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Estate of the Late Brian Murray — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:344
Sale Title:Estate of the Late Brian MurrayLots with images:343
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:344
Date:14-Sep-2019
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Book, 'History & progress of the steam Engine,' Elijah Galloway. London, Thomas Kelly, 1829.
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Book, 'The Passionate Heart,' Mary Gilmore. Inscribed with a poem the Vision & signed Mary Gilmore, Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1918.
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Book, 'The Australian Golfer,' D G Soutar. Neat library stamps & a label for NSW Amateur sports club. Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1906.
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Two South Australian Directories, Josiah Boothby, 1876; & Sands & McDougall, 1940.
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Book, 'The origin of Species sixth Edition' (thirty Seventh Thousand), Charles Darwin. Leather bound for Sydney Grammar school as a presentation copy. Signed by Grammar's famous headmaster A.B. Weigall. London, John Murray 1889.
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Books (2), 'The O K fairy Book', by pixie O'Harris. Weston Co. Sydney, 1923; & 'The Sentry and the shell Fairy,' Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
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Book, 'The Cyclopedia of Tasmania volume 1' Hobart, Maitland and Krone, c1900.
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Book, 'Cannery Row,' John Steinbeck. Good dust wrapper (not price clipped). London. William Heinemann, 1945 economy standards, 1st UK edition.
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Book, 'Concerning the Latitude & Longitude of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich,' Nevil Maskelyne. With remarks on a Memorial of the late M Cassini DeThury. London: printed by J Nichols, 1787. 39 pages, with original marbled endpapers. Losses & bumping to corners, foxing to preliminaries, interior mostly clean & bright. Binding good, latter tape to spine. Modern protective boards with pockets. 27 x 21 cm.
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Four photographs New South Wales Militia in camp scenes. Three of the images are (10 x 6 cm) & one is (13 x 16.5 cm). They are all mounted on board. The larger image has an imprint lower right Laker & Co 49 Goulburn St, Sydney. C1900. Including. A leather covered booklet (22 cm x17 cm), of 20 pages Sydney: Unveiling of Permanent Memorial in the New South Wales Legislative assembly chamber to the late Lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Braund Mla (member for Armidale) & Sergeant Edward Rennix Larkin M L a…
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Book, 'The Dunera Affair: a Documentary Resource book, edited by Paul R Bartrop with Gabrielle Eisen. Including. Letters from Walter (Heinz Edgar) Kantorowicz a German Jewish refugee sent from Britain to Australia as an internee on the Hmt Dunera arriving at Darling harbour, Sydney on 6th September, 1940. Four Prisoner of war folding letterettes & two envelopes without letters. One of the letterettes is written in German & the other three in English. One of the letterettes in English begins 'Dear sisters,…
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Nine World War I Australian official photographs, from the Western front. Wounded on Menin Road 20th September,1917; Captured German aeroplane; dressing station Menin Road in Ypres; Australians looking at the destroyed bridge at Baupame; two men from the 2 Pioneers; Idiot corner, Ypres 9th Battalion; Lord Northcliffe visiting Aust after Pozieres; no description; & the Australian 5th Brigade band plays on the march as AIF troops triumphantly enter Bapaume on March 19th,1917. 15 x 20.5 cm each (approx).
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World war 1 Australian flying Corps British War Medal 1914-1918. With ribbon awarded to Charles Frederick Harvatt & inscribed on the edge 223 1/Am C.F Harvatt A.F.C.A.I.F. Private Harvatt served with no 1 squadron (as an air mechanic) which was formed in Egypt as the first complete Australian flying squadron (see Cutlack chapter 111 Advent of no 1 squadron p.31). Private Harvatt was discharged on medical grounds in 1916 & was returned to Australia. He re-enlisted in 1918 & was sent to Rabaul to serve with…
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New South Wales Contingent (to the Sudan), printed Parchment certificate of Discharge completed in manuscript. Private Robert William (family name is not clear; it could be Holt). Contingent disbanded. Service Abroad 112 days. Sydney July 3rd, 1885.
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World war I sheet music - Australian National Anthem. Words & music by a G Stephens. Red, white & blue illustrated cover of a garlanded lady in the foreground beating a drum; marching soldiers carrying the Australian flag; field guns firing with shells exploding & an airplane in the sky. Advertisement on the back page for 'The toast is Anzac! Gentlemen.' Published by the Returned soldiers Association of New South Wales, 1914-1918.
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Framed & glazed panoramic photo. Australian military base post office London August. 1916. Approx. 200 staff in military uniform. Photo by Panoras 60 Doughty Wc no 1001. Image 20 x 940 cm.
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Framed & glazed photograph. Group portrait of officers of the 5th Battalion taken at Locre, Belgium 20-2-18. Unknown Australian official Photographer. Image size 39 x 56 cm.
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Framed & glazed photograph. Hq 22nd Aust. Inf. Bde. - 8th Div port Dickson 1941 (Malaya). Group of 12 Australian Army officers including. Brig. H.B. Taylor (Brigadier Harold Burfield Taylor M.C. V.D.). 22nd Brigade was formed in 1940 as part of the A.I.F.'s 8th division & was sent to Singapore on board the Queen Mary & then overland to the British army Barracks at port Dickson (Malaya). Much of the burden of the 8th Division's resistance to the Japanese advance in Malaya fell on Taylor's brigade. In…
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Five various 'New Settler' Brochures for Australia & Western Australia. 'The best of all Countries,' 'The land of the Better Chance.' These pamphlets were given to potential British migrants at Australia house, London & other government centres in the UK, in the 1920s.
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Five Australian Agriculture booklets. Navua stud farm, Grose Wold, New South Wales. Large illustrated booklet, 92 pages, c1938; pastoral Homes of Australia. Boonoke Riverina, NSW. Falkiner & Sons. Illustrated booklet, c1935; pastoral Homes of Australia. Wanganella Estate, Deniliquin NSW. Falkiner & Sons. Illustrated booklet, c1927: Haddon Rig, Warren, NSW. The property of George B S Falkiner. Illustrated booklet, c1927; & Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales. Large brochure-booklet issued to…
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Five various circus poster & programmes. Window card (56 x 35.5 cm) Orpheum Circuit. One of the acts highlighted is the Idol of the circus May Wirth with Phil (Wirth) the World's Greatest riding Comedian & family. An article Mollie Fuller, who appears in a sketch on the same programme publ. In the New York Times gives the date as 1922. Professional repairs to edges & corners not affecting the image or text; Bullen Bros & Hagens circus & Zoo programme Now Touring Australasia, c1948; Fitzgerald Bros (circus)…
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11 various photographs Zane grey in Australia. One mounted on board (31 x 39 cm). Image 23.5 x 31 cm) Caption lower left Zane grey with striped & black marlin caught off Bermagui 14.2.36. Signed lower right T C Roughley who must have taken the photograph; six photographs (13 x 20 cm), grey with Kathleen Keen, wife of Barry Keen who was Zane Grey's personal assistant during his Australian Tour. Mainly bushland scenes holding koalas & one lookout scene; & four photographs (13 x 20 cm) of grey on fishing…
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Book, 'Tales of Tahitian Waters' by Zane grey. Profusely illustrated with photographs taken by the author. New York and London Harper Brothers Publishers 1931. 1st edition with a chipped & repaired dust wrapper. Inscription on 1st pictorial electroplate 'Altadena, Calif, USA, Mar 10,1932. To My friend Ernest Pollock with Kindest Regards Zane Grey.' Ernest Pollock was the son-in-law of Washington H Soul & obviously knew grey well enough to visit him at Altadena just East of Los Angeles.
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Various Dymphna Cusack items. Dymphna Cusack Southern steel, Constable - London, 1953. Signed on the title page by Cusack and an inscription 'To Nell - with our love & all good wishes Nell & Norman London 1953,' on the free front endpaper; Dymphna Cusack & Florence James, come in spinner, Heinemann, London, 1951. Signed by Cusack & James on the title page, with an inscription 'To Barry - with love & all good wishes. Dymphna Cusack. London. Feb,1951,' on the free front endpaper; Dymphna Cusack, Say no to…
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Victoria racing club cup day official programme (race book) Melbourne Cup no 10. Phar lap 3rd place behind no 3 Nightmarch & no 5 Paquito. Including. 78 record. Regal records. Phar lap Farewell to You. Jack Lumsdaine, Baritone, Sydney, NSW (1932).
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Six various Phar lap press photographs. Phar lap winning Agua Calienti Handicap, Mexico, March 20, 1932. San Francisco Examiner reference library. (20 x 26 cm); Close up of Phar lap passing the post in 1st position Agua Calienti Handicap, Mexico March 20, 1932. (18 x 21 cm); Phar lap winner of the Agua Calienti with his trainer Treve (Tommy) Woodcock. (20 x 15.5 cm); Phar lap on his way to Mexico via New Zealand & San Francisco is greeted by thousands at Wellington NZ. (15 x 20 cm); Phar lap after winning…
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Phar lap colour print. With the compliments of the sporting globe. Original mailing tube, 1935 (34 x 38 cm).
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Ten Sydney Harbour Bridge ephemera. Opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge, north Sydney official programme, March 19th, 1932; the great Northern souvenir number bridge opening March18, 1932. The story of the bridge by Frank Cash; Sydney Harbour Bridge souvenir. Ceremony of Turning the first Sod of the Northern railway Approach at the Site of north Sydney station, Sydney, Alfred James Kent, Government Printer, 1923; Sydney Harbour Bridge official souvenir & programme. Sydney: Alfred James Kent, I.S.O Government…
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Sydney Harbour Bridge railway ticket, 1932. Dark blue leather folder with gold embossing New South Wales Government Railways. Official opening Sydney Harbour Bridge. Saturday, 19th March, 1932. A multi coloured oval insert on both sides, one showing the bridge & the other a train on the bridge. Inside the folder on the pastedowns: no. 506 issued to, Railways Act 1912, & the by laws etc. A.J. Kent, Govt Printer... And Wynyard to north Sydney and return first class -12.30pm. Train fare 10/- name Mr Ritchie…
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British officer's silver Gorget. Inscribed with the British Royal coat of arms, c1790. Not hallmarked. 10 cm wide W42.8g
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Silver chain cocktail purse with chain handle Marked.925. W57g. Length 8.5 cm, width 7.8 cm (purse)
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Victorian hallmarked sterling silver card holder Birmingham 1878, by Hilliard & Thomason. 7 x 9.7 cm W82g
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Pr silver & enamel cufflinks, Tattersalls club, the cufflinks are inscribed Tattersalls club, Tasmania, by Danman's. W8.75g
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Three silver items, silver cup inscribed 'Whisky' Birmingham 1914 (4 x 64 cm); match box holder, Birmingham 1883 (7.5 x 5 x 2.8 cm); & small silver & mother of pearl inlay pocket knife, Sheffield 1905, 5 cm long unfolded. W33.8g (cup), W4.7g (match box holder) & W9.4g (knife).
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Three small silver book marks including. One silver caddy spoon & two silver condiment spoons. Book marks 5.5 cm, 7.5 cm, & 9.5 mm long W47g (total)
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George V silver desk Perpetual calendar Birmingham, 1918 with ivorine date cards. 7 x 7 cm W27g
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Silver mug, barrel form with gilt interior & dimpled exterior. Monogrammed 'R' in central cartouche.11 x 13.5 cm W225g.
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Silver nutmeg scraper marked 'Sterling Silver' 3.3 x 2.5 cm (circular) W11.6 cm
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Georgian hallmarked sterling silver vinaigrette London 1929, maker Henry George Murphy. L3.7 cm W18.5g
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Eight various Australian vesta advertising cases. Australian cylindrical vesta cae, inscribed on the lid N.S.Wales Tramways & Gr (Government Railways), surmounted by a crown; Australian advertising celluloid vesta case for Adams' Hotel. There is a picture of the Adams' Hotel on the front & 'Meet me at the marble bar on the reverse; Australian adertising celluloid vesta tin for Griffith Bros Teas Coffees Cocoas, Griffiths Bros Sydney Melbourne & Adelaide; Australian advertising celluloid vesta case for Jg…
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Rolex Oyster Perpetual GMT-Master superlative chronometer. Officially certified 7th September 1965, Oyster Perpetual, GMT-Master, superlative chronometer in a Rolex leather and wood box.
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Rolex ladies 9ct gold watch with W & D sponsors mark. In a case.
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Late 19 C silver, one quarter repeater pocket watch. Swiss 9.35 silver hallmarked. Bezel needs refitting. In a case.
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Seven assorted watches. Ladies Hiltex marcasite watch; 9th C ladies pocket watch; 19th century ladies pocket watch; ladies Cyprus watch; man's 9ct gold watch; man's Enicar watch. Swiss stainless steel, waterproof, antimagnetic, incabloc; & Alba watch with a calculator 1981.
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Two part Japanese Meiji Satsuma belt buckle. Each part of the buckle has a silver back, one is signed & each has a different rural scene with mountains in the background. They have a dark blue border with a gold pattern. 5 x 5 cm (each).
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Retro ring with diamonds & rubies. Set in platinum 18ct yellow gold band, small diamonds 0.11ct, size I. W11.9g (total)
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Arts & Crafts belt buckle enamel on silver. The buckle has a line pattern filled in with very pale yellow & green on a white background (5 x 6.5 cm).
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Marcasite, silver brooch in the shape of a tennis racquet, set onyx (6.3 x 2.3 cm); silver lined gold dog bar brooch.
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Book, 'Science of Self Defence. New York, Dick V Fitzgerald 1867,' Edmund E. Price, together with Fleischer, Nat. Young Griffo. New York, the ring magazine, 1928.
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Studio photograph of a young Jess Willard in cowboy clothes. Including. A booklet 'Full & Graphic story of the great Fight Burns V Johnson.' 32 pages, no date but probably 1909. 19 x 12 cm (photograph)
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Illustrated souvenir & official Scoring card. Great cricket contest, English eleven V N.S.Wales, commencing November 12, 1897 (SCG). Price 6D. 94 pages. Original covers expertly restored. Rusted staples replaced with linen.
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Autograph book, 1920s, 1930s & 1940s in the Ownership of Merle Puddicombe. Macartney, Kelleway, Oldfield, Summervville on a single page; J W Gregory on a single page; West Indian team visiting Australia 1930-1931 sixteen signatures on two conjoined pages; Oldfield, Bradman & 10 others on a single page; New South Wales 1927 twelve players on a single page; Victoria,1927 twelve players on a single page; England 3rd test Melbourne, 1928-9 heading believed to be in Bradman's hand 'Please autograph for Don…
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Autograph book, cricketers only. Owner's name & address on first page. 114 autographs from the 1930s. Don Bradman, bill brown, Oldfield, Kippax, McCabe, O'Reilly, Don Tallon, Fingleton, ray Robinson, R.S. Whitington et al; miniature 'Autograph' cricket bat, Australia, 1938; & a small hand tinted head & shoulders portrait of a young bill brown. Caption on image W a brown Aust XI, Sidney Riley studio Brisbane. Image 9.5 x 12.5 cm, in a strutted celluloid table frame.
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Various cycling items. Blue Riband. Preston Prof. Cycling club, 1939. 62 Mile Road Championship won by L Bonney; quantity of entry forms & related items for Lloyd Bonney 1934-1939; photograph (20 x 26) of Lloyd Bonney being presented with the Barnet glass grand Prix cup 1938; another (25.5 x 20 cm) photo of Bonney during the race; Lloyd Bonney's note book on race bike specifications with notes on the leading riders' road & track frames. Opperman, Guyatt, Moritz et al; hand painted poster. Lloyd Bonney…
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Four various Hubert Opperman cycling programmes. Healing Midlands Tour & National Championship Saturday, August 26, 1939. Opperman Scratch; Barnett glass Road race, 100 Miles Melbourne to Bendigom September 9th, 1939. Opperman Scratch; Warnambool Centenary 'Dunlop Cup' Melbourne to Warnambool Saturday, 7th October, 1939. Opperman Scratch; & Healing Road race at north Essendon. Saturday, September 6th, 1941. 40 miles. Opperman Scratch.
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Various horse racing ephemera. Winooka race book. Racing Program Tanforan (San Francisco) July 29, 1933. Australian racehorse Winooka, jockey Edgar Britt, trainer Mick Polson sixth race the international championship. Seventh race Winooka's stablemate Trevallion, jockey Edgar Britt; official programme. VRC. In Honour of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales 7th June, 1920; official programme, Onkaparinga racing club Oakbank Course Easter Monday,1936 South Australia's Centenary; & Melbourne racing club…
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Shangae (Shanghai) Races autumn Meeting, 1864. Programme printed on silk (54 x 24 cm). Third day, Friday, 11th November. Seven Races. Race 4. The Australian cup. A H Carvalho Printer & Stationer, Shangae (Shanghai).
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Various Australian jockey club ephemera. Australian jockey club Members card no 211, 1889, issued to E.J Sparke Esq. Macleay St, red leather covers embossed in gold with gold trim. Minor insect damage to card which does not affect text; AJC Rules. Amended to 28th August, 1899 (cover title). Hardcover booklet (17 x 11.5 cm), blue/black cloth with gold embossing, 92 pages. Some staining to title pages & browning to end papers & pastedowns. Sydney, John Sands Printer, George Street; Australian jockey club,…
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Four various Hawkesbury new race Course ephemera. Broadsheet (poster). Re-backed with Museum standard Japanese mulberry tissue. (31 x 46.5 cm). To Labourers and Contractors tenders are required by 'The Improvement Committee' for the erection of paling fence round the race course. All tenders to John Thomas Smith, Hon. Sec. Fitzroy Hotel Windsor. B. Isaacs, Printer,1866. Enclosed in Mylar; quasi legal document, dated the 22nd day of Dec, 1866. Four pages of manuscript on two conjoined leaves. Submission of…
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Two framed photographs of Mr H. Collins' horse gold cascade. In a dead heat win in the Newcastle encourage Handicap 7 furlongs 15.3.49; & winning the Newcastle Trial Handicap 1 mile 7.4.47. Each image (17 x 42.5 cm) & each frame (28 x 53.7 cm). Including. Framed & glazed black & white photograph of one of the last hurdle races at Randwick, image (16 x 40 cm) 'Fiery Cross' winning the AJC second Hurdle race 8-10-41.
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Victoria racing club medallion (1929-1930). On the reverse side 1929-1930 949 Bentley. For this medallion's provenance & its particular historical interest see the attached letter from (Dr) Andrew lemon Consultant Historian to the Victoria racing club. The letter confirms that this is an authentic Victoria racing club member's medallion (no.949) issued for the racing season 1929-1930. Additional historical interest & value is given to this item by the membership register for that year allocating the number…
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Ten Australian jockey club Members' badges. 1927-1928, 1928-1929, 1929-1930, 1929-1930, 1930-1931, 1931-1932, 1942-1943 (lady's badge), 1961-1962 (lady's badge), 1962-1963 (lady's badge) & 1970-1971 (lady's badge).
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AFL official souvenir programme 10th ANFC Carnival north Hobart oval. Concluding day Saturday, August 9, 1947. Victoria V S Australia, 32 pages; & one season ticket 1948 NSW Australian National football League.
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Rugby Union. Official programme. Oxford V Cambridge Twickenham Dec 9th, 1924. Three of the Oxford team a C Wallace, Sydney Grammar; C G Aitken, Westport N.Z.; V G Wesche, Kings school. Together with an invitation card, Parramatta Rugby Union Welcomes the Victorian & Queensland footballers. Third Annual ball, Rivoli Palais 9th July, 1936; a fixture card, Tour of South Africa by British Rugby Team 1938.
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11 various NSW Rugby League official, 1929 programmes. These are 'Sold at the ground programmes' one penny each. Small format & usually thrown away after the game. They are rare survivors. 15th July, 1925, combined Australian Universities V New Zealand Sydney sports ground; August 2nd, 1926, south Sydney V Far north coast at the cricket ground; June 29 (no year, probably late 1920's) Queensland V NSW thirteen, Sydney Cricket Ground; 16th May, 1928, Queensland V NSW 11, Sydney Cricket Ground; 27 May, 1929,…
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Early 9ct pink gold bracelet & lock. L18.5 cm W4.7g (approx)
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Various programmes & Tickets. China Soccer Tour of Australia 1923, china V Metropolis, Sydney Cricket Ground. Fold out cardboard programme, no date but sometime in August,1923; Olympic Games, Melbourne 1956, programme Association football main Stadium (MCG) semi Finals 4th Dec & 5th Dec Yugoslavia V India, USSR V Bulgaria; football final Dec 8th, USSR V Yugoslavia; ticket for Dec 5 USSR V Bulgaria; & ticket for final Dec 8 USSR & Yugoslavia.
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Various Speedway ephemera. Olympia motor Speedway limited. Printed one share certificate of 50 pounds completed in manuscript & signed by the directors on the Common seal of the Company, dated this first day of December,1924; Olympia motor Speedway limited. Two page typed letter, to the Shareholders regarding a proposed Speedway in Brisbane, dated Sydney, 2nd September,1925; Speedway Maroubra, official programme. Opening day Saturday, 5th December, 1925. Olympia motor Speedway Ltd. 48 pages with original…
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Three various tennis programmes. Davis cup Challenge round United States V Australia Germantown cricket club Pennsylvania Sept, 1938; Jack Kramer Colisee de Quebec 21 June, 1953 Kramer, Sequra, Sedgman, McGregor; & Jack Kramer 1958 Tour. Gonzales, Hoad, Trabert, Rosewall, Sequra, Kramer.
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Box of cuttings & pages of 'Victoria' professional cycling late 1930s. (Opperman, Bonney, King, Thurgood, Toseland, Moritz et al) also Melbourne to Warrnambool & other famous road races mainly from the sporting globe. The 'Story of Malvern Star' booklet/catologue & the 'Bruce small Story.' both 1945.
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Two racing Bicycle seats. Brooks racing bicycle seat c1935, made in Great Britain. Champion model B37, used in Victoria long distance races in the 1930s; & Mansfield racing bicycle seat c1935, used in Victoria long distance races in the 1930s.
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Autograph book, 1920s, 1930s & 1940s in the Ownership of Merle Puddicombe. Wr Hammond beneath an illustrated likeness on a single page. Seventeen England players on two conjoined pages; G O Allen beneath an illustrated likeness; M C C Australia New Zealand Tour 1935 1936 fourteen signatures on two conjoined illustrated pages; MCC Tour in Australia & New Zealand 1946-1947 eighteen signatures on a tipped in sheet; Australian cricket Team to visit England 1934 fourteen signatures on two conjoined illustrated…
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Sheet Music Waltzing Matilda. Words by A.B. Paterson, author of 'The man from Snowy River.' music arranged by Marie Cowan, believed to be the 1st printed version of our famous song with advertisements for Billy tea & Goldenia tea, 1903. Two conjoined leaves with minor stains & browning. Turner & Henderson litho Sydney.
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Four various Australian sheet music. My secret, the Allen Brothers. 1960 Essex music of Australia; pretty Keen teen, the Allen Brothers.1960 Keen music P/L; first Kiss, the Allen Brothers. 1960 Essex music of Australia; & Hush-A-Bye-Lullaby, music by Henry Krips. The theme from Sons of Matthew.1950.
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Two various sheet music. Irish Rebel song. The Jackets green. Cover illustration of a kneeling rifleman. Dublin. The Gaelic press, 1917; & Irish Rebel song. Wrap the green flag round Me Boys. Cover illustration of crossed Ira flags & a portrait of Major John McBride. Dublin. The Gaelic Press,1917.
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14 various Australian sheet music. Aeroplane theme song featured by Traders Tonic tune Sessions, cover illustration of a moulded jelly, c1939; the old bush Shack, cover illustration of a shack in a bushland setting. Manly, the Manly daily, c1925; the Sydney Flour song, illustrated on front & back with a packet of Sydney flour. Sydney Flour Pty Ltd. Glebe Rd, c1939; the 'Sun' prize song O! Sydney I love you, cover illustration of a harbour scene. Sydney. W H Paling, c1935; When a boy from Alabama meets a…
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Map of the Broken Hill silver Mines New South Wales. Publ. By E R Morris, map lithographer & licensed draftsman Queensland offices bridge St, Sydney. Map laid on linen & folded into hard covers, c1895. (6.5 x 10.5 cm).
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Advertising booklet of Jervis bay. Claylands Estate St Georges basin, Australia's naval base. For Campbell & Jackson, Estate Agents, north Sydney. 28 pages & tipped in coloured sale plan, c1918.
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Smith & Gardiner's map of Sydney & Suburbs 1855. Leather bound cover (11.5 x 14 cm), inside folds out to a 32.5 x 38.5 cm map on material. Enclosed by a protective cardboard folder to fit.
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Plans of the bridge over the Murray river at Mildura 1923. Department of public works, contract numbers1,2,3 & 4. Including. Plans of the bridge over George's river at Tom Ugly's 1923-24 Sutherland shire Council NSW, contract numbers one & two.
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Poster advertising Imperial Airways. The poster (64 x 99.5 cm), folded into eight, shows a Scylla bi-plane with Imperial Airways London on its fuselage & the following text: Imperial Airways the Greatest air service in the world the Greatest Luxurious air travel Europe and Africa India and the East. Imperial Airways used the Scylla between 1934 -1940.
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Reference plan of city Streets - Sydney, 1888. Extra supplement to the illustrated Sydney news Centennial number, January 26, 1888. List of commercial & public buildings (51 x 76 cm); & the city of Sydney looking East from Darling harbour, presented as a supplement to the town & country Journal January 1, 1876. Borders illustrated with commercial buildings. A C Cooke Delt. / E Calvert. (75 x 109 cm). Both enclosed in Mylar.
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Bird's eye view of Parramatta river, New South Wales. The scene of the great Sculling Contest between Trickett and Rush for the Championship of the World. Supplement to the illustrated Sydney news July, 1877. Gibbs, Shallard, & Co. Printers, 108 Pitt Street, Sydney. (90 x 57 cm). Enclosed in Mylar.
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Supplement to the 'Graphic Australian' November 23, 1889. Large colour map of Australia in two parts. Borders illustrated with public buildings and advertisements. Phillip - Stephan photo - litho & Typographic process Co. Ld. Sydney N.S.W. (102 x 148 cm). Enclosed in Mylar.
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Supplement to the 'Illustrated Sydney News,' November 1877. Town and District of Parramatta, New South Wales. Borders illustrated with churches, public & commercial buildings. Gibbs, Shallard, & Co. Printers, 108 Pitt Street, Sydney. (47 x 89 cm). Enclosed in Mylar.
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Manuscript survey map of land Grants at Hawkesbury, c1835. Including auction sale plan of Crown Lands at Richmond (NSW), 1895. Both enclosed in Mylar. (65 x 52 cm) & (75 x 50 cm)
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Printed plan of town of Currowan on the river Clyde County of St. Vincent NSW, 1859. Including. Hand drawn survey plan of Currowan c1859. This town plan was never carried out & today Currowan is listed as a 'Government town with little population.' it is 15ks inland from Bateman's bay. Both enclosed in Mylar, 63 x 68 cm & 40 x 26 cm.
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Plan of Prince Alfred park for the Agricultural Society's exhibition of 1872. Supplement to the Sydney mail April 20, 1872 (88 x 57 cm). Enclosed in Mylar.
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Hand drawn plan of 2 Allotments. In the town of Windsor to be sold by auction February, 1860. The property of C Hassall Esqr 1860 (58 x 70 cm). Enclosed in Mylar.
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Reginal's Wooing - an Anglo - Australian Romance. Signed Hop in one panel (Livingston Hopkins). Supplement to the Christmas number of the 'Bulletin,' Sydney, NSW, 1883. An early Australian comic (45 x 57 cm). Enclosed in Mylar. Including. Holiday Haunts. Who's for Manly' at Clontarf, Manly beach. On the rocks at Watson's. Our drive to Coogee. At Botany - Historic ground. Supplement to the illustrated Sydney news, December, 1883. Gibbs, Shallard, & Co. Chromo Printers, Sydney (41 x 57 cm). Enclosed in Mylar.
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Bonnington's Irish Moss poster. Polychrome poster (52 x 41 cm). Rebacked with Museum standard Japanese mulberry tissue, c1900. Bonnington's pectoral Oxymel of Irish moss, the wonderful Cure for Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Bronchitis, Asthma etc. Geo. Bonnington, Christchurch. Young girl in the foreground gathering moss in a basket; a lighthouse on the rocky shore with sailboats gliding by on a calm sea. Bonnington's Irish moss is listed in the arms of Morpheus (Bonnington's Irish moss Australia c1900).…
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Proposed city of Sydney & Suburban railway extension, 1877. 'Illustrated Sydney News,' supplement map June, 1877 showing the railway extension proposed by Mr John young Gibbs, Shallard & Co. Lithographers, 108 Pitt St Sydney (54.5 x 90.5 cm). Enclosed in Mylar.
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Land Grant, Surveyor's hand drawn plan of F J Knight's 50 acres grant near Bondi. Parish of Alexandria County of Cumberland. Francis John knight 50 acres grant & neighbours J Regan, J W Cuming, rose bay view cottage, Baronsleigh Dairies with cow Sheds, north Crags cottage, old south head Road & Road Reserved East 2900 links in Grant 1 chain wide. Vellum (50 x 40 cm). Enclosed in Mylar.
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Post office poster Pmg 5/49 May,1949 'Post Christmas mail now for Overseas.' signed P I Cox. Peter Ingram Cox (born Adelaide 1913). During the second World War, Cox worked as a cartographer in the a I F & after the war was an artist in the Postmaster General's Department, 1946-52. (source: McCulloch) (55 x 63.5 cm). Enclosed in Mylar.
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Two various Maroubra sale Crown Lands Plans 1922. One, poster, 58 allotments for sale. Both enclosed in Mylar, each (70.5 x 97 cm).
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Bonnington's Irish moss poster. Polychrome poster (52 x 41 cm). Rebacked with Museum standard Japanese mulberry tissue, c1900. Bonnington's pectoral Oxymel of Irish moss, the wonderful Cure for Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Bronchitis, Asthma etc. Geo. Bonnington, Christchurch. Young girl in the foreground gathering moss in a basket; a lighthouse on the rocky shore with sailboats gliding by on a calm sea. Bonnington's Irish moss is listed in the arms of Morpheus (Bonnington's Irish moss Australia c1900).…
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Map of Sydney 2nd edition. H E C Robinson Ltd colour litho laid down on linen, enclosed in Mylar, (97 x 70 cm). North Shore bridge under construction (Sydney Harbour Bridge). All of the named wharves in Darling harbour, Walsh bay, Sydney cove, Johnstones bay, Blackwattle bay, Wooloomooloo bay etc. All of the Shipping, Ferry & Stevedoring Companies; Huddart Parker, Howard Smith, Adelaide Steamship, Burns Philip, Union S.S, P&O etc. Quarantine Jetty, press Boatshed et al. Tramlines & Railways, public &…
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Framed decorative colour map of the East Indies showing a portion of New Guinea. Insulae Indicae Orientalis Precipual. Image (40 x 53 cm) frame (57 x 68 cm)
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Framed map city of Sydney, New South Wales. A H Fullwood. Centennial number of the Sydney mail, supplement to the Sydney mail January 21st,1888. Image (62.5 x 92.5 cm), frame (81.5 x 109 cm).
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Framed original Australian travel poster showing the liner 'Awatea,' 1936 the poster has the harbour bridge in the background and is advertising Australia - New Zealand Union line travel for the Awatea in October, 1936. Signed lower right P Litchfield '36. Image (99.5 x 64 cm), frame (106 x 75 cm).
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