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Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:783
Sale Title:Australian HistoryLots with images:781
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:441
Date:11-Dec-2017
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A swagger stick, World War II period, Papua New Guinea, Barramundi vertebrae with timber handle and bullet shell casing stopper, originally the property of P.N.G. Patrol Officer J. McKenzie, 81 cm long
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Two United States Marine Corp knives in leather scabbards, blades stamped U.S.M.C. Ka-Bar Olean, 30 cm long
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A Light Cavalry sabre with scabbard, stamped 1915 with broad arrow, 88 cm long
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A British made Cavalry sabre, late 19th century, 103 cm long
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Two Nepalese Khukuri knives, early 20th century, 44 cm long
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World War II period Plotter Field Mk VI by Wibroc Mfg. Co. Sydney circa 1942, Defence Department broad arrow stamp, in leather case, together with a small selection of tools (8 items)
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World War II Period group of 10 Periscope No.14 Mk VI, 1942, Defence Department broad arrow stamps, 41 cm high
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World War II Period group of 10 Periscope No.14 Mk VI, 1942, Defence Department broad arrow stamps, 41 cm high
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World War II Period surveying instruments including 4 Level Pocket Abney Mk IV in leather cases, together with 2 Clinos Indian. Mk. VI. sighting instruments, plus an Astro Compass MkII (7 items)
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Two World War II period military theodolites by Wild Heerbrugg, in domed metal cases stamped W10/VC.8270, 35 cm high
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A percussion cap 4 shot pistol with 9 mm bores, turn over double barrels, by J. Lang of London, circa 1840, 20 cm long
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A pair of cannon barrel English pocket pistols by Jackson of Nottingham, circa 1840, 15.5 cm long
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A percussion cap cannon barrel pocket pistol by Booth of Durham, circa 1840, with retractable trigger, 15.5 cm long
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A pair of English flintlock dueling pistols by Simmons of London, early 19th century, with accessories, in plush fitted walnut box, 35 cm long
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A Midshipman's dirk, 19th century, bone handle with brass fittings, steel blade and (partial) leather scabbard, 31 cm long
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Boer War - Castlemaine volunteers to the 1st Australian Contingent: 1901 Verey & Co photograph (image 14 x 21 cm) of 14 soldiers with Victorian Rifles insignia, in the original cardboard frame. (Attached to the reverse is a photocopy of another print of the photo entitled 'Castlemaine Militia Transvaal War October 1899' & identifying all members, including a very swarthy F Sampson who was apparently an Aborigine!)
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Boer War 1901 Victorian Mounted Rifles, pair of riding spurs, belonging to Corp. E. Wanliss
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Boer War 1901 Victorian Mounted Rifles parade sword and scabbard, belonging to Corp. E. Wanliss, 97 cm loing
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Boer War: Members of the 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, South Africa, Silver albumen print photograph on original mount card with imprint of Lee & Co., Capetown. With contemporary annotations in ink identifying all thirtenn men in the photograph and with the additional mss caption below 'Seargeants of F. Coy. 5th V.M.R. at Green Point on their way home, March 1902.
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An Australian Bowie knife and scabbard, 20th century, fine Damascus blade signed 'Bastian, 42 cm long
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An Australian custom made Bowie knife and scabbard, 20th century, blade engraved 'McINTYRE, 35 cm long
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Collection of World War I and World War II Allied forces badges, buttons and patches, collected by Fred McDonald (6th Batt. A.I.F.) who was an original Gallipoli lander on the 25th of April 1915, he was wounded and shipped to Malta and then on to England. McDonald survived the war and then re-enlisted during World War II and served in New Guinea. Provenance: Direct family descent
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Australia Day 30th July, 1915 Souvenir in Aid of Funds For Wounded Soldiers' folio published by The Trustees of the Art Gallery of N.S.W.', 30 x 24 cm, containing seven lithographic images from the Art Gallery collection, each mounted on a card with gilt titles and artist details. Artists include Arthur Burgess, William Lister Lister, George Lambert, etc. There are also several attachments pinned to the outer cover - a white flower, a flag stick-pin, a bow, a gumleaf with attached and dated (July 30)…
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Liverpool Concentration Camp - Prisoners of War Three small photos of the camp, one of massed POWs, very fine, also photo of the 14 members of the Ksl (= Kegel Sportsclub Liverpool) 9-pins team (creased) and two action shots of gymnasts. (6 items).
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World War I Period portrait photograph of an Australian soldier, original oak frame with gilt slip, 50 x 40 cm
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Zeiss World War I Period German trench binoculars, stamped 'Carl Zeiss, Jena, No.5', housed in original fitted timber case, 40 cm high
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The Making of the Anzacs - How Australasia's Sons are Answering the Call. 12pp horizontal format booklet published by Farmer & Settler Newspaper, printed by Marchant's New Process, Sydney, circa 1916. 24 x 27.5 cm, the pages held in place by original red, white and blue ribbon. The inner and outer covers are printed on silk which has been laid down on thin card. Text on the front endpaper continues 'The Entire Proceeds of the 1st Edition, 2000 copies, presented to Anzac Day Fund by The Farmer and Settler…
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A World War I Australian Imperial Forces discharge certificate, to James Hill 11/3/17, together with assorted military badges, buttons and lapels, certificate 36 x 41 cm
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Registration of Aliens: 1917. Letterpress, handbill printed on linen, 44 x 30 cm. Text includes 'Commonwealth of Australia Department of Defence. Amended notice. Notice is hereby given that all persons (male and female) who are not British subjects and who are not exempted under the Regulations are required to register in accordance with the War Precautions (Aliens Registration) Regulations 1916' R. Trumble, Acting Secretary for Defence. Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, 30th June 1917. By authority: Albert J.…
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A group of eight (8) different Japanese aerial-dropped propaganda leaflets, dropped over New Guinea circa 1944-45. Mixed condition, as would be expected. Propaganda leaflets targeted at Australian troops draw upon anti-imperialist sentiments asserting that Australia was fighting a British war and also make social comments about the actions of Americans on the Australian home front.
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World War II Australian Army group comprising pair of leather garters, canvas garters, helmet, belt etc. Belonging to Harold Hartley Mitchell (with facsimile certificate of discharge)
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World War II Japanese Surrender at Morotai, small photo album with snapshots (13) including General Sir Thomas Blamey & Lt.General Teshima, together with assorted World War II photographs of American & Australian servicemen in Australia and New Guinea (many notated verso)
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Royal Army Medical Corps flag, mid 20th century, 85 x 177 cm
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Three Union cased Ambrotype photo portaits including a double plate, 19th century, the largest case 15 x 12 cm
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Collection of 85 carte de visite portrait photographs, many Australian examples
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Group of five Colonial ambrotype photographs, 19th century, the largest case 9 x 8.5 cm
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Stereoviews: 'Last of the Aborigines of Tasmania' by S. Clifford, Hobart Town, very scarce, together with a selection of card of Tasmania and European scenes, (89 items plus stereoviewer)
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Daguerreotype portrait of 3 gents together with a pair of seated parent and child portraits in painted gilt frames, Scottish, mid 19th century, the largest 25 x 22 cm overall
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(Unknown photographer) The Museum, Hobart, in course of construction (mss inscription verso) circa 1861 stereoscopic albumen print photograph (each image approx. 68 x 75 mm) mounted on buff card.
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Group of 4 Union case portrait photographs, one Daguerroetype, 2 Ambrotypes and a reproduction photograph, 19th century, the largest case 9.5 x 8.5 cm
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Hewitt, Charles, (Maritime) Joseph and Mary Ann Jewell, survivors of the shipwreck of the General Grant, circa 1868, Albumen print photograph carte-de-visite, 102 x 61 mm, with imprint of C.Hewitt, Photographer, Australasian Studio, Swanston Street, Melbourne. The American merchant ship, the General Grant, was wrecked on the Auckland Islands in May 1866, while en route for London from Melbourne. A small group of survivors remained castaway until November 1867, when they were rescued by a passing whaler.
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(Chang Woo Gow 1841 - 1893), Chang the Chinese Giant, Ballarat, 1870, Albumen print photograph of carte-de-visite 106 x 62 mm, verso imprinted for Bardwell's Royal Studio, Opposite the Theatre Ballarat. Chang Woo Gow (born in Canton, China) visited Australia during 1870-71 as a side-show attraction, making public appearances in Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo and Sydney. He married his second wife, Catherine Santley, an Australian woman, towards the end of his tour.
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Three Union case photo frames, two with Ambrotype portraits, 19th century, the largest case 12 x 10 cm
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The Kelly Gang: Steve Hart and Sub-Inspector O'Connor, c1870s, Pair of albumen paper photographs, captioned in ink on part pages below each image, 9.1 x 5.7 cm (approx). Hart's photograph has a hole to the centre of image, both photographs have a trimmed upper edge and are laid down on original backing. A member of the Kelly Gang, Steve Hart was the best friend of Dan Kelly, and an excellent horseman. Police Inspector O'Connor played a considerable role in the Kelly Gang Siege at Glenrowan. Both…
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Forster, E.H. Queensland Aboriginals. Photographed direct from Life by E.H.Forster at his studio, Maryborough. 1872-74 albumen print, carte-de-visite, image 79 x 52 mm (oval) with title printed verso and additionally with a lithographed illustration of Aborigines hunting kangaroos. The photograph is of three local Aborigines - two women waering European clothing and a man wearing a king plate.
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Perry, H.R. (1846-1936), Aboriginal woman in European dress, South Asstralia, circa 1875, Albumen print photograph carte-de-visite, 102 x 61 mm, verso with imprint of H.R.Perry. In 1875-76 the travelling photographer made a circular trip through the interior of South Australia from Port Pirie, north to the Flinders Ranges and back via Port Augusta, documenting the landscapes and people of the region.
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Sydney: An album of photographs of Sydney and surrounds, circa 1875 images attributed to Alexander Brodie, published by Jacob Richard Clarke (whose wetstamp shows through ofrom the verso of one print). Quarto, 290 x 250 mm, full contemporary blind-tooled morocco, silk lining papers, front paste-down with later owner's inscription, the album contains 56 albumen print photographs, the first 30 being scenes around Sydney Harbour, the remainder comprising city buildings, the Botanic Gardens, views of the Blue…
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New Zealand Vintage Photographs: A group of albumen prints, circa 1870s, comprising 2 views of Napier, another of Rakaia Terrace - Sir John Halls' station, Orari Gorge - J.Tripp Esqr's station, all by unidentified photographers. Also, 'Cathedral & Square Ch'ch' (Wheeler && Son), Lyttelton Harbour from Tunnell Hill' (Spiller) & 'Wellington, looking S.E.' (W&B). All laid down on card. (7 items). Mainly 18 x 23 cm or so.
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Eisenmann, Charles, Ruto and Annie Semm, known as 'Fiji Jim and wife, Three albumen print photograph cartes-de-visite, each 105 x 65 mm, versos with imprint of Chas. Eisenmann, Photographer, 229 Bowery, New York. Exotic' peoples were a staple of carnival freak shows and circus acts well into the twentieth century. Sideshow impresarios enhanced their strangeness with Western versions of native regalia and attracted gullible audiences with tales of savage customs. Although the practice of cannibalism in the…
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Burman, William J. Dominick Sonsee, the smallest man in the world, Melbourne, circa 1880. Albumen print photograph carte-de-visite, 101 x 65 mm, with imprint of Burman Photo, 209 Bourke St. East & St. George's Hall. Sonsee was born in Geelong in 1850. He managed to make a living as a travelling sideshow performer in the 1870s and early 1880s but died at the young age of 33 in Temora, New South Wales.
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(Photograph Album} Aborigines, Melbourne, Geelong, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand. Kruger, Fred (1831-1888), Caire, Nicholas John (1837-1918), and others, Circa 1880 - 1885 travel album of commercially produced photographs. Large quarto, 300 x 340 mm, full pigskin (rubbed) with tooled decoration and gilt rule, owner's name 'Frederick Brock' inscribed on the decorative title page. The album contains 48 large format albumen print photographs (approx. 210 x 150 mm), mounted on boards, all with contemporary…
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Photographic panorama of Sydney Harbour from North Sydney, circa 1880, Robinson, Francis Whitfoeld (attrib.), Five albumen print photographs laid down on contemporary board with surrounding border, the panorama 250 x 1550 mm (individual panels being 250 x 310 mm). The photographs making up this large scale panorama were evidently taken very close to the Holtermann tower overlooking Lavender Bay, the vantage point from which Bernard Holtermann and Charles Bayliss photographed panoramas of Sydney in 1875.…
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Musgrove, James, (Victoria) Eight stereoscopic albumen print photographs, each individual image 75 x 75 mm on original pale yellow card mounts, rectos of 5 mounts with mss captions and the signature of the photographer to lower margins, versos of the other 3 mounts with paper labels bearing Musgrove's mss captions, signed and dated December 1886. An extremely rare suite, taken at Ravenswood homestead near Bendigo and at Musgrove's property at Greenvale, near Bulla, north of Melbourne.
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(Queensland) Lundager, J. Hansen (attrib.), Mount Morgan Goldmine', circa 1889 hand-titled silver albumen print photograph 19.5 x 24 cm laid down on larger album page, verso with a similar photograph of identical format, also hand-titled 'Rockhampton in the flood of 1889'. (2 images), The Danish-born photographer, J.Hansen Lundager, Joseph Wilder's business successor in Rockhampton, was the principal photographer in the area during the second half of the 1880's up to 1892 when his Rockhampton studio burnt…
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Photographs. New South Wales. (Paine, John, Bayliss, Charles, et al.), (Sydney, Charles Potter Government Printer, 1889), An album of 120 mounted albumen silver print photographs, full red morocco blind stamped in gilt with the coat of arms of New South Wales and lettering, silk lining papers, all edges gilt. Each image approx 140 x 190 mm, mounted on thick cards with printed blue borders and printed caption labels, additional albumen print of the Railway Institute laid in at front. Despite the fact that…
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Kerry, Charles (1857-1928), (Norfolk Island) 'Bloody Bridge' #2272, 'Hanson's Bay' #2280 & 'Cemetry, Kingston' #2261 group of three albumen print photographs, circa 1890, each with Kerry's blind stamp and with 'Kerry Photo Sydney' at lower right.
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Chirnside Family Scrap album and three albums of carte de visite photographs of Chirnside family and interests, 19th and early 20th century
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Bishop-Osborne, John (1851-1934), Silver Miners near Zeehan, northwest Tasmania, circa 1891-94, Silver albumen print photograph, cabinet card format, 110 x 160 mm, verso with photographer's wet stamp. A Hobart photographer, Bishop-Osborne was based at Zeehan between 1891 and 1894. Large deposits of silver-lead ore had been discovered in the area in 1882 and by 1893, 14,000 tonnes were being mined each year. Zeehan's population peaked at around 10,000 shortly before World War I, the town's current…
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Macdougall, Ronald, Dr.: Photographs of Queenscliff & St Kilda, A group of 18 photographs by amateur photographer Dr. Ronald MacDougall, Surgeon-Captain of the Victorian Artillery, Queenscliff, comprising 14 albumen prints and 4 bromide prints, most large format, laid down on 7 original album leaves of thick card, with MacDougall's accompanying manuscript captions, the prints are in very good condition overall, with occasional foxing, some losses & foxing to cards. This photographic archive dates to…
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Docker, Ernest Brougham (1839-1923), (Norfolk Island), Mount Pitt from 'Seaview' numbered '25' and, Bloody Bridge numbered '18', Two stereoscopic silver gelatin print photographs, both dated 'june/94' and bearing Docker's handwritten monogram and descriptions. Dimensions of each half image approx. 97 x 70 mm. Ernest Docker was the son of pioneer New South Wales photographer, Joseph Docker. He was the first chairman of the Amateur Photographic Society of NSW. A Supreme Court judge, he continued practising…
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New Hebrides: group of original albumen photographs mounted on thick cards (which have been cut from a larger album). Most images are annotated and include 'Erromanga - Group of Natives', 'Erromanga - spot where Rev'd G.N.Gordon was murdered by natives May 20th 1861', 'Rev'd H.A. Robertson & Natives making new Cemetery prior to burying of remains of the Erromanga Martyrs', 'Erromanga - Christian Natives', 'Erromanga - Portrait of Takamar', 'Erromanga Natives - Gomot & his wife Navusia', 'New Hebrides…
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Thursday Island and North Queensland: A photograph album, circa 1895 with images by Gilbert A. Smith, Alfred Atkinson and others. Contemporary, oblong folio (350 x 470 mm) half maroon morocco over red cloth boards, with ornamental gilt borders, upper board lettered in gilt 'Thursday Island', spine with raised bands and gilt ornamentation, front paste-down with label of 'Baker & Rouse, Photographic Importers, 46 Queen St., Brisbane', containing 43 albumen print photographs in various sizes, most with…
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Tichborne Claiment: Group of 4 carte de visite photographs and postcard of F Castro's butcher's shop in Wagga Wagga, N.S.W.
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Shanghai, China: A photograph album, 1897 - 1899, Jackson, John, and various unidentified photographers, Oblong quarto (240 x 340 mm) in defective binding (lacking upper board and spine) containing over 90 photographs laid down on 22 thick card leaves, the first leaf with ownership inscription of 'John Jackson, Shanghai, 1897'. The photographs comprise 22 large format albumen print photographs of scenes in Shanghai during the Celebrations from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, 3 large format images…
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(Kalgoorlie) Henderson, E.W. photographer, Kalgoorlie, circa 1897 albumen paper print laid down on printed card, depicting a group of gold prospectors being farwelled by their families. The 8 miners stand in front of 4 heavily laden camels under the control of their Afghan camel driver, also, another, more detailed image with 'Our Boys - G.Lane' in the negative. This image shows a group of prospectors - some holding shovels, others with rifle, in front of their temporary camp, with laden camels in the…
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A pair of mounted group photographs of army cadets, one captioned, photographed by H.M. Walker of Melbourne, photo size 12 x 49 cm
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Tasmania: Lithgow, J.H. A presentation album of photographs by J.H. Lithgow, Launceston, 1900. Oblong quarto, half morocco over gilt lettered cloth boards, front paste-down with calligraphic manuscript presentation inscription. The album contains 24 toned carbon print photographs in 115 x 20 cm format, mounted on thick leaves, all with calligraphic captions beneath the image. J.H.Lithgow, a professional chemist in Launceston was also a talented amateur photographer and a member of the Northern Tasmanian…
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New Zealand Panorams (Unknown photographer), A collection of forty-two (42) print-out paper photographs, panorama format laid down to the pages in a re-bound oblong cloth folio with original gilt title label affixed, 8.5 x 29.3 cm (approx each). circa 1900. Slight foxing to album pages leaving the images largely unaffected. The subjects of the photographs include views of Auckland Harbour and its' shipping, Hobson Street Wharf, an animated shot of bustling Customs Street, shots of a rowing regatta…
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Australian Federation photo album that records the visit of The Duke and Duchess of Cornwell and York in May 1901, contains 19 albumen prints
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(Wool Industry), Electric sheep shearing machinery in Australia: a photographic archive, early 1900s. Electric sheep shearing was introduced into Australia in the 1880s, and by the end of World War I traditional shearing methods had been all but abandoned. This archive dates from the period between Federation and World War I.Although the identity of the photographer is unknown, the photographs appear to have been taken by an employee of the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Co as many of the images in this…
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Frank Clune & Family Photograph Albums, c1910s-1940s. Comprising of approximately 950 vintage silver gelatin or print-out paper photographs, loose or spread throughout five family photograph albums, some images inscribed 'yours sincerely' by women or captioned or dated in ink, on backing below. One album contains an ex-libris label for 'Francis Clune', signed by artist Adrian Feint, another album is embossed 'Jack Clune's snaps' and one is inscribed with a dedication in ink on inside cover. Sizes range…
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(Vida Goldstein), Great Suffragette Demonstration in London. Mrs. Fisher, Mrs McGown and Miss Vida Goldstein from Australia. A Rose Stereographic Company silver gelatin stereographic print photograph (mount 95 x 175 mm) numbered 11,950. Many Australian women played a significant role in the suffragist movement, perhaps none more so than Portland-born and Melbourne-educated Vida Goldstein (1869-1949). The State Library of Victoria holds a copy of this rare card, with the citation 'This photpgraph is a…
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The Naming of Australia's Capital - Canberra - 12th March 1913, A group of three (3) original photographs from the collection of one of the troops in the Guard of Honour who has annotated each image verso, 'we were drwan up in front of the column, facing the stand..'. One image shows the official party on the stand (Lord Denman, the Governor General, Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, Lady Denman, King O'Malley), another shows the official party and other guests singing the 'Old Hundredth' (a psalm), the last…
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Nauru: circa 1915 silver gelatin panoramic photograph, 85 x 300 mm, laid down on contemporary board with printed label affixed below image: Nauru or Pleasant Island, Central Pacific, housed in a contemporary Art Nouveau design frame. A particularly good panoramic view, taken from the main jetty back towards land.
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Aviation: 'Sir Ross Smith & Party Great England To Australia Flight. Left England Nov. 12th 1919. Arrived Australia Dec. 10th 1919. Aeroplane Flying Over Sydney. 14th Feb. 1920', panoramic photograph, framed and mounted in card with caption, 13.5 x 84 cm
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A photograph album Including General Birdwood's Tour Of Melbourne, c1920. Forty-eight (48) vintage silver gelatin photographs in a Kodak album annotated 'E.J. Pini, 31 Stead Street, South Melbourne' and dated '21.2.20' in ink on inside cover, most images captioned in ink on album pages, 7.7 x 10.3 cm (approx. each). E.J. Pini, was most likely an army associate of General Birdwood, as there are pictures of a military man with his family and pets, as well as Birdwood's tour of Melbourne. Also includes views…
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Royalty Album of photographs of early 20th century society and various Royals on tour including George V, Edward VIII and George VI, detailed typed captions, bound in one volume with tissue dividers. many pages loose and edges frayed, photos in fair to good condition
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Francis Edwin Birtles (1881-1941), Birtles made an overland speed record-breaking trip in an Oldsmobile 30 in November 1924. It became the subject of a book entitled 'Darwin to Adelaide, 9 days, 9 hours, 15 minutes: Francis Birtles' history making journey, 18th-27th Nov. 1924.' This lot comprises thirteen (13) vintage silver gelatin photographs, each with negative number '376' or 'C812' verso, 7.8 x 13.7 cm (approx. each). The images show Birtles with the car, camping in the Northern Territory, the local…
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Pacific Islanders: A nice group of photographs, circa 1920s-30s, postcard format (plain backs), all with circular 'Printed by Harrington'S' h/stamp verso. (10)
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A Grand Tour, Circa 1927, Four Art Deco style large quarto photo albums, original brown cloth boards with decorative device and 'Photographs' in gilt, each volume with contemporary manuscript paper title to spine, Vol.1 'New Zealand / S.S. Taiping / Canberra': containing 97 window-mounted sepia carbon print photographs including views of Canberra (10), New Zealand (61), Thursday Island and North Queensland (13), Manila (6), etc. Vol.2 'Australia': containing 97 window-mounted sepia carbon print photographs…
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Smith, Julian (1873-1946), Portrait of the artist, John Shirlow, Gelatin silver print on textured paper, circa 1931, 390 x 310 mm laid down on contemporary mount of thick card.
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Scouting: 1934-35 Australian Scout Jamboree at Frankston (Vic) six photographs of scouts attending from New Zealand (2), Fiji, USA, France & India (the caption states '..2 Princes and bodyguards'!).
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(Victoria) 'Bird's Eye View Of Port Phillip And Corio Bay' 1872, Colour lithograph, title in image lower right, publisher's line in lower margin, 41 x 68 cm. Old folds, scratches and stains, repaired tears and slight paper loss. Linen-backed. 'Published by McCarron, Bird & Co., Printers & Lithographers, 479 Collins Street, Melbourne.' Map shows steamer/ferry routes. An earlier version than the example held in the National Library of Australia collection.
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The Capture of the Kelly Gang, Glenrowan, 1880s, being the central illustration and theme of a very rare poster issued for Murrell Brothers, Tea Merchants, Importers of High Class Teas, 498 George Street, Sydney. Lithographed in colours, circa 1880s, (Fuerth & Nall, Lith., Sydney), 48 x 36.5 cm. This could be the earliest depiction in poster form, of Ned Kelly after his capture. This is the only example of the poster we have seen. Provenance: The collection of James Fairfax AC.
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(the Kelly Gang - Theatre Poster) 'Outlaw Kelly' the main attraction listed on a poster for The Theatre Royal, Sydney. circa 1899, Letterpress, 100.5 x 37.2 cm. Framed and glazed. The text includes a complete cast list and synopsis of the four acts of 'Outlaw Kelly', which was to be performed on Monday, October 9, and 'This drama has been specially written for Mr Robert Henry by the well-known Australian author, Mr Launcelot Booth, and is a remarkably bright and striking story of the notorious Kelly Gang.…
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Commonwealth Year 1900. Grand Combination. Melbourne Hospital Bazaar And United Ancient Order Of Druids' 31st Annual Gala And Art Union, Exhibition Building, Melbourne,..April.1900. Letterpress with lineblock, poster with ticket, stamped '666' and 'M1190' on ticket and poster, ticket also stamped 'United Ancient Order of Druids Annual Gala' and '6953' (prize number). 68 x 21 cm (poster), 8 x 11 cm (ticket). Linen-backed with ticket below poster. Text on poster includes 'Proceeds to the Melbourne Hospital,…
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Early Movie Theatre Poster: circa 1907 'No Flicker, The A cme of Perfection..Palace Electric Animatograph..Selwyn Conjuror and Expert Card Manipulator', printed by The Swift Printing Co., Sydney, red text with green surrounds, linen backed. 37 x 95 cm
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(Victoria) 'Visit Portland The First Victorian Settlement during the Centenary Celebrations from 15th to 23rd November 1934', Colour lithograph, artwork by 'F. Mellblom' in image lower left, 63.5 x 100.8 cm. Linen-backed. Printed by Arbuckle, Waddell Pty Ltd., Print, Melb.'
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Qantas World Routes' circa 1950s travel poster, with artwork by Anna Drew, stylized pictorial map of the world showing Qantas routes, printed by Posters Pty Ltd, size 72 x 99 cm. Condition: A-
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South Western Victoria By Train..', Colour lithographic poster, signed '(Clive) Trewin' in image lower right, 101 x 64 cm. Linen-backed. Text continues 'To Geelong, Warrnambool, Port Fairy, Portland. W.M. Houston, Government Printer, Melbourne.
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Qantas travel posters, 'businessmen fly Qantas, it's a shrewd move!', 'for superb performance! actors fly Qantas' & 'for miles of fun! globetrotters fly Qantas', artwork by M.Schlesinger, printed by Posters Pty Ltd, all linen-backed, each 38 x 76 cm. circa 1960s. Lovely group.
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Anzac/ Railways: General Sir Alexander Godley (Commandant of the New Zealand Military Forces & Commander of the Australian & New Zealand Division at Gallipoli): Group of 3 First Class Railway Passes from his 1934 trip to Australia - one by Government Railways of Australia for Melbourne to Canberra & Sydney && return, plus two NSW Dept of Railways. G/VG condition.
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Poster: 'By Train of course to Melbourne's Royal Show September 18 - 28, 1958' Colour process lithograph printed by W.M. Houston, Gov't Print., Melb. 101 x 64 cm, linen backed. Text includes 'New railway exhibit with freight advisory service. Your suburban station has detail-packed pamphlet.
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Poster: 'Go to Melbourne's Royal Show by train Sept. 19 - 28' Screenprint and process lithograph. 101 x 64 cm, linen backed. Text includes 'See the Railways Exhibit.
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View of Sidney in New South Wales, handcoloured engraving, published 12th April 1814 by James Whittle and Rich Holmes Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 29 x 43 cm
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St. Kilda from Kenny's bath, hand coloured steel engraving, published by Charles Troedel Melbourne, 73 Collins Street East, 35 x 26 cm
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A hand-coloured steel engraved plan and elevation drawing of a church, Parramatta, 1800 inscribed 'Built at Parramatta New South Wales during the Government of John Hunter Esq, 1800', 25 x 19.5 cm.
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Australia, the Australian Colonies, the World (showing Cook's Voyages), Polynesia, Islands in the Indian Ocean, Eastern Hemisphere, etc., all by John Rapkin, various illustrators, 1851. (11 different).
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Colonial India: A sketchbook of scenes in the Northwest Province and Kashmir, 1889 - 1900, Oblong folio, contemporary half morocco over pebbled cloth boards, gilt, spine with raised bands, silk endpaper inscribed 'Fred B. Mein / May L. Mein / their sketches 1891 - 1900' (although the earliest sketch is dated April 1889). Contains 60 watercolours (24 monochrome) and 5 pencil sketches (after a number have been removed by a previous owner, several leaves loose), mounted on the thick leaves. Various sizes,…
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Thake, Eric (Forward by Ron Radford), the Christmas Linocuts of Eric Thake 1941-1975, (The Croft Press, Melbourne, 1978) Limited edition No.46 of 50 bound in leather, signed by the artist and including an original linocut (Introductions at R.C.H. 'Mr.Thake - Dr. So & So.') captioned and signed by the artist.
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