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Australian & Historical - Day 2 — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:376
Sale Title:Australian & Historical - Day 2Lots with images:364
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:333
Date:26-Jun-2022
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A vintage Australian fairground 'Laughing Clown', early-to-mid 20th century 74 cm high. 52 cm wide, 64 cm deep
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Andor Meszaros (1900-1972), 'Eva' bronze plaque mounted on wooden board signed 'Andor Meszaros, 1964' the plaque 13.5 cm diameter
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Twenty three Japanese porcelain lyrebird statues, circa 1960 6.5 cm high
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A pair of Australian ceramic busts of young Aboriginals, mid 20th century retailer's label affixed to base 'The Chimney Pot, Dunkeld', and inscribed 'E & B Australia' 10 cm high
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A vintage Australian serving tray, blackbean and huon pine with chrome handles, late 20th century 54 cm across the handles
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Scat Pottery ceramic parrot statue, circa 1960s limited edition 29/1000, signed 'A. Poli' 32 cm high
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Designer Award 1969 'Men's Knitwear, Ricardo Knitwear' cast bronze Merino sheep on timber plinth 12 cm high, 14 cm wide
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Two bird spirit figures, carved and painted wood, Yirrkala, East Arnhem 68 cm and 58 cm high
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T.V. Week Logie Award 1977 'Outstanding Contribution To T.V. Journalism. The Werribee Accident. A Current Affair (Nine Network)' 16 cm high
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Craig Haire (1948 - ), cast bronze panther sculpture, purchased from Goulburn Valley Gallery in 1988. 40 cm long
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A carved emu egg depicting an Aborigine, emu & kookaburra in separate panels, housed in an acrylic display case, circa 1980, 19 cm high
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Moorcroft 'Banksia' pattern plate Impressed 'Moorcroft, Made In England', with 'W.M.' monogram 26 cm diameter
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An Australian vintage split cane fishing rod, stamped 'Pastime Len C. Butterworth, Rod Maker, Brisbane', 274 cm overall
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Tasmanian birdseye huon pine burl wood specimen, and a huon pine slab, (2 items), 45 cm and 87 cm wide
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Four assorted antique and vintage timber boxes, 19th and early 20th century the largest 32 cm wide. Provenance: The Rodney Pemberton Collection
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Two Australian wooden chip carved pictures with original polish, circa 1900 51 x 39 cm and 41 x 56 cm
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Australian Folk Art chip carved picture frame designed to house four images (now mirrored), early 20th century 30 x 76 cm
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'Carlton Bitter Ale' vintage advertising mirror 48 x 71 cm overall
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'Advance Australia 1788-1888 Australia's Centenary' amber glass souvenir bowl with coat of arms 7 cm high, 23 cm wide
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A fine antique glass chalice with stunning wheel cut decoration of Australian animals in bush landscape including kangaroos, cockatoo, wombat, emu and lyrebird 18 cm high
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Carnival Glass 'Shrike' marigold master bowl by Crown Crystal, circa 1920s 8 cm high, 25 cm wide
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Richards Clements Australian art glass perfume bottle with glass prunt monogram 'R.C.' 12 cm high
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Richards Clements Australian art glass perfume bottle with glass prunt monogram 'R.C.' 8 cm high
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Nick Mount 'Budgeree' Australian art glass vase engraved 'Budgeree, '87' 14.5 cm high
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Chris Pantano 'Dreamtime' Australian squat art glass vase signed 'C. Pantano, Dreamtime 5, Australia, C107/89' 10 cm high, 11 cm wide
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Chris Pantano 'Dreamtime' Australian art glass vase signed 'Chris Pantano, Dreamtime, Australia, 3027-93' 15 cm high
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Debora (Deb) Cox Australian art glass platter engraved 'D. Cox, '93' 59 cm diameter
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Peter Crisp group of four assorted Australian art glass dishes, late 20th century engraved monogram 'P.C.' the largest 11.5 cm diameter
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Marc Kalifa Australian art glass paperweight with landscape scene signed 'Kalifa, 5.5/87' 9 cm high
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Australian mottled art glass vase engraved 'O. M. 1991' 11 cm high
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Richard Clements group of four Australian art glass perfume bottles the largest 10.5 cm high
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Eileen Gordon two Australian art glass perfume bottles 12.5 cm and 13 cm high
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Stephen Morris Australian blue art glass centrepiece with shell prunts and flared rim engraved signature to base 54 cm high
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Sean James Gordon VC: carte-de-visite for Seamus James Gordon V.C. taken by Charles Percy Pickering at George Street Studio, Brickfield Hill, Sydney c.1880. The image shows a seated Gorman holding a walking stick, wearing 4 medals including his Victoria Cross, his left leg exhibiting pronounced attestation to the artificial leg concealed beneath. The item is accompanied by magnified image, plus copious biographical notes by Harry Willey (author of '150 Years of the Victoria Cross 1857-2007'), Sean James…
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War Department 4lb weight with broad arrow stamp, mid 19th century 14 cm high
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Boer War - S.S. Salamis - 'Sports Meeting': Attractive hand-drawn and coloured souvenir poster, captioned 'Advance Australia/S.S. Salamis' at top and 'Souvenir/South Africa' at base, with a central listing of events and winners; framed & glazed, overall 74 x 51 cm.
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9th Australian Light Horse table vesta porcelain striker by MacIntyre (Moorcroft), emblazoned with a kangaroo in wattle wreath 6 cm high, 8 cm wide
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Gallipoli - 'With The Camera At Anzac': group of 40 photographs (each 11.5 x 16 cm) taken by three young Australian soldiers Henry James Lowe, Arthur James Cook & George Downs at Anzac Cove and surrounding areas in 1915. This is an almost complete representation of the 42 photographs included in an album of photographs registered for copyright in 1919, under the title 'With the Camera at Anzac', a copy of which is held in National Archives. In addition a panoramic postcard (8.5 x 41 cm) showing North Beach…
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Major General Walter Adams Coxen Cb, Cmg, DSO (22 June 1870 - 15 December 1949): A collection of postcards sent by Coxen to his daughter, 1915-19. The Coxen family lived in South Yarra during the First World War. (170+). In May 1915 Coxen was ordered to raise a brigade of siege artillery for service in Europe. The brigade was to consist of two batteries, with eight siege guns to be supplied by Britain and 415 officers and other ranks, about half of whom would be permanent force artillery gunners. The…
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'Presenta Bock Family Tasmania military and boxing group including: I.) 9ct gold military medallion 'S.B.S. Bock 40th Batt. Oldina Friends, June 1919'. II.) Dog tag 'Stretcher Bearer S.H. Bock 58 Ge 40th A.I.F. 10th Bde'. III.) Silver vesta engraved 'Presented To Sapper S.H. Bock, Field Engineers, A.I.F. By His Oldina Friends, 6/3/16'. IV.) Corrollo Prize, silver boxing medal 'Presented To G. Bock For His General Proficiency Displayed In Competition, Oct. 23, 1885'. V.) Corrollo Medal, silver boxing medal…
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An Australian red ensign flag, 20th century 88 x 150 cm
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World War I Turkish P.O.W. (prisoner of war) bead work bag emblazoned 'Turkish Prisoner, 1918, Advance Australia', adorned with Australian crest with emu and kangaroo over 'George' on both sides. A rare survivor in excellent condition. 38 cm high overall, 16 cm wide
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Australian military badges including Royal Australian Armoured Corps, and rising sun examples, 20th century, (11 items) The 'Australia' examples 5 cm wide
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'The All-Australian Memorial History, Heroes and Helpers' Australian Commonwealth Military Forces single volume, full morocco with embossed gilt lettering, [published 1917], complete with fold-out sections.
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World War I Trench Periscope: Trench periscope with original label identifying it as 'Periscope No.9, Mark II' made by Adam & Co (Great Britain, 1918), two spare mirrors, housed in canvas bag, 36 cm high.
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Literature: 'Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt' by Barrett & Deane (H.K. Lewis & Co, London, 1918), an illustrated account of the organisation and work of the Australian Medical Corps in Egypt in 1914-15; cloth bound, foxing to end pages and internally in places, 259pp octavo with 34 plates.
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Military parade photograph taken outside the Tattersalls Hotel in Armidale (N.S.W.), assorted postcards and framed certificate, (7 items)
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World War I - Australian Imperial Force: 'Record of The Australian Imperial Force in the Great War 4th Aug.1914 - 28th June 1919' original poster, designed, engraved & printed by Osboldstone & Co (Melbourne, c.1919); framed & glazed, overall 70 x 57 cm.
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World War I Certificates of Appreciation: City of Hawthorn & Shire of Gordon original certificates commemorating the contribution to King and Country of local servicemen; both are framed & glazed, the larger 62 x 54 cm.
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Literature: varied array including hardbound 'H.M.A.S.' (1942) and 'RAAF Saga - The RAAF at War' (1944), both published by Australian War Memorial, softbound 'From Shore to Shore' book of poems by Eric Locke (1944); plus 1937 facsimile of letter sent by Billy Hughes as Minister for Health and Repatriation to war pensioners undergoing institutional treatment, World War II copy of 'Jungle Courage' magazine, 'Salt' Second Birthday Issue (Sep. 27, 1943) and 'The Weapon Arts Museum Catalog No 1 (1955); also war…
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Vintage chrome aeroplane ornament inscribed 'With Compliments of Hindustan Aircraft P. Ltd. Bangalore, India' 16 cm high, 18 cm wingspan
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Adolf Galland - German World War II Fighter Ace: bold signature of the Luftwaffe General on a black & white photograph (11 x 7 cm), housed in photo frame, overall 19 x 14 cm. Galland and his fighter squadron were credited with destroying 100 Allied planes during the Battle Of Britain. He was quickly promoted to General at just age of 30, making him the youngest General in the German armed forces. His promotion saw him placed in charge of German air defenses, but by 1944 the tides of war had changed and…
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Joseph Herman RAAF '466' Squadron - 'Caterpillar Club': Personal effects of miracle World War II survivor Joseph Herman who on the night of November 4, 1944 was piloting a Handley Page Halifax B III bomber over Germany when hit by anti-aircraft fire. Although not wearing his own parachute, he ordered the crew to bail and whilst crawling to retrieve his own parachute the plane exploded leaving a fully conscious Herman to free fall from 18,000 feet. Herman knowing he faced certain death relaxed and dropped…
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Douglas Bader - British World War II Fighter Ace: printed photographic image (20 x 25 cm) of Bader standing on the wing of his Hurricane, boldly signed in ink 'Good Luck Robert, Douglas Bader, 14/7/80'. Bader was befriended by German ace Adolf Galland (see lot 919), shortly after bailing out over German occupied France in 1941.
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Japanese Surrender 1945, group of 32 black and white photographs of General Yamashita surrendering in the field to Allied forces. Unpublished images taken by Australian soldier Don Wright. 32 images, sheet size 10 x 13.5 cm each
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Three ornate whip handles by Vernan Henry Yates 40th Battalion, The Derwent Regiment (Tasmania). Three fine and unusual examples from the 1930s made from Tasmanian timbers inlaid with metal work depicting various symbols and motifs many to do with horse racing which was a passion of Yates'. Yates was born at Sorell, Tasmania in 1900, and enlisted in the army June 1942. the largest 48 cm long
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World War II New Zealand Service Medals: including Africa Star, Italy Star, 1939-45 Star, Defence Medal (2), War Medal 1939-45 (2) and 'For Service' Medal, all uninscribed, with ribbons. (8)
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World War II Photographs - Labuan & Japanese Surrender: album of black & white photographs (mostly 6 x 9 cm, some larger) taken in Labuan in 1945, included are images of Lieutenant-General Masoa Baba, Commander of the 37th Army in Borneo on arrival in Labuan, with photos showing (1) the arrival aircraft, (2) the Commander surrounded by Australian troops after disembarking, (3) the Japanese commander seated in American Jeep, under armed escort, awaiting transportation to Surrender Point, (4) Surrender…
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Ships - Mv/HMS Kanimbla: commemorative screen print on fabric, dedicated to the ship known as ' The Great Grey Raider', with a central image of the ship and a list of ships captured beneath; framed & glazed, overall 60 x 57 cm, c. late 1940s.
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Scallop shell trench art ashtray, the clasps and base fashioned from a World War I artillery shell case 7.5 cm high, 15 cm wide
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'Zloto' Australian Comforts Fund, Draughtsmen set in original box; together with a 'Motor Traffic Act, 1909, And Regulations' 1927 edition; a lemonade bottle stamped 'F. & E. Thomas Ltd. Inverell', plus 8 assorted military patches, (11 items), the bottle 22.5 cm high
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Alain Manesson Mallet (1630 - 1706) Isles de Salomon [Paris, 1683] copper-plate engraved map 21.5 x 14 cm (leaf size). Shows the Solomon Islands including Guadal-Canal and part of the New Zealand coast.
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Alain Manesson Mallet (1630 - 1706) Continent Meridional: Austral ou Antarctique [Paris, 1683] copper-plate engraved map 21.5 x 14 cm (leaf size). A south polar view showing a crude Australia and New Zealand based on Tasman's discoveries in the 1640s.
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Unknown Cartographer/Architect: Borneo. Manuscript Plan of a fort with surrounding islands pen and ink in colour 34 x 27 cm. A mid 18th century French fortification plan, with buildings inside a construction of polygon borders, showing a landmass to the north (labelled S. Piere en Borneo) and three sailing ships on the river.
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Claude Buy de Mornas (d.1783) Climats D'Heures et de Mois [Paris, Louis Charles Desnos, 1761] hand-coloured circular map of the Eastern hemisphere within a decorative frame and with text panels describing the world's climate zones. 52 x 66 cm (sheet size). This example with remarkable decorative borders found only in the deluxe edition. Cook's charting of the east coast of Australia is still in the future.
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English County Maps including Durham, Glamorganshire, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire, South Wales, etc. (8); various publishers, late 18th - mid-19th Century.
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La Perouse 'Carte D'Une Partie Du Grand Ocean a l'E. et S.E. de la Nouvelle Guinee pour l'intelligence du Voyage de la Fregate Espagnole la Princesa commandee par D. Franco. Antonio Maurelle. en 1781.', [Paris, 1797], from the 'Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse' 41.5 x 59 cm (sheet size). A chart of part of the south-western Pacific, showing the routes taken by the Spanish explorer Don Francisco Antonio Maurelle in 1781, along the northern coast of New Guinea and across the Pacific to Fiji and Tonga. The map…
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La Perouse 'Carte Du Grand Ocean Ou Mer Du Sud....' large-format copper engraving [Paris, 1797], Map No.3 from La Perouse's Atlas 58 x 83 cm (sheet size).
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leLOUIS de Freycinet 'Carte Generale de la Terre de Diemen, Comprenant les decouve Louis de Freycinet, 'Carte Generale de la Terre de Diemen, Comprenant les decouvertes et les travaux Geographiques executes dans cette partie a borde des Corvettes le Geographe le Naturaliste et la Goelette le Casuarina Redigee Par L Freycinet. . . 1808' copper engraving with hand-coloured highlights sheet size 84 x 56 cm. The title, in an oval cartouche explains that the chart was drafted by Freycinet. It also mentions the…
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Louis Claude De Freycinet (1779 - 1841) 'Plan du Port Jackson (Nouvelle-Galles du Sud) d'apres le Capitaine John Hunter assujetti aux observations faites a bord des Corvettes Francaises en 1802; Plan du comte de Cumberland (Nouvelle-Galles du Sud) d'apres les cartes Anglaises. . . 1802' [Paris, 1811] from the Atlas volume of Freycinet's ' Voyage de decouvertes aux terres Australes. . . ', 66 x 98 cm (sheet size). One of the Earliest Maps of Port Jackson - From the Expedition of Nicholas Baudin. The two…
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0verall. Louis Claude Desaulses de Freycinet (1779 - 1842) 'Plan de L'ile Maria' and 'Plan de l'Ile King', together on one sheet, circa 1811 copper engravings with hand colouring 65 x 43 cm overall.
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John Thomson New Holland and Asiatic Isles hand-coloured engraving, 1814 overall 54 x 72 cm.
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Sidney Hall Pacific Ocean, published by Longman, Rees, et al, 1828 hand-coloured outlines 43 x 53 cm; framed (67 x 74.5 cm). A note on the map next to the Pitcairn Islands reads: 'This Island is inhabited by the children of some of the Mutineers of the Bounty who after going to Otaheite [Tahiti], where they married some of the Otaheitans, settled here in 1790.'
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Sidney Hall Van Diemen's Land [Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1828] copper engraving with hand-coloured details. 59 x 48 cm. Macquarie Harbour on the west coast on this map of Van Diemen's Land is shown about three times the size of the real harbour. Where this error originated is unknown, but it appears to have been based on a dodgy report from the colony.
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Meyer's Universal Atlas Asiatisher Archipel und Neu Holland 1830. [Hildburghausen, 1830-40] copper engraved map with some borders hand coloured; detailed inset of New South Wales; 20 x 24 cm (sheet size 28 x 33 cm).
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Henry Teesdale Van-Diemens Land Engraved by J. Dover, 1831 steel engraving with some hand colouring overall 46 x 37 cm.
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New Zealand by W. Hughes (with insets of Tasmania and Western Australia), 1853; Western Australia and Van-Diemen Island by Baldwin & Cradock (on one sheet), 1833; also, a vue d'optique of St. James' Park in London. (3 items). Mixed condition.
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Allan Bell & Co. New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land [London, 1837] hand-coloured copper engraving with inset maps of Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, N. Caledonia and the Solomons Archipelago 36 x 30 cm.
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George Virtue & Co. Australia hand-coloured engraving showing the recently delineated South Australian borders [London, 1840, F.P. Becker & Co.] 20 x 24 cm.
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Francis Garnier 'Oceanie' [Paris, 1860] from Garnier's ' Atlas Spheroidal & Universel de Geographie' hand-coloured engraving 61 x 86 cm. (sheet size).
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James Wyld 'Map of South Australia, New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Settled parts of Australia. Respectfully dedicated to Major Sir T.L. Mitchell....' [London, 457 West Strand], circa 1860 steel engraving with hand-colouring 66 x 98 cm (sheet size). With detailed insets of Sydney and Adelaide and a legend for 'Gold Deposits' and 'Railways'.
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Royal Geographical Society Map to accompany the Diary of Messrs. Burke & Wills, across Australia to the Gulf of Carpentaria; also: Mr. Howitt's Journal to Cooper Creek, constructed chiefly from the Observations & Field-book of W.I. Wills, Esqr. 1861 engraved, minimal hand-colouring, 1862 42 x 23 cm (sheet size).
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George Bishop County of King N.S.W. hand-coloured engraving Plate [12] from: Atlas of the settled counties of New South Wales. [Sydney: Published by Basch & Co., 1872] 43 x 55 cm sheet size.
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George Bishop County of Bligh N.S.W. hand-coloured engraving Plate from: Atlas of the settled counties of New South Wales. [Sydney: Published by Basch & Co., 1872] 43 x 55 cm sheet size.
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George Bishop County of Westmoreland N.S.W. hand-coloured engraving Plate from: Atlas of the settled counties of New South Wales. [Sydney: Published by Basch & Co., 1872] 43 x 55 cm sheet size.
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George Bishop County of Brisbane N.S.W. hand-coloured engraving Plate from: Atlas of the settled counties of New South Wales. [Sydney: Published by Basch & Co., 1872] 43 x 55 cm sheet size.
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George Bishop County of Argyle N.S.W. hand-coloured engraving Plate from: Atlas of the settled counties of New South Wales. [Sydney: Published by Basch & Co., 1872] 43 x 55 cm sheet size.
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George Bishop County of Georgiana N.S.W. hand-coloured engraving Plate from: Atlas of the settled counties of New South Wales. [Sydney: Published by Basch & Co., 1872] 43 x 55 cm sheet size.
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George Bishop County of Phillip N.S.W. hand-coloured engraving Plate from: Atlas of the settled counties of New South Wales. [Sydney: Published by Basch & Co., 1872] 43 x 55 cm sheet size.
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George Bishop County of Bathurst N.S.W. hand-coloured engraving Plate from: Atlas of the settled counties of New South Wales. [Sydney: Published by Basch & Co., 1872] 43 x 55 cm sheet size.
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George Bishop County of Bligh N.S.W. hand-coloured engraving Plate from: Atlas of the settled counties of New South Wales. [Sydney: Published by Basch & Co., 1872] 43 x 55 cm sheet size.
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George Bishop County of Gloucester N.S.W. hand-coloured engraving Plate from: Atlas of the settled counties of New South Wales. [Sydney: Published by Basch & Co., 1872] 43 x 55 cm sheet size.
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George Bishop County of Hunter N.S.W. hand-coloured engraving Plate from: Atlas of the settled counties of New South Wales. [Sydney: Published by Basch & Co., 1872] 43 x 55 cm sheet size.
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'Illustrated Map of Melbourne and Suburbs Showing Government Sections and Allotments, Railways, Public Buildings, &c. Compiled from the latest Surveys and most authentic Sources to date. Published by Chas. F. Maxwell and W. Reed Phillips, 74 Chancery Lane Melbourne, 1872.' [Melbourne, Hamel & Ferguson Lith. 85 Queen St. Melbourne]; lithographed in sixteen sections and laid down on linen; each section being approx. 32 x 41 cm. Overall 1280 x 1610 cm; (framed 1420 mm x 1770 mm). Believed to Be Unique. The…
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Samuel B. Bonney 'Plan of the Government House and Domain Gardens: Designed by Joseph Sayce Esq., Caulfield' hand-coloured lithograph Department of Lands & Survey, 1873. 34 x 55 cm; (framed 47 x 69 cm).
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Justus Perthes Korallen Meer hand coloured steel engraving [Gotha, 1875] 46 x 38 cm (sheet size) shows northern Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef, Torres Strait islands and part of New Guinea.
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Adolf Stieler Sud-Ost-Australien.....von A. Petermann steel-engraving with minimal hand colouring from 'Stieler's Hand Altas', 1879. 47 x 39 cm (sheet size).
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'General Map of Queensland' published 1887 by The Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co. 67 x 44 cm.
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'Northern Territory of South Australia' and 'South Australia' (with inset 'City of Adelaide'), both maps published in 1887 by the Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co. (2). Both 45 x 35 cm.
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'Western Australia' (with inset 'City of Perth'), published in 1887 by the Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co. 67 x 45.5 cm.
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