in height, 11.2 cm in diam­e­ter, and approx­i­mate­ly 15 cm in width includ­ing the han­dle. The top rim is scal­loped. Look­ing at it with the spout on the left and the… Read more…

  • Hair Bun

    Hair bun/​sequined hair net. Mea­sures 12 cm width by 7.5 cm length. The span­gles are inter­spersed and are pur­ple, orange, sil­ver, green, and red in colour. Bun is brown with the net­ting and bangles… Read more…

  • Gay Blade Razor Blade Bank

    Gay Blade razor blade bank. Is in the shape of a man with a black mus­tache. He is wear­ing a black bowler hat. His body is in the shape of a red and white bar­ber pole design with a slot, and has… Read more…

  • Chip Heater

    Chip heater. Mea­sures 59 cm high by 35.5 cm in diam­e­ter with the spout being 13 cm in length. On top is ​“Simpson’s Pirie Chip Heater”. The sides appear to be alu­minum with the top a heav­ier metal. Read more…

  • Clothes Brush

    Clothes brush, curved in almost half cir­cle. Han­dle is wood­en, paint­ed black, with much of it worn off. Bris­tles are gold­en and are secured to wood with met­al wire in a zig zag pat­tern. The end… Read more…

  • Clothes Brush

    Clothes brush. Han­dle is wood­en, medi­um brown, with some of the ​“var­nish” worn off. Bris­tles are black. Mea­sures 30 cm in length and 7 cm at the widest. Good con­di­tion, bris­tles hard­ly worn.… Read more…

  • Crocheted Pie Frill

    Cro­cheted pie frill. Off-white with five, hor­i­zon­tal row at the bot­tom and many ver­ti­cal columns lead­ing off. The top is a zig zag design with two holes near the top of every col­umn. Mea­sures 23… Read more…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

    A sepia-coloured pho­to 87 mm wide by 129 mm length. The pho­to has mul­ti­ple pin holes in each cor­ner. A plas­tic label, black back­ground and white let­ter­ing, made by a label mak­er, is stuck across the… Read more…

  • 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

    1/10A GLADYS WARE/BAKER (née ANDREWS) aged 76 (1984). Black & white and mea­sures 177 mm wide by 126 mm length. On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/10A ANDREW.

  • 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

    TOP­SY, JACK & NORA 1/31A. Black & white pho­to and mea­sures 254 mm wide by 202 mm length. On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/31A WALK­ER. The pho­to con­tains a humpie/​hut with three… Read more…

  • Bottle of Full Colour Uncut Opal

    Faye describes it as Small bot­tle of full colour Uncut opal. The glass bot­tle 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… Read more…

  • Photograph of Edith and William McDonald

    Pho­to­graph of Edith BOHN­ING and William McDONALD.

  • Photograph of Maudy Nichols and 1925 Buick

    Black and white, woman fac­ing right, in front of car MAUDY NICHOLS AND 1925 BUICK. Had at one time been thumb tacked to wall, as there are mul­ti­ple holes in each cor­ner. Mea­sures 215 mm wide by 164… Read more…

  • DVD - "Icon Towns"

    DVD, pre­sent­ed by Read­ers Digest. Aus­tralian Icon Towns, Vol­ume Three. Five audio files: Coober Pedy, Launce­s­ton, Bal­larat, Ten­ter­field, Tanun­da. Copy­right 2007. Run­ning time 55 min­utes approx. Read more…

    Maker: Reader's Digest

  • Photograph 1/11 A Gladys Arbon, aged 19, 1945

    Two copies of the same pho­to. Black & white One (orig­i­nal ?) mea­sures 119 mm wide by 163 mm length. Cor­ners slight­ly bent. Some stains (1) left mar­gin, (2) bot­tom left cor­ner (3) bot­tom middle.… Read more…

  • Photograph of Molly and Pearl PRICE Washing Clothes

    LATE IN 1924, MRS PRICE AND HER FOUR CHIL­DREN RETURNED TO START [sic] RUN­NING HARPERS SPRINGS AND WOOLA DOWNS STA­TIONS, TWO PROP­ER­TIES THAT MR PRICE HAD WANT­ED TO RETIRED [sic] BUT HE DIED IN AUGUST… Read more…

  • Coober Pedy Regional Times

    Arti­cle FAYE NAYLER RETURNS TO COOBER PEDY A NEW ROUND OF HIS­TO­RY EMERGES, page 1 (no author). On page 3 is the arti­cle FAYE NAYLER AND TINY PECO COM­BINE FOR 2007 OPAL FES­TI­VAL WEEK­END MUSICAL… Read more…

    Maker: Coober Pedy Regional Times

  • Photograph 1/32A Royal Hotel, Bedourie with Allan, Nancie and Mr. Gaffney, Proprietor

    1/32A 1/32A ROY­AL HOTEL, BEDOURIE with Allan, Nan­cie & Mr Gaffney (Pro­pri­etor). Black & white and mea­sures 254 mm wide by 202 mm length. On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/32A WALKER. Read more…

  • Bottle of Black Opal

    Faye describes it in her inven­to­ry as small bot­tle of Black opal spec­i­mens. The glass bot­tle appears to have been a spice bot­tle because it has a plas­tic insert with 6 holes. Taped to it is a… Read more…

  • Photograph of Gladys Ware/Baker

  • Photograph of Isobel Price née Hesketh in Her Wedding Dress

    MRS ISO­BEL PRICE (NEE HES­KETH) IN HER WED­DING DRESS. MR & MRS PRICE WERE MAR­RIED AT THE PALMER­STON WES­LEY CHURCH, 5TH MARCH 1898 ISO­BEL WAS 21 YEARS OF AGE AND FRED WAS 30. MRS PRICE LEFT… Read more…

  • Book Warm in My Heart

    Paper­back book Warm in My Heart: Bal­lads and Sto­ries of the Coober Pedy Opal Field. Mea­sures 14.6 cm wide by 20.7 cm length. One hun­dred thir­ty-two pages not includ­ing the cover.

  • Photograph 1/13A Gladys Ware/Baker (nee Andrew) with Daughters Raelene and Zona, ca 1957

    1/13A 1/13A GLADYS WARE/BAKER (N ANDREW) [Andrew in pho­to 1/13A but Andrews in pho­to 1/12A] with daugh­ters Rae­lene (L) & Zora ® 1957. Black and white. Mea­sures 248 mm wide by 202 mm length. Read more…

  • (no photo) Pearl, Alf, Mrs Price, Molly, Ron Standing in Front of Bough Shed

    PHO­TO MISS­ING: PEARL, ALF, MRS PRICE, MOL­LY AND RON STAND­ING IN FRONT OF THE BOUGH SHED THEY BUILT AS THEIR FIRST HOME ON HARPERS SPRINGS. PHO­TO MISSING.

  • Opal Crew Really Down Under

    Arti­cle Opal Crew Real­ly Down Under pho­to­copied on A3 paper. No dates of oth­er markings.

  • Photograph 1/33A Bedourie Bore, 1939

    1/33A BEDOURIE BORE 1939. Black & white and mea­sures 254 mm length by 202 mm wide. On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/33A WALK­ER. Pho­to is of a woman in a long-sleeve, V‑neck, knee-length dress… Read more…

  • Bottle of Black Opal Chips

    This is a glass bot­tle with WHITE OPAL CHIPS hand- writ­ten in black ink on a yel­low Post-It note and taped to the bot­tle. The bot­tle appears to have been a spice bot­tle because it has a plastic… Read more…

  • Photograph 1/0A Nancie in Camp, ca 1940

    NAN­CIE IN CAMP c1940. Black & white and mea­sures 254 mm wide by 202 mm length. On back writ­ten in black ink is 1/0A WALKER.

  • Photograph of Isobel Price at Telegraph Station, Stuart Town (Alice Springs)

    ISO­BEL PRICE STAND­ING IN FRONT OF THE POST­MAS­TERS RES­I­DENCE AT THE OVER­LAND TELE­GRAPH STA­TION, STU­ART TOWN. APPROX. 1923.

  • 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…