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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.

  • 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.

  • Dress Pattern 1495, The Advertiser and The Chronicle Pattern Service

    Wom­an’s Dress Pattern

  • Calendar, 1934

    Maker: Chas. Steele & Co. Pty. Ltd.

  • Calendar, 1936

    Cal­en­dar, 1936, with a gold rust­ed met­al band top and bot­tom. A met­al ring is in the top mid­dle to hang it on a wall. Mea­sures 522 mm in length, 352 mm in width, includ­ing met­al bands. The… Read more…

    Maker: Horace H. Read

  • Calendar, 1934

    Cal­en­dar, 1934, with met­al bands at the top and bot­tom, both sides. Met­al tab at top to hang on wall. Mea­sures 518 mm in length, 352 mm in width, includ­ing met­al bands. The ​“paint­ing”, not… Read more…

    Maker: Horace H. Read

  • Maude NICHOLLS' Alice Springs Senior Citizens Life Member Badge

    Maud NICHOLLS’ Alice Springs senior cit­i­zens life mem­ber­ship badge, mea­sur­ing 4.5 cm wide by 4.5 cm high. The ​“LIFE MEM­BER” bar mea­sures 4.5 cm wide by 1.5 cm high. The ​“ALICE SPRINGS SENIOR… Read more…

  • Pianoforte Tutor

    Pop­u­lar Edi­tion — Pianoforte Tutor by Flo­rence Wick­ins. Mea­sures 255 mm wide by 354 mm length. Six­ty-four pages of music not includ­ing the cov­er. Con­tents. Sewn with thread at the left border.… Read more…

    Maker: Bosworth & Co.

  • The Rose of No Man's Land

    The Rose of No Man’s Land. Writ­ten by Jack Cad­di­gan. Music by James A. Bren­nan. Mea­sures 254 mm wide by 350 mm length. Cov­er pho­to is of a Red Cross nurse/​sister in white uni­form hold­ing blue… Read more…

    Maker: Allan & Co. Pty. Ltd.

  • The Royal Method for Piano

    The Roy­al Method for Piano by J. Alfred John­stone. ​“Con­sist­ing of the ele­ments of music, and care­ful­ly grad­ed, lessons, scales, chords, etc. etc.” Impe­r­i­al edi­tion, num­ber 65B. Pub­lished by Allan… Read more…

    Maker: Allan & Co. Prop. Ltd.

  • Hymns

    Hymns from an incom­plete book. Some water stains. The two inside sta­ples are slight­ly rust­ed. These are pages 261 through 316. Hymn num­ber 233, ​“Lord, Remem­ber Me”, is the first com­plete song,… Read more…

  • Christmas Carols

    Christ­mas Car­ols. Mea­sures 153 mm wide by 229 mm length. Six­teen pages. Mid­dle sta­ples rust­ed, oth­er­wise excel­lent con­di­tion. Inside cov­er: ​“Your Gift and ours …Funds which our Company… Read more…

    Maker: H. C. SLEIGH LIMITED; printed by The Specialty Press Limited

  • Supplement Tune Times

    Sup­ple­ment – ​“Tune Times”. The Man From Harlem. Fox Trot. Com­posed and arranged by Will Hud­son. Copy­right 1933. Print­ed in Eng­land. Mea­sures 302 mm wide by 235 mm in length. Nine­teen pages of… Read more…

    Maker: Exclusive Publications Inc.

  • Czerny's 101 Exercises

    Czerny’s 101 Exer­cis­es — Sut­tons Edi­tion, No. 1085. Mea­sures 256 mm wide by 335 mm length. Thir­teen pages of music plus the cov­er equals 14 pages. White tape along left edge and white tape in… Read more…

    Maker: Suttons Proprietary Limited Music Warehouse

  • Cole's Commonwealth Music Books

    Cole’s Com­mon­wealth Music Books, No. 19. Pages 1 – 46. Mea­sures 259 mm width by 353 mm length. Torn from book. Has string bind­ing. Shows some sign of mold. The first page was torn in half… Read more…

    Maker: Cole's Commonwealth

  • The Sheik of Araby Music Score

    The Sheik of Ara­by music score. Mea­sures 265 mm wide, 342 mm length. Four pages total, three of music. ​“Kennedy” is writ­ten in ink in the top right cor­ner. Poor con­di­tion; the mar­gins are torn… Read more…

    Maker: J. Albert & Son

  • National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame Old Courthouse Volunteer Card

    The vol­un­teer card is almost-square, lam­i­nat­ed and print­ed with the same design on both sides. That design shows an ear­ly NPWHF logo: the sev­en-pronged wag­on wheel (rep­re­sent­ing the sev­en Australian… Read more…

  • Document “Braitling Primary – Jubilee Mural 1933-1983” with Two Photos of Work Being Done

    (a) Doc­u­ment of three parts and con­sists of 11 unnum­bered, A4 pages. Each of ten (10) pages describes the pan­el. pan­el 1 — 1933 – 1943 pan­el 2 — 1933 – 1943 con­tin­ued pan­el 3 —… Read more…

  • Photos of “Braitling Primary – Jubilee Mural 1933-1983”

    Two (2) pho­tos of the ​“Braitling Pri­ma­ry – Jubilee Mur­al 1933−1983”. The pho­tos are not labeled. Each mea­sures 31.5 cm wide by 10.5 cm length. (a) pho­to 1 shows pan­els 1 – 5.(b) pho­to 2 shows panels… Read more…

  • Fact Sheet “Buffel Grass: Before and After”

    Fact Sheet ​“Buf­fel Grass: Before and After”. Mea­sures A4 size (21.0 cm x 29.7 cm). Yel­low-green back­ground with three pho­tos, each mea­sur­ing 10.7 cm wide by 7.1 cm length. The first two photos… Read more…

  • The Australian Heritage Cookbook

    A large cof­fee-table sized book which aims to doc­u­ment and cel­e­brate Aus­trali­a’s food tra­di­tions as they were in 1988. The book is divid­ed into ten sec­tions (such as fish recipes and recipes for… Read more…

    Maker: Gaslight Publishing Pty Ltd

  • Medallion

    Medal­lion, mea­sur­ing 3.5 cm in height and 2 cm in width. Has a ring which could be put on a chain. One side has the let­ters A A S S inter­wo­ven. The oth­er side has ​“FULL MEM­BER — 1896 – 97. — NOT… Read more…

  • Australian Identification Discs/Dog Tags

    Aus­tralian iden­ti­fi­ca­tion discs/​dog tags. Two discs on a leather lan­yard. The Aus­tralian Defence Force issues sol­diers two tags of dif­fer­ent shapes, one octag­o­nal and one cir­cu­lar. The information… Read more…

  • Australian Imperial Force Light Horse Rising Sun Collar Badge

    Aus­tralian Impe­r­i­al Force light horse ris­ing sun col­lar badge in oxi­dised cop­per or brass fin­ish. . Mea­sures 4 cm in width and 2.7 cm in height. A clip on the back secured it to the uniform. Read more…

  • Australian Imperial Force Rising Sun Hat Badge

    An Aus­tralian Impe­r­i­al Force ris­ing sun hat badge in oxi­dised cop­per or brass fin­ish. Mea­sures 6 cm in width, 4.5 cm in height. A clip on the back secured it to the uniform

  • Australian Imperial Force (AIF) Shoulder Title

    An Aus­tralian Impe­r­i­al Force (AIF) shoul­der title with ​“the now famous curved ​“AUS­TRALIA” title” in oxi­dised cop­per or brass fin­ish. Mea­sures 5.5 cm in width and 1 cm in height. A clip on each end… Read more…

  • Pine Cones - Silver and Gold

    Pine cones of var­i­ous sizes. The large ones (6) are paint­ed gold, and the small­er ones (7) are paint­ed sil­ver. They range in size from 6.5 cm length/​3 cm width/​3 cm diam­e­ter to 2 cm length/​2 cm… Read more…

  • Book - "Alice in Wonderland"

    Book — Alice in Won­der­land — with 48 coloured plates, by Mar­garet W TAR­RANT. The cov­er is navy and mea­sures 16 cm in width, 21 cm in length, and 4.5 cm in height. The cov­er has a coloured drawing,… Read more…

    Maker: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited

  • Photograph of Pearl BIRD (née PRICE), Mrs PRICE, Ron PRICE, Molly DIXON (née PRICE), Woola Downs Station, ca 1936

    Pho­to­graph of ​“PEARL BIRD (NEE PRICE), MRS PRICE, RON PRICE AND MOL­LY DIXON (NEE PRICE [sic] AT WOOLA DOWNS STA­TION HOME­STEAD, APPROX. 1936

  • Photograph of Pearl Price Shearing

    Pho­to­graph of“PEARL PRICE TRYS HER HAND AT SHEAR­ING THE FAM­I­LY PET SHEEP, WITH HAND SHEARS, ON HARP­ER SPRINGS STA­TION. SHIRTS WITH THE SLEEVES ROLLED DOWN AND A HAT WERE WORN AS MUCH AS POS­SI­BLE FOR… Read more…

  • Tie Tack

    Men’s tie tack. The back [?] side is white, round, moth­er of pearl-look­ing and mea­sures 10 mm in diam­e­ter. In the cen­ter, is the pin. The front [?] side is gold [of gold-col­ored met­al], 15 mm in… Read more…

  • Tie Tack

    Men’s tie tack. The back [?] side is white, oval, moth­er of pearl-look­ing and mea­sures 12 mm in length, 9 mm width. The front [?] side is gold [of gold-col­ored met­al], 10 mm in diam­e­ter. It is… Read more…

  • Photograph of PRICE Family, Woola Downs Station, ca 1935

    Pho­to­graph of ​“FAM­I­LY GROUP TAK­EN AT WOOLA DOWNS, APPROX. 1935. FROM THE LEFT: ‑JIM BIRD (BUSHY PARK STA­TION) AND WIFE PEARL (NEE PRICE) WITH THEIR THREE CHIL­DREN RUTH (MRS SHEP­HERD­SON OF ADELAIDE)… Read more…

  • Photograph of Isobelle PRICE with First Granddaughter Ruth, 1930

    Pho­to­graph of ​“MRS ISO­BELLE PRICE WITH HER FIRST GRAND DAUGH­TER RUTH, BORN AT MOUNT GAB­MI­ER ON THE 14TH OF JUNE 1930, WITH MRS PEARL BIRD (NEE PRICE) HOLD­ING THE BABY.”

  • Photograph of First PRICE House

    Pho­to­graph of ​“THE FIRST HOUSE BUILT ON BUSHY PARK STA­TION BY MR JIM BIRD, WITH THE HELP OF FRIENDS AND FAM­I­LY. IN THE BACK­GROUND IS THE MEAT HOUSE, MADE OF BRUSH AND TIMBER.” 

  • Photograph of Isobel Violet PRICE

    Pho­to­graph of ​“MRS ISO­BEL VIO­LET PRICE. BORN IN NOT­TING­HAM, ENG­LAND ON THE 25TH OF APRIL, 1876. MRS PRICE FIRST CAME TO AUS­TRALIA AS A YOUNG GIRL OF 18 YEARS, STAY­ING ON THURS­DAY ISLAND FOR APPROX.… Read more…

  • Coffee Grinder

    Cof­fee grinder — red, cast iron. It is very heavy and needs two hands, if strong, oth­er­wise, a dol­ly. There is a red wheel with a square, quar­tered, in the mid­dle, and a han­dle. The wheel is… Read more…

  • Eyeglasses

    Eye­glass­es. The lens­es have six sides. The bridge is a black flat­tened U‑shape with 11 rhine­stones. Above that bridge is anoth­er, made of the same gold-coloured met­al. The tem­ples are of… Read more…

    Maker: Werner & Co

  • Rolling Pin

    Wood­en ​“roller” type rolling pin, all one-piece, 45.1 cm long; 6.2 cm wide.

  • Jones C B Sewing Machine

    Jones C• B. sewing machine, with met­al foot ped­al. ​“Jones” is incor­po­rat­ed into the met­al. Made in Eng­land. When the machine is stored in the cab­i­net, it mea­sures 54.61 cm wide by 80.01 cm high by… Read more…

    Maker: Chadwick & Jones

  • Receptacle for Balls of Wool

    Recep­ta­cle for balls of wool. Folds when emp­ty or as need­ed. Made of Ray­on and cotton.Measures:Handles: 35.5 cm length, 2 cm diam­e­ter­Recep­ta­cle: 27 cm width, 23 cm depth, 27 cm height

  • Olivetti Lettera 32 Typewriter

    Olivet­ti Let­tera 32 type­writer, a shade of teal in col­or. Ser­i­al num­ber is 2515210. The back plate, show­ing in which coun­try the machine was made, is miss­ing. From the table below, it was probably… Read more…

    Maker: Olivetti

  • Calendar, 1933

    Cal­en­dar; gold rust­ed met­al band top and bot­tom, 1933. Met­al ring top, mid­dle to hang on wall. Mea­sures 520 mm in length, 352 mm in width, includ­ing met­al bands. The ​“paint­ing” is of a woman… Read more…

  • Calendar, 1930

    Cal­en­dar, met­al bands top and bot­tom, 1930, moun­tain scene. Met­al ring at top, mid­dle to hang on wall. Over­all mea­sures 577 mm in length, 278 mm in width, includ­ing met­al bands. The ​“paint­ing” not… Read more…

  • Calendar, 1926

    Cal­en­dar, 1926. No bands at top and bot­tom; noth­ing to use to hang on wall. Its dimen­sions are 443 mm in length, 284 mm in width. The ​“paint­ing,” not includ­ing the bor­der, is oval, 254 mm in… Read more…

  • Calendar, 1925

    Cal­en­dar, 1925, with a wood­en strip at the top and bot­tom, front side. At the top is a fab­ric tab to use to hang the cal­en­dar on a wall. It mea­sures 707 mm in length, 285 mm in width. The… Read more…

    Maker: A. S. Broad & Co.

  • Alice Springs Photo

    Framed panoram­ic pho­to­graph of Alice Springs, 1952. Bur­gundy-col­ored frame mea­sures 63 cm in width and 33 cm in height. A label, stat­ing ​“Alice Springs 1952 Tak­en from Spencer’s Hill,” has been… Read more…

  • Menu from Gresham Hotel, Dublin

    Mea­sures 24 cm wide by 32.5 cm in height. The cov­er has a black and white draw­ing of the hotel with ​“THE GRE­SHAM HOTEL. — Saoville Street, Dublin”. Under that, in gold font, is ​“Cen­te­nary Year -… Read more…

  • Certificate for Kissing the Blarney Stone

    (a) Mea­sures 20.6 cm wide by 25.5 cm in height. Excel­lent con­di­tion. States ​“BLAR­NEY — CAS­TLE — in — THE VIL­LAGE OF BLAR­NEY — and the coun­ty of CORK — IRE­LAND — I HERE­BY CER­TI­FY — that ​“Mona… Read more…

  • Certificate for Crossing the Equator

    Cer­tifi­cate mea­sures 35 cm wide by 27.5 cm in length. Reads ​“AUS­TRALIAN-ORI­EN­TAL LINE LTD. CHI­NA NAV­I­GA­TION CO., LTD. — From the Vast­ness of the Ter­res­tri­al Seas, Realm of — Nep­tus Rex Oceanus -… Read more…

    Maker: Australian-Oriental Line Ltd. China Navigation Co., Ltd.

  • Holy Bible

    The cov­er is leather (leather-like?) with a gold bor­der. It is worn in var­i­ous places. Sev­en (7) cm of the top of the spine is miss­ing. Under that is ​“COB­BIN.” The spine has six (6) sets of three… Read more…

    Maker: Partridge and Oakey

  • Ladies Handbook of Home Treatment

    The book is black and mea­sures 14 cm wide by 22.5 cm in length and 6.5 cm in depth. The cov­ers are linen with leather cor­ners. The spine is leather with wraps 4 cm in width across the cov­ers. On… Read more…

    Maker: Signs Publishing Company

  • Mrs Beeton's Cookery Book

    The book mea­sures 14 cm wide by 21.5 cm in length and 9.4 cm in depth. The cov­ers are beige linen with bur­gandy spine that over­laps the cov­ers by 2.3 cm. The spine has a design and in gold font is… Read more…

    Maker: Butler & Tanner Ltd.

  • Magazine "The Australian Woman's Weekly", 17 January 1973

    The peri­od­i­cal mea­sures 28 cm wide by 38 cm length and con­tains 76 pages. Con­di­tion is good; had been fold­ed in half at one time. Some wear. NPWHF1222 and NPWHF1223 had two yel­low Post-It notes… Read more…

    Maker: The Australian Women's Weekly

  • Modern Medical Counsellor

    The front cov­er is grey with three black hor­i­zon­tal stripes in which are the words ​“The NEW — MOD­ERN MED­ICAL — COUN­SEL­LOR.” The spine is grey with a hor­i­zon­tal gold line 1.3 cm from the top and 1.4… Read more…

    Maker: Signs Publishing Company

  • What to Do at Weddings

    25th Edi­tion. On the cov­er, writ­ten in pen­cil is ​“2/6”, and writ­ten in blue ink is — what looks like a ​“W” — ​“Mitchell.”. [a full stop after Mitchell] The left side of the front cov­er is blue… Read more…

    Maker: J. POLLARD

  • Magazine "The Woman's Weekly", 30 May 1973

    The peri­od­i­cal mea­sures 28 cm wide by 38 cm length and con­tains 100 pages. Con­di­tion is good; had been fold­ed in half at one time. NPWHF1222 and NPWHF1223 had two yel­low Post-It notes attached.… Read more…

    Maker: The Australian Women's Weekly

  • Lucy Secor Branch Instructions Book #30

    Lucy Sec­or Branch Instruc­tions Book #30. The man­u­al is in a grey three-ring binder. The cov­er has, in black font, ​“No. 30” in the top, right cor­ner; ​“BRANCH INSTRUC­TION BOOK” cen­tered; and ​“Lucy… Read more…

    Maker: Lucy Secor

  • Pat Holden Fashions Plastic Carrier Bag

    Plas­tic store car­ri­er bag, which was prob­a­bly new. The bag is white plas­tic, size, with a car­ri­er han­dle through the two sheets of plas­tic. It mea­sures 48.1 cm in width and 50.8 cm in height. In… Read more…

  • Lucy Secor Dress

    Black Lucy Sec­or dress. No size; ~106 cm L, 66 cm [total] W, ~22 cm D.

    Maker: Lucy Secor

  • Box of Preservene Pure Soap

    Box of Pre­ser­vene ​“Pure Soap.” Yel­low back­ground with (1) Pre­ser­vene in white font on red rib­bon back­ground; (2) PURE SOAP in blue font, with under it (3) ​“MAN­U­FAC­TURED IN AUS­TRALIA FOR OVER 75… Read more…

    Maker: Preservene

  • Persinware Kitchen Scales

    The weights are made of iron and are rust­ed. There are six; they are round and are in the weights of 1 ounce, 2 ounces, 4 ounces, 8 ounces, 1 pound, and 2 pounds. On the back of each is a… Read more…

    Maker: Persinware

  • Two Laminated A4 Montage Photographs at the Ayers Rock Pioneers Reunion

    (a)Laminated pho­to­copy of the ​“AYRES [sic] ROCK PIO­NEERS REUNION WEEK­END of 11 – 12 JULY ​’84.”Printed on A4 paper. In the upper left cor­ner is the ​“AYERS ROCK PIO­NEERS REUNION ​‘84” logo, with ​“AYRES… Read more…

  • Laminated A4 Photograph of Fate NAYLER Opal Butterflies

    Lam­i­nat­ed pho­to­graph of two but­ter­flies made from opals in a frame. Print­ed on A4 paper. The framed but­ter­flies may be in Faye’s home.

  • Photocopied article: "Central Australian Aboriginal Women and Pine Gap" from Chain Reaction Vol 36 Feb/March 1984, 4pp

    Print­ed A4 paper sin­gle sided, black ink on white page. Four pages total span­ning from page 14 of Chain Reac­tion (Vol 36 Feb/​Mar 1984) to page 17. Pages held togeth­er by a sta­ple in top left… Read more…

    Maker: Chain Reaction, publisher: Friends of the Earth/Chain Reaction Co-Operative Ltd.

  • Booklet "The Overlanders"

    Book­let, eight (8) pages describ­ing the mak­ing of the 1950’s out­back film ​“The Over­lan­ders” star­ring Chips Raf­fer­ty and Daphne Camp­bell. Con­tains pho­tographs from film and details of actors and… Read more…

  • Invitation to Mr. and Mrs. P. Colson

    An invi­ta­tion from the Lord May­or and Coun­cil­lors of the City of Perth to Mr. and Mrs. P. Col­son in the Coun­cil Cham­ber, 207 Mur­ray Street, Perth on Wednes­day, 24th April 1957 at 3pm to meet Mr.… Read more…

  • Khaki uniform dress

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    Maker: Neatoron made expressly for Neat n' Trim Uniforms

  • Pathology Procedures - Instructions for Nursing Staff

    Pathol­o­gy Pro­ce­dures — Instruc­tions for Nurs­ing StaffThere is a sil­ver-coloured sta­ple in the upper, left-hand cor­ner. Three pages. No date. Copied on legal-size paper, sin­gle sided.

  • Diarrhoea in Childhood

    Diar­rhoea in Child­hoodThere is a cop­per-coloured sta­ple in the upper, left-hand cor­ner. Three pages. No date. Copied on legal-size paper, sin­gle sided.

  • Alice Springs - Northern Territory Medical Service - Guidance for Desert Travel

    Alice Springs — North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Med­ical Ser­vice — Guid­ance for Desert Trav­elin the low­er, right-hand cor­ner, is stamped in blue ink ​“WITH THE COM­PLI­MENTS OF ASST. DIREC­TOR.” One page. No date.… Read more…

  • Commonwealth of Australia - Northern Territory Medical Service - Conditions of Employment - Sisters

    Com­mon­wealth of Aus­tralia — North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Med­ical Ser­vice — Con­di­tions of Employ­ment — Sis­tersIn the upper, right-hand cor­ner, is hand­writ­ten in cur­sive ​“Your Copy.” In the low­er, right-hand… Read more…

  • Some Common Drugs with Indications, Dosages and Side Effects

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  • Northern Territory

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  • Cashmore Ladies Guild Cookery Book

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    Maker: The Penshurst Free Press

  • RFDS Women's Auxiliary of the Air Branch Alice Springs Cookery Book

    Yel­low Post-It note: ​“DONA­TION – Mrs Ari­zona Mundy – Cook­ery Books x 4.”Cookery Book – Com­piled by Roy­al Fly­ing Doc­tor Ser­vice – Women’s Aux­il­iary of the Air Branch – Alice Springs. Two hundred… Read more…

  • The Barossa Cookery Book

    Yel­low Post-It note: ​“DONA­TION – Mrs Ari­zona Mundy – Cook­ery Books x 4.”The Barossa Cook­ery Book­Fourth edi­tion. Sol­diers’ Memo­r­i­al Insti­tute, Tanun­da, S.A. Two hun­dred sev­en (207) mm length by 139… Read more…

    Maker: Soldiers’ Memorial Institute

  • Green and Gold Cookery Book

    Yel­low Post-It note: ​“DONA­TION – Mrs Ari­zona Mundy – Cook­ery Books x 4.”Yellow Post-It note: ​“I think this is an ear­ly Green & Gold cook­ery book – 1st pub 1923.” One hun­dred eighty-two (182) mm… Read more…

  • Gladys Ware/Baker with Daughters Photo

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  • Gladys Ware/Baker with Daughters Photo

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  • Gladys Ware/Baker Photo

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  • Mantle Clock

    56.8 cm high, 36 cm wide Made of dark brown wood. The clock front is framed glass, 33 cm high by 15 cm wide etched with palms in planters on each side and a hang­ing bas­ket con­tain­ing a plant,… Read more…

    Maker: Ansonia Clock Co.

  • Dressing Gown