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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.

  • 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

    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…

  • 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.

  • 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 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

  • 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…

  • 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

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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 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 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

  • 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

  • Lucy Secor Dress

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

    Maker: Lucy Secor

  • 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…

  • 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

    Kha­ki uni­form dress, ​“Peter Pan” col­lar with zip and hook on back, short sleeves, two pock­ets, flared skirt, no size.Label reads:Neatoronmade express­ly forNeat n’ Trim Uniforms65% Tetoron, 35%… Read more…

    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

    Some Com­mon Drugs with Indi­ca­tions, Dosages and Side Effect­sNo date. There is a cop­per-coloured sta­ple in the upper, left-hand cor­ner. Ten pages total; the first piece of paper is the table of… Read more…

  • Northern Territory

    North­ern Ter­ri­to­ryT­wo pages. No date. Had been sta­pled in the upper left-hand cor­ner mul­ti­ple times, but there is no sta­ple now, only pieces of paper miss­ing. Copied on legal-size paper, single… Read more…

  • Cashmore Ladies Guild Cookery Book

    Cook book. Yel­low Post-It note: ​“DONA­TION – Mrs Ari­zona Mundy – Cook­ery Books x 4.” Cash­more Ladies’ Guild Cook­ery Book. 204 mm length by 140 mm wide. Paper­back; held togeth­er with two (2)… Read more…

    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…