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Treasures Gallery Exhibition checklist
October 2011
REALIA
Robert Brettell Bate, Mathematical, Optical & Philosophical Instruments, Wholesale, Retail &
for Exportation, London
Surveying instruments used by Sir Thomas Mitchell during his three expeditions
1831–1846
brass, bronze, iron, glass and cedar; 66.0 x 63.5 x 32.0 cm (assembled)
Maps Collection, nla.pic-an6393476
Donated by the descendants of Sir Thomas Mitchell
EMI Australia, Sydney, and EMI Group, London
Torch of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956
diecast aluminium alloy and silver ; 40.0 x 14.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn4532747
Recent acquisition
BlueSky (design consultant), G.A. & L. Harrington (manufacturer) for Sydney Organising
Committee for the Olympic Games and University of Adelaide School of Mechanical
Engineering, in partnership with Fuel and Combustion Technology Pty Ltd (engineer)
Sydney Olympic torch 2000
aluminium, steel and plastic coating; 78.0 x 10.0 x 6.3 cm
Pictures Collection, PIC OBJ A40010589
William Burwash and Richard Sibley, London (registered 1805)
Salver presented to Sir James Stirling on 31 December 1838 1837
sterling silver; 56.5 cm (diam.)
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6227485
Presented to the Commonwealth Government in 1938 by Reginald Purbrick, Member of
Parliament for Liverpool Walton, United Kingdom
W. Butcher and Sons, London (est. 1902)
Harold Cazneaux’s Midg box quarter-plate c.1904
wood, metal and glass; 15.8 x 12.8 x 22.3 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an10910566
Presented by Dick Smith on behalf of Rainbow Johnson, 1994
Nelson Illingworth (1862–1926)
Cast of Henry Lawson's hand 1922
bronze; 24.0 x 12.0 x 7.5 cm
Sir William Dargie Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an8005282
Neville Bonner (1922–1999)
Boomerang 1968
paint and wood; 23.0 x 55.7 x 7.0 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an8005371
Bullseye lantern owned by bushranger ‘Captain Moonlite’ c.1860
iron, glass and textile wick; 17.5 x 8.5 x 15.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7754288
Presented by Mrs J. Edmondson, 1951
Mere pounamu 18th or early 19th century
nephrite jade; 33.5 x 8.0 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an24393287
Kotiate paraoa 18th or early 19th century
whalebone; 33.6 x 12.0 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an24393114
1812 life mask of Ludwig van Beethoven, aged 41
plaster; 28.0 x 17.0 x 12.0 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6137958
Bequest of Eve Hungerford, 1977
Emu egg on silver stand c.1860
emu eggshell and silver; 25.0 cm (height)
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an8954368
Dora Ohlfsen (1867–1948)
Commemorative medal sold to raise money for permanently disabled Australian and
New Zealand soldiers 1916 (design), 1919 (struck)
bronze; 3.3 cm (diam.)
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6300291
William Farmer & Co. Inc. (est. 1897)
Key presented to the Prime Minister W.M. Hughes upon the opening of the
Commonwealth Bank, Sydney 22 August 1916
gold; 16.0 x 21.3 cm
Papers of William Morris Hughes (1862–1952)
Manuscripts Collection, MS 1538, Series 50
Erik Lindberg (1873–1966) and Bertram Mackennal (1863–1931)
Olympic gold medal for swimming won by Fanny Durack at Stockholm 1912
gold; 3.3 cm (diam.)
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6137965
Presented by Frank Durack, 1956
Paul Newell (designer), Trofe Australia Pty Ltd (manufacturer)
Fatso the Fat-arsed Wombat, as seen on The Dream with Roy and H.G during the
Olympics, Sydney 2000
gold; 2.6 x 2.4 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an23502259
Attributed to Julius Hogarth and Conrad Erichsen (designers) for Flavelle Bros & Co
(manufacturer)
Australian design brooch c.1850s
gold; 6.5 cm (diam.)
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6411791
Presented by Lady Katherine Darwin
Elizabeth Macquarie’s earrings made from gold found in Prospect, Blue Mountains, NSW
c.1830
gold and citrine; 5.7 x 8.0 x 8.0 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6411788
Donated by Mr Edward Manley Hopkins, descendant of Elizabeth Macquarie's niece, 1968
Garrard & Co. Ltd, London (est. 1735)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, imperial honours decoration given to Bessie
Rischbieth, Western Australian suffragette 1935
gold; 19.0 x 9.4 x 1.0 cm
Bessie Rischbieth Collection (Pictures), PIC OBJ A40006840
Rattlesnake-shaped brooch that Owen Stanley’s sister-in-law, Eliza N. Stanley, gave to
the wife of Dr John Thomson, surgeon on HMS Rattlesnake, in remembrance ‘of the old
ship’ c.1850
gold, enamel and gemstones; 4.5 cm (diam.)
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6411787
Presented by Mary Bennett, 1966
Tiffany & Co., New York
David Livingstone Centenary Medal awarded to Antarctic adventurer Thomas Griffith
Taylor by the American Geographical Society 1923
gold; 7.6 cm (diam.)
Papers of Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880–1963)
Manuscripts Collection, MS 1003
Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard, London (est. 1808)
Silver kettle and spirit lamp given by Queen Charlotte to Sir Joseph Banks 1813
silver; 31.0 x 26.5 x 14.5 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an8005379
TERRA AUSTRALIS TO AUSTRALIA
Early exploration
Alessandro Piccolomini (1508–1578)
Figure XLVII: The Southern Cross (De la corona Australe)
in On the fixed stars (De le stelle fisse)
Venice: 1552 (third edition)
woodcut; 21.5 x 32.0 cm
Overseas Rare Books Collection, nla.gen-vn3007571
Richard Cushee (active 1729–1732 )
A new terrestrial globe drawn from the best authorities … containing the latest
discoveries
London: 1731
coloured lithograph on plaster, mahogany and brass; 38.0 cm (globe diam.)
Maps Collection, nla.map-glob6
Leonard Compere Cushee (active 1751–1760)
A new globe of the earth
London: 1751
coloured engraving on plaster, engraved copper and mahogany; 7.0 cm (globe diam.)
Maps Collection, nla.map-glob8
Attributed to Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp (1594–c.1651)
Portrait of Abel Tasman, his wife and daughter c.1637
oil on canvas; 106.7 x 132.1 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an2282370
Attributed to Gerard van Keulen (1678–1726)
The South Land discovered by Willem de Vlamingh … (T Zuijd landt ontdeckt door
Willem de Vlaming …) 1697 c.1712
ink and watercolour; 57.0 x 96.8 cm and 56.8 x 96.8 cm
Maps Collection, nla.map-rm751 and nla.map-rm752
Johann Bayer (1572–1625), Alexander Mair (engraver) (c.1562–1617)
Uranometria, containing charts of all the constellations (Uranometria, omnium
asterismorum continens schemata)
Augsburg: Christophorus Mangus, 1603
engraving; 36.3 x 53.0 cm
Maps Collection, nla.map-ra307
Hendrick Doncker (1626–1699) after Jan Jansson (1588–1664)
Indian Ocean (Mar di India)
in The sea atlas (De zee-atlas ofte water-waereld)
Amsterdam: 1659
hand-coloured engraving; 46.0 x 63.0 cm
Petherick Collection (Maps), nla.map-ra10-s45
Recent acquisition
François Valentijn (author) (1656–1727) and workshop of Frederik Ottens (illustrator)
(active 1700–1749)
The old and new East Indies (Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien), volume 3, part 2
Dordrecht, the Netherlands : Joannes van Braam and others, 1724–1726
44.5 x 58.3 cm
Overseas Rare Books Collection, nla.map-t1273
Attributed to Abraham Anias (1694–1750)
Chart of the Indian Ocean 1730
Middelburg, the Netherlands: Abraham Anias, 1730
ink on vellum; 61.6 x 84.2 cm
Maps Collection, nla.map-rm4096
Recent acquisition
Isaac de Graaf (1668–1743)
From the Cape of Good Hope to the Sunda Straits, annotated with tracks of the ship
Diemermeer
Amsterdam: 1735–c.1745
ink, pigment and pencil on parchment; 71.0 x 94.0 cm
Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth, nla.map-vn4601455
Cook’s voyages
James Cook (1728–1779)
Endeavour journal 1768–1771
ink; 34.0 x 52.5 cm
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms1
Inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, 2001
Additional instructions for Lt James Cook appointed to command His Maj’s Bark the
Endeavour (secret) 30 July 1768
ink; 32.5 x 20.3 cm
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms2
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (1702–1768)
Hints offered to the consideration of Captain Cooke, Mr Bankes, Dr Solander and the
other gentlemen who go upon the expedition on board the Endeavour Chiswick, London
10 August 1768
ink; 23.1 x 18.5 cm
Papers of Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820)
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms9-113
Bureau c.1760
Indian rosewood, ebony and ivory; 61.0 x 57.0 x 58.4 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6227532
Presented by the directors of Angus and Robertson, 1970
Richard Goodman (active 1807–1822)
The Resolution Table c.1810
various timbers and ivory; 73.5 x 150.0 x 66.0 cm
Permanent loan from the David Roche Foundation
George Carter (1737–1795)
Death of Captain Cook 1781
oil on canvas; 151.2 x 213.4 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an2271058
Alexander Shaw (active 1780–1790)
Patterns of cloth made and wore by natives of the South Sea Islands being part of the
collection made by the celebrated circumnavigator Captain James Cook in his first,
second and third voyages
London: Alexander Shaw, 1787
ink and barkcloth; 22.9 x 18.5 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Manuscripts), nla.ms-ms4299g
Coat of arms 1785
watercolour and leather; 21.2 x 16.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn3289051
Recent acquisition
Bookplate after 1785
engraving; 19.0 x 12.9 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an9352965
Thomas Hannam and Richard Mills, London
Silver salver c.1764
engraved sterling silver; 3.8 x 31.0 cm (diam.)
Maps Collection, nla.map-rm4249
Recent acquisition
Walking cane c.1770
bamboo and wax; 70.2 x 2.2 cm (diam.)
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an7726393
Fork c.1770
ebony and metal; 18.3 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7726388
Presented by the Honourable J. Hume Cook
Box made from the wood of HMB Endeavour c.1879
wood, textile and metal; 6.3 x 11.9 x 8.3 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6561252
Table of star signs and dates, compass, spirit level, sundial, astrolabe and measuring
instrument in a wooden box c.1750
wood, bronze and glass; 47.0 x 20.5 x 10.5 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an7905959
Richard Cosway (1740–1821)
Snuff box with miniature portrait believed to be of Isaac Smith c.1784
oil on wood, glass, brass and silver; 7.2 x 2.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6137963
Presented by F.A. Mathias
John Hamilton Mortimer (1740–1779)
Captain James Cook, Sir Joseph Banks, Lord Sandwich, Dr Daniel Solander and Dr John
Hawkesworth after 1771
oil on canvas; 120.0 x 166.0 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7351768
Bequest of Dame Merlyn Myer, 1982
Sydney Parkinson (c.1745–1771)
Bread fruit 1769
watercolour; 31.0 x 38.8 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an6243457
Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792)
Omai of the Friendly Isles c.1774
pencil; 26.6 x 19.6 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an5600097
William Hodges (1744–1797)
Portrait of Tynai-mai, Princess of Raiatea c.1773
chalk; 54.3 x 37.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2475275
William Hodges (1744–1797)
Otoo, King of Otaheite 1773
chalk; 80.0 x 57.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2720588
John Webber (1752–1793)
A chief of the Sandwich Islands 1787
oil on canvas; 147.3 x 114.4 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an2271535
Bligh’s mutinies
Alexander Huey (active 1809–1818))
Portrait of Rear-Admiral William Bligh 1814
watercolour on ivory; 11.5 x 8.4 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an11230917
William Bligh (1754–1817)
The Bligh notebook 28 April to 14 June 1789
ink; 17.1 x 10.7 cm
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms5393-1
William Bligh (1754–1817)
List and description of HMS Bounty mutineers 1789
ink; 32.1 x 19.6 cm
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms5393-2
George Johnston (1764–1823)
Proclamation issued by Major George Johnston on the day after the deposition of
Governor William Bligh 27 January 1808
print; 31.0 x 20.0 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Australian Collection), nla.aus-vn4511526
Early settlement
Arthur Bowes Smythe (1750–1790)
List of the names, ages and crimes of female convicts aboard the Lady Penrhyn
in Journal 1787–1789
ink; 20.0 x 17.0 cm
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms4568
James Griffiths (1792–)
Letter to his mother Portsmouth, 2 June 1822
ink; 23.3 x 36.4 cm
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms9682-2
John Hunter (1737–1821)
Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
in Birds & flowers of New South Wales drawn on the spot in 1788, 89 & 90
1788–1790
watercolour; 22.6 x 16.5 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an3148774
George Raper (1769–1797)
Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) c.1789
watercolour; 40.7 x 32.0 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn3579224
Purchased from the Ducie–Moreton family, 2005
Playbill for a Performance of Jane Shore, The Wapping Landlady and The Miraculous Cure
at the Theatre, Sydney, Saturday 30 July 1796
Sydney : George Hughes, Govt. Printer for Theatre, Sydney, 1796
typeset ink on handmade paper; 20.0 x 12.0 cm
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-vn4200235
Gift from the Government of Canada to the people of Australia, 2007
Port Jackson Painter (active 1788–1790s)
Five half-length portraits of Aborigines c.1790
watercolour, gouache and graphite; 39.2 x 53.0 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an5576843
Attributed to Francis Fowkes (active 1788–1800)
Sketch & description of the settlement at Sydney Cove Port Jackson in the County of
Cumberland taken by a transported convict on the 16th of April, 1788, which was not quite
3 months after Commodore Phillips’ landing there
London: R. Cribb, 24 July 1789
watercolour and engraving; 27.0 x 38.6 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Maps), nla.map-nk276
George Raper (1769–1797)
The melancholy loss of HMS Sirius off Norfolk Island, 19th March 1790 1791
ink and watercolour; 18.2 x 22.8 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an21511971
Augustus Earle (1793–1838)
Portrait of Bungaree, a native of New South Wales c.1826
oil on canvas; 68.5 x 50.5 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an2256865
William Westall (1781–1850)
Chasm Island, native cave painting 1802
watercolour; 26.5 x 36.7 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4565185
William Westall (1781–1850)
Views on the south coast of Australia 1802
ink and watercolour; 32.0 x 44.3 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4577620
Matthew Flinders (1774–1814)
General chart of Terra Australis or Australia showing the parts explored between 1798
and 1803 by M. Flinders, Commander of HMS Investigator
London: G. & W. Nicol, Pall Mall, 1814
copperplate engraving; 72.3 x 99.1 cm
Tooley Maps Collection, nla.map-t570
John William Lewin (1770–1819)
Plate 14: Scarlet-backed Warbler (Sylvia dorsalis)
in Birds of New Holland with their natural history
London: J. White and S. Bagster, 1808
hand-coloured etching; 39.5 x 27.8 x 1.3 cm
Petherick Collection (Australian Rare Books), nla.aus-vn4511838
Joseph Lycett (c.1775–1828)
Plate 16: Aborigines with spears attacking Europeans in a rowing boat
in the Lycett Album c.1820
watercolour; 47.5 x 17.0 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2962715-19
Governor Arthur’s Proclamation to the Aborigines c.1829
oil on board; 35.8 x 22.7 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2291826
Colonial life
Eugene von Guérard (1811–1901)
Natives chasing game 1854
oil on canvas; 46.5 x 37.0 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an2282444-1
William Strutt (1825–1915)
Portrait of John Pascoe Fawkner 1856
oil on canvas; 61.3 x 51.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2268302
William Lewis Roderick (active 1847–1856)
Whaling off the islands of Flores & Palo Comba in the Flores Sea, Indian Ocean (A good
cut) 30 July 1858
incised whalebone and pigment; 30.5 x 66.0 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an5598040
Alexander Weynton (active 1841–1860)
Rescue off Madras 20 October 1851
in Journals, volume 1
ink and watercolour; 33.5 x 55.5 cm
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms7130-1
Edwin Roper Loftus Stocqueler (1829–1895)
Australian gold diggings c.1855
oil on canvas; 70.5 x 90.3 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an2273979
Race to the gold diggings of Australia 1855
coloured paper, metal and linen with wooden box; 14.0 x 18.2 x 4.1 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an7905955
Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company (est. 1847)
Colt model pocket revolver, 5 shot, .31 calibre 1849
metal and wood; 11.3 x 25.0 x 3.0 cm
Frank Clune Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an7969455
Portion of the flag flown by the miners at the Eureka Stockade 1854
cotton in mount, ink; 16.0 x 4.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7828337
Presented by Fred J. Riley
Tom Roberts (1856–1931)
Allegro con brio, Bourke Street West c.1886, reworked 1890
oil on canvas on composition board; 51.2 x 76.7 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2268340
Charles Louis Gabriel (1857–1927)
Matron Young practising pistol shooting on the Nangus Road, Gundagai, New South
Wales c.1900
glass plate negative; 10.1 x 12.6 cm
Butcher and Bell Collections (Pictures), nla.pic-an8526479-9
William John Wills (1834–1861)
Journal of trip from Cooper Creek towards Adelaide 23 April–late June 1861
pencil on ledger paper; 39.0 x 12.0 cm
Papers of Burke and Wills Expedition, 1860–1861
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms30-7
Attributed to Batchelder & O’Neill, Melbourne (active 1857–1863)
William Landsborough with his native guides Jack Fisherman and Jemmy c.1862
albumen silver print, velvet, glass and leather; 12.0 x 16.0 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an10570995
The Victorian Exploration Expedition: the Continent Crossed: Death of Burke and Wills:
their Remains Found
Melbourne: The Argus, 3 November 1861
printed; 33.3 x 15.9 cm
Papers of Burke and Wills Expedition, 1860–1861
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms30-9
William Oswald Hodgkinson (1835–1900)
Bulla 1861
in Album of Miss Eliza Younghusband, South Australia, 1856–1865
watercolour; 21.8 x 13.4 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn4189024-s46
William Monop (c.1843–c.1913)
Drawn and coloured by Monop (male): a Ballarruk of Nyeerrgoo (Victoria Plains) c.1907
coloured crayon and pencil; 25.3 x 63.5 cm
Papers of Daisy Bates (1863–1951)
Manuscripts Collection, MS 365, Section XII
Tommy McCrae (c.1842–1901)
Drawings by Tommy McCrae, an Aboriginal of the Wahgunyah tribe on the Murray
River 1880
ink on ledger paper; 18.3 x 13.0 x 1.0 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6431252
Presented by J.R. Bremner through H. Gregory MHR, 27 November 1935
J. Fitzsimons
Aboriginal king plate engraved ‘Tallboy, King of Moorabie’ c.1865
engraved brass; 11.5 x 16.0 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an6227518
George Cherry (1820–1878)
George Rodney Cherry, taken when he was about 20 months old 1856
albumen print; 7.4 x 5.6 cm
George Cherry Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an25110139
George Cherry (1820–1878)
Portrait of Matilda Cherry 1850s
hand-coloured ambrotype; 8.9 x 6.6 cm
George Cherry Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an25110363
George Cherry (1820–1878)
George Rodney Cherry, Hobart 1856
albumen print; 14.7 x 21.2 cm
George Cherry Collection (Pictures), nla.pic-an25012608
Christina Macpherson (1864–1936)
Waltzing Matilda, with lyrics by A.B. ‘Banjo’ Paterson and music by Christina
Macpherson c.1895
ink and pencil; 30.3 x 49.2 cm
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms10086
Presented by the Bartlam-Roulston family, 2008
Christina Macpherson (1864–1936)
Banjo Paterson’s lyrics to Waltzing Matilda c.1895
ink; 20.4 x 12.7 cm
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms9065-2
Presented by Joan Macrae on behalf of Macpherson descendants, 1996
Marian Ellis Rowan (1848–1922)
Freycinetia marginata with brown butterfly 1916
watercolour and gouache; 75.9 x 56.0 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an23621188
Sir Edmund Barton (1849–1920)
Draft of a bill to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia, as adopted by the National
Australasian Convention, 9 April 1891, with annotations 1897–1898
typescript and pencil; 24.5 x 15.4 cm
Papers of Sir Edmund Barton
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms51-6-990
Tom Roberts (1856–1931)
Sketch for opening of federal parliament 1901
oil on academy board; 30.3 x 45.6 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2284223
Australia in the 20th century
H.M. Burton
A call from the Dardanelles
Sydney: S.T. Leigh and Company Lithographic Printers, 1915
colour lithograph; 102.0 x 76.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7697011-1
Roger Cameron (composer) and Chas Ridgway (lyrics)
Daddy’s in the Dardanelles: Stirring patriotic story ballad
Melbourne: Dinsdales, 1916
colour lithograph; 35.5 x 25.5 cm
Music Collection, nla.mus-an5420374
Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch (1885–1952)
The Gallipoli letter 1915
typescript and ink; 21.6 x 34.3 cm
Papers of Keith Arthur Murdoch
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms2823-2-1
Presented by Rupert Murdoch, 1975
Frank Hurley (1885–1962)
The morning after the first battle of Passchendaele showing Australian infantry wounded
around a blockhouse near the site of Zonnebeke railway station, 12 October 1917
1940s–1962
gelatin silver print; 54.2 x 48.6 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an24574133
H.E.C. Robertson Ltd and William Brooks & Co. Ltd (lithographers)
The Aussies Estate, Willoughby
Sydney: 1918
lithograph; 89.4 x 57.4 cm
Ferguson Collection (Maps), nla.map-lfsp3170
Nora Heysen (1911–2003)
Self-portrait c.1932
oil on canvas; 65.5 x 51.5 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn4179750
Recent acquisition
Nora Heysen (1911–2003)
Letter to her parents London, 19 May 1936
ink; 25.4 x 19.8 cm
Papers of Hans Heysen (1877–1968)
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms5073-2-1x
Hans Heysen (1877–1968)
Letter to Nora Heysen 21 June 1936
ink; 25.4 x 19.8 cm
Papers of Nora Heysen (1911–2003)
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms10041-1-3x
Bequeathed by Nora Heysen, presented by Lou Klepac, 2004
The Royal Mint
Albert Medal (Second Class) presented in the name of His Majesty King George V to
Neighbour an Aboriginal Native of the Roper River for Gallantry in Saving Life on the
1st February 1911
bronze, enamel and ribbon; 5.0 x 4.0 x 1.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7853025
W. Pedersen
Portrait of Aya-I-Ga (Neighbour) wearing the Albert Medal, Government House, Darwin
16 December 1912
gelatin silver print; 19.6 x 14.9 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an22765121
A family living in a cliff-side cave during the Great Depression, Kurnell, Sydney 1930s
gelatin silver prints; 7.0 x 11.6 cm, 11.7 x 6.9 cm and 6.2 x 10.8 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn3706012, nla.pic-vn3705987, nla.pic-vn3706027
Recent acquisition
Douglas Shenton Annand (1903–1976)
‘Venetian Nights’, Sydney Harbour, Australia's 150th Anniversary 1938
Australian National Travel Association: 1937
colour lithograph; 101.5 x 63.0 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7649552
Charles Ulm (1897–1934)
Logbook of the Southern Cross on the first trans-Pacific flight 31 May–9 June 1928
pencil; 26.3 x 40.2 cm
Papers of Charles Kingsford Smith (1897–1935)
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms209-1
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (1897–1935) and Charles Ulm (1897–1934)
Notes passed between the cockpit and the navigating cabin during the Southern Cross
trans-Pacific flight 31 May–9 June 1928
pencil; 12.9 x 12.6 and 7.5 x 16.6 cm
Papers of E.A. and V.I. Crome
Manuscripts Collection, MS 1925, Series 1
Sydney Smith
Flyer titled ’Urgent Notice’ with text in English, Malay and Chinese 15 November 1935
Singapore: Printed for the Royal Air Force, 1935
lithograph; 21.8 x 17.0 cm
Papers of Charles Kingsford Smith (1897–1935)
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms209-22
Stanley J. McAlister (1903–1981)
Imaginary Christmas Day staff menu, Kranji prisoner-of-war Hospital, Singapore 1944
pencil and coloured pencil; 21.0 x 17.3 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6114910
Stanley J. McAlister (1903–1981)
Dreaming of home 1942–1945
pencil and coloured pencil; 32.5 x 20.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6115153
Donald Friend (1915–1989)
Diaries of Donald Friend: Disasters of war (Desastres de la Guerra), volume 9 1943
mixed media on paper; 24.8 x 41.0
Manuscripts Collection, MS 5959
Donated by Emeritus Professor David de Long, 2010
Donald Friend (1915–1989)
Diaries of Donald Friend: Disasters of war (Desastres de la Guerra), volume 14 1944
mixed media; 24.8 x 41.0 cm
Manuscripts Collection, MS 5959
Donated by Emeritus Professor David de Long, 2010
C. F. Rojo and Sons Pty Ltd, Melbourne (cabinetmakers)
Relief map of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Development 1949
silver plate and wood; 40.7 x 36.3 x 17.5 cm
Maps Collection, nla.map-remo1
Jørn Utzon (1918–2008)
Architect’s model for the geometry of the Sydney Opera House shells 1961
paint, wood and letraset type; 29.5 x 88.8 x 8.0 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an7650469
Presented by Professor H. Ingham Ashworth
John Olsen (b.1928)
Manuscript of Salute to Five Bells: John Olsen’s Opera House journal, page 4C 1971–1973
watercolour, ink and collage; 104.2 x 84.0 cm
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms8015-2
Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971)
Notebook containing the manuscript of Five Bells c.1930s
pencil; 23.4 x 38.0 cm
Papers of Kenneth Slessor
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms3020-19-5
Grace Cossington-Smith (1892–1984)
Pony in the bush
in Fully bound: Over to Hal Missingham: A tribute with love & affection 1971
coloured pencil; 378 x 570 cm
Papers of Hal Missingham (1906–1994)
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms3940-8
Patrick White (1912–1990)
Unpublished manuscript for ‘The hanging garden’ 1980s
ink; 33.0 x 40.5 cm
Papers of Patrick White
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms9982-4
Recent acquisition
L’Aiglon (France)
Beret c.1985
wool felt; 4.0 x 25.5 x 26.0 cm
Papers of Patrick White
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms9982-21
Recent acquisition
Martin Wells (Sydney)
Patrick White’s glasses c.1985
plastic, metal and glass; 15.5 x 7.5 x 3.0 cm
Papers of Patrick White
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms9982-21
Recent acquisition
Judith Wright (1915–2000)
Manuscript for Rockpool c.1985
ink; 25.0 x 20.3 cm
Papers of Judith Wright
Manuscripts Collection nla.int-nl40232-sc9
David Malouf (b.1934)
Manuscript for Johnno 1967 and 1970–1971
typescript and ballpoint pen; 25.2 x 20.4 cm
Papers of David Malouf
Manuscripts Collection, MS 5614
Tim Winton (b.1960)
Manuscript for Cloudstreet 1991
ink; 29.5 x 21.0 cm
Papers of Tim Winton
Manuscripts Collection, MS 8583, Series 7
Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Tim Winton, 1992
Azaria Chamberlain’s hospital identity anklet 1980
plastic, ballpoint pen on coloured card and metal; 1.9 x 6.0 cm
Papers of Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton
Manuscripts Collection, MS 9180, Series 1
Azaria Chamberlain’s birth details 1980
ink on card; 20.2 x 12.7 cm
Papers of Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton
Manuscripts Collection, MS 9180, Series 1
Lindy Chamberlain (b.1948)
Strike statement from Darwin Correctional Centre December 1985
ink; 29.7 x 21.0 cm
Papers of Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton
Manuscripts Collection, MS 9180, Series 1
Airline ticket and boarding pass 9 February 1986
original and carbon copy paper; 8.2 x 18.6 cm and 8.2 x 38.3 cm
Papers of Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton
Manuscripts Collection, MS 9180, Series 1
Good-luck message from the Ansett crew 9 February 1986
ink; 21.0 x 15.0 cm
Papers of Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton
Manuscripts Collection, MS 9180, Series 1
Edward Koiki Mabo (1936–1992)
Diary 1992
ink; 30.4 x 42.5 cm
Papers of Edward Koiki Mabo: the Mabo Case Manuscripts
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms8822-1
Acquired from Mrs Bonita Mabo in 1994
Inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, 2001
Edward Koiki Mabo (1936–1992)
East-north-east shoreline of Murray Island looking west-south-west 1980s
ink, coloured felt-tip and highlighter pen; 20.4 x 32.5 cm
Papers of Bryan Keon-Cohen: the Mabo Case Manuscripts
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms9518-1-1x
Inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, 2001
Edward Koiki Mabo (1936–1992)
Self portrait c.1975
wash on white ground on masonite; 25.3 x 20.2 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an24341488
Anne Zahalka (b. 1957)
Cronulla, jewel of the shire 2010
digital print; 89.5 x 64.6 cm
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn5399862
Recent acquisition
NLA to Z
Sir Ernest Shackleton (editor), George Marston (illustrator)
Aurora australis
Antarctica: 1908
27.2 x 37.0 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Australian Rare Books), nla.aus-vn855596
Xuanzang (translator)
Da ban ruo bo luo mi duo jing
China: 1162 edition
500.0 cm x 30.0 cm approx.
Asian Collection, nla.gen-vn934588
The Canberra Times, vol. 1, no. 1, Friday 3 September 1926
Canberra: Federal Capital Press of Australia Ltd, 1926
ink; 56.4 x 44.5 cm
Newspapers Collection, nla.gov.au/nla.news-title11
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) (artist), Benedictus Chelidonius (c.1460–1521) (author)
The expulsion from the Garden of Eden in Little passion (Passio Christi)
Nuremberg: Albertu Durer, 1511
woodcut and print
Overseas Rare Books Collection, nla.gen-vn1539295
El Dorado Surfers Paradise
Queensland: Read Press, c.1960
colour print; 17.8 x 12.0 cm
Ephemera Collection, nla.aus-vn1075968-1
The most fabulous resort in the South Pacific
Queensland: S.H. & Co. Print, c.1965
colour print; 21.2 x 9.3 cm
Ephemera Collection, nla.aus-vn1072443-1
The arrest of Christ, folio 114 recto, in facsimile of The Book of Kells
Lucerne, Switzerland: Fine Art Facsimile Publishers of Switzerland, 1990
Overseas Rare Books Collection, nla.gen-vn1898732
Presented by Audrey and Frank Peters, 2001
Single leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, Book of Leviticus, chapters vi–vii
Mainz: c.1453–1455
print on paper; 39.1 x 28.4 cm
Overseas Rare Books Collection, nla.gen-vn2887640
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) (author), attributed to Abraham Bosse (1604-c.1676) (artist)
Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill
London: Printed for Andrew Crooke, at the Green Dragon in St Pauls Churchyard, 1651
27.2 x 36.5 cm
Overseas Rare Books Collection, RBq 320.1 HOB
Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
The Iliad of Homer, vol. 1
London: Printed by W. Bowyer for Bernard Lintott between the Temple-Gates, 1715
29.0 x 45.7 cm
Clifford Collection (Overseas Rare Books), nla.gen-vn2474940
Albert Francis Lenertz (1891–1943)
Aeoroplane Jelly advertising jingle
West Ryde: Aeroplane Jelly Co., c.1958–1969
ink on paper; 24.0 x 19.0 cm and 26.0 x 20.0 cm
Music Collection, MUS N mbb 784.68641864 A252
William Morris (1834–1896) (designer), Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898) (illustrator) and
F.S. Ellis (editor)
The Romance of Sir Degrevant
London: Kelmscott Press, 1897
21.0 x 29.4 cm
Sir Brian Hone Collection (Overseas Rare Books), nla.gen-vn1125692
Pancabrahma lontar c.1900
wood, palm leaves and coins; 22.0 x 33.0 cm
Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms6240-1
Jane Austen (1775–1817)
Letter to her sister Cassandra Austen 13 Queen Square, Bath, England, 11 June 1799
ink on paper; 22.7 x 18.5 cm
Petherick Collection (Manuscripts), MS 760, Binder 1
Hartmann Schedel (1440–1514) (author), Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (d.1494) and Michael
Wolgemut (1434–1519) (artists)
The sanctification of the seventh day (ff. 5v-6r)
in The Nuremberg chronicle (Liber cronicarum)
Nuremberg, Germany: Anton Koberger, 12 July 1493
47.0 x 63.0 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection (Overseas Rare Books), nla.gen-vn1539285
Edward Abbott (1801–1869)
The English and Australian cookery book: Cookery for the many, as well as for the upper
ten thousand
London: 1864
19.0 x 28.5 cm
Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-vn4511474
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
Pierrot, conductor of the orchestra (Pierrot Chef D’Orchestre)
Juan-les-Pins, Côte D’Azur: 1920
pochoir print; 31.0 x 24.0 cm
Edition 50/100
Dr John Power Collection (Pictures), PIC S6629-S6638
Dr John Joseph Wardell Power (1881–1943)
5th July, 1930s in Bruges, sketchbook no. 13
gouache and watercolour; 11.0 x 32.5 cm
Dr John Power Collection (Pictures), PIC R8500-R8550
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth amid bomb damage at Buckingham Palace 1940
photographic print, ink and print on card; 14.9 x 37.8 cm
Manuscripts Collection, MS 4936 Box 568
Queen Elizabeth II in Coronation robes with her family 1953
photographic print, ink and print on card; 25.3 x 40.3 cm
Manuscripts Collection, MS 4936 Box 569
The royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer 1981
ink and print on card; 21.5 x 30.4 cm
Manuscripts Collection, MS 4936 Box 569
The Queen and Prince Philip with their grandchildren 1987
ink and print on card; 20.4 x 33.8 cm
Manuscripts Collection, MS 4936 Box 569
Jim Sharman (1945–) and Richard O’Brien (1942 –)
Screenplay for The Rocky Horror Picture Show – page 20 showing ‘The Time Warp’
18 July 1974
typescript and pen on paper; 28.0 x 21.7 cm
Papers of Jim Sharman
Manuscripts Collection, MS Acc09.028
Mick Rock (1948- )
The time warp cast from The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1974, (printed 1978)
type C colour photograph; 20.2 x 25.4cm
Papers of Jim Sharman
Manuscripts Collection, MS Acc09.028
William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
The Merchant of Venice from the First Folio: Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories,
& Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies
London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard and Ed. Blount, 1623
30.5 x 20.5 cm
Overseas Rare Books Collection, RBRS 11
Joint proclamation by the eastern king (Yang Xiuquing)(d.1856) and western king (Xiao
Chaogui)(d.1852) (Zhen tian ming Tai ping tian guo) 1 May 1853
ink; 95.0 x 151.8 cm
London Missionary Society Collection (Asian Collection), nla.gen-vn2051312
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892)
Matsushima no Tsubone writing a letter, from the series Mirror of beauties past and
present (Kokon hime kagami) 1875–1876
woodcut on hosho paper; 36.4 x 25.0 cm
Asian Collection, nla.pic-vn4738379
Recent acquisition
Illumination of St George slaying a dragon
in Book of hours
Flemish, possibly Bruges: c.1450
bound manuscript on vellum, leather binding
20.5 x 15.5 cm
Clifford Collection (Manuscripts), MS 1097/9
Heinrich Institoris (1430–1505), Jakob Sprenger (c.1437–1495)
The Hammer of Witches (Malleus Maleficarum)
Speyer, Germany: Peter Drach, c.1492
21.3 x 29.0 cm
Overseas Rare Books Collection, RBRS 2/2
Soren Hansen, Jesper Jenson (authors), Berit Thornberry (translator)
The little red school book
Adelaide: A. Taylor in association with Brolga Books, 1972
ink on paper; 20.5 x 15.5 cm
Australian Collection, N 371.8 H249
Soren Hansen, Jesper Jenson (authors), Berit Thornberry (translator)
The little red school book
Kensington: Thor Publications, 1973
woodblock print; 36.5 x 24.7 cm
Australian Collection, nla.aus-vn4512714
Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)
Plate I, The comedy-ballet of marionnettes, as performed by the troupe of the Théâtre-
Impossible, posed in three drawings
in The Yellow Book: An illustrated quarterly, vol. 2, July 1894
21.0 x 33.0 cm
Overseas Rare Books Collection, nla.gen-vn2302689
F.J. Bertuch (1747-1822)
Picturebook for children: containing an enjoyable collection of animals, plants, flowers,
fruits (Das Bilderbuch fur Kinder …), vol. 3, no. 80, plate 64
Weimar: im Verlag des Industrie-Comptoirs, 1798
27.5 x 46.5 cm
Overseas Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-vn978701
Recent acquisition