1946/2015. Bronze, stamped “cire perdue [lost wax], Meridian Melbourne”, signed and editioned 4/7 on base lower right, 47 x 32 x 27.5cm. Ben Chifley was the 16th Prime Minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949. “As a returned serviceman completing his fine art and graphic diploma at the Ballarat School... More about Bust Of Prime Minister Ben Chifley
(1) [Portrait Of Henry Lawson], 1915. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, oval format, photographer’s line printed on backing below image, 5.2 x 3.8cm. Minor silvering. Laid down on original presentation backing. Photographer’s line reads “W. Johnson, Bank Chambers, Pitt and Market Sts, Sydney.” (2) “Black Bonnet” [Poem] , c1916. Draft manuscript..... More about Henry Lawson
c1779. Woodcut and letter laid down on paper, letter dated “Feb. 24, 1779” and signed by Joseph Banks in ink, annotated in an unknown hand on backing below letter, 7.3 x 3.6cm (silhouette), 29.4 x 22.5cm (sheet). Offsetting and discolouration, old folds. Letter reads “Soho Square, Feb. 24, 1779. Dear... More about Sir Joseph Banks Letter With Silhouette
1854. Letterpress, two pages, 72.8 x 21cm (overall). Framed together. Text includes “Victoria. Gold Regulations. Laid upon the council table by the Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, and ordered by the Council to be printed, 26th September, 1854. Rules and regulations made by the Lieutenant... More about Victoria Parliamentary Paper No. A2 – “Gold Regulations” [The Cause Of Eureka Stockade
1857. Engraving on card, dated in plate lower centre, inscribed and signed in various hands in ink, 7.8 x 11.4cm. Slight foxing. Text includes “J. Mitchell sc. 69 Collins St West.” The membership card belonged to the Rev. John Dunmore Lang, (1799-1878) who was a Scottish-born Australian Presbyterian minister, writer... More about John Dunmore Lang’s Victoria Land League Membership Card
c1860s. Document on laid paper with affixed slip of red paper, Chinese characters and English text in ink, 33 x 20.2cm. Stains, foxing, old folds. English text includes “You have come to court and are standing before the face of the Magistrate as a Witness. You must reflect the truth..... More about Form Of Oath Administered By C.P. Hodges To Chinese Witnesses In Courts Of Justice
1864. Letterpress certificate, signed, inscribed and dated “Twelfth day of April, 1864” in ink in various hands, 30.3 x 25.4cm (paper). Old folds, slight stains overall, rubbing to two lines. Text includes “(Copy of) Certificate of Marriage. I, John Dunmore Lang, being Senior Minister of the Scots Church, Sydney, do... More about Gold Miner’s Marriage Certificate Signed By John Dunmore Lang
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1866. Engraving and letterpress, artist upper left, inscribed and dated in ink, 13.4 x 19.3cm. Old folds, stains, minor perforations and repaired tears. Text and inscriptions include “Colony of Victoria. no. 52782. Five shillings. District and place in which issued: Jamieson [Victoria]. Date: 22nd November 1866. Miner’s right. Issued to... More about Miner’s Right Issued To Philip Wells Of Melbourne [Gold-mining
1868. Letterpress on silk with tasselled woven ribbon border, 32 x 19.5cm. Slight stains. Framed. Text includes “Royal Victoria Hall [Brisbane]. Monday, July 27, 1868… to their band master, Mr A. Seal, under the distinguished patronage of His Excellency the Hon. Maurice Charles O’Connell, Governor; the Hon. R.R. McKenzie; the..... More about A Complimentary Benefit Tendered By The Members Of The Volunteer Brigade Band [Concert Programme,...
c1880s. Group consisting of one watercolour, 20 ink drawings and six lithographs bound together in ten sections with backstrip binding and brass split pins, each section titled in ink on cover, all titled and signed “Sun Foundry Glasgow” and annotated in ink on each sheet, sizes range from 42 x...... More about Designs And Plans For Randwick Racecourse (Sydney, NSW
c1863-1881. Silver gelatin photograph and two letterpress brochures with wood engraving cover illustrations, each annotated in ink in various hands, accompanied with portion of typed letter postmarked “San Francisco, Calif. 8. Jun 16, 1959”, 14.7 x 10cm (photograph), 18 x 10.7cm, 18 x 11.3cm. Creases, slight tear, discolouration and embossing... More about Australian Volunteer Fire Company <i>and</i> Andrew Torning Ephemera
1882. Lithograph, folded leaflet, text including date and lithographer, annotated in various hands in ink and pencil verso, 45.1 x 28.5cm (paper). Old folds with wear and discolouration, minor tears to edges, old tape verso. Text includes “Married Women’s Property Bill has become law, whereby it is enacted that married..... More about Land Sale, Mount Clare Estate, Penrith
c1886. Printed souvenir silk scarf, 59 x 66cm. Slight foxing to edges and stains to lower portion, minor perforations. Framed. Text reads “1884. W. Beach beat E. Hanlan, on Parramatta River, NSW (August 16); 1885. W. Beach beat T. Clifford on Parramatta River, NSW (February 28); 1885. W. Beach beat... More about William Beach, Champion Of The World
1887. Soft-cover booklet with wood engraving frontispiece, 21.9 x 13.8cm. Slight creases to edges of pages, soiling, tears and small missing portions to cover. Text continues “By John Tebbutt, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, London, Member of the Royal Society of N. S. Wales; and Corresponding Member of the... More about History And Description Of Mr Tebbutt’s Observatory, Windsor, New South Wales
1889. Letterpress handbill, 34.4 x 21.9cm. Staple holes, slight crinkles, stains, foxing. Text includes “Petition to the Honorable the Speaker and the Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Colony of Victoria. The humble petition of the undersigned men and women resident in Victoria: respectfully showeth that the exclusion of... More about Women’s Suffrage Petition, Victoria
c1893. Group consisting of one watercolour, eight ink drawings and one lithograph bound together in four sections with backstrip binding and brass split pins, each section titled in ink on cover, one sheet dated “5.10.1893”, all titled and signed “Sun Foundry Glasgow” and annotated in ink on each sheet, sizes..... More about Designs And Plans For Sydney Cricket And Sports Ground
c1893. Group consisting of one watercolour and three ink drawings held together with backstrip binding and brass split pins, titled in ink on cover, all titled and signed “Sun Foundry Glasgow” and annotated in ink on each sheet, sizes range from 37.5 x 53cm to 36.7 x 61.8cm. Minor tears... More about Design For Exhibition Building No. 1 (Sydney
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c1843-1894. Fifty-six (56) letters transcribed in ink with various illustrations in pencil, in quarter leather and cloth bound hardcover book, initialled “F.C.S.” [Frank C. Snodgrass] on book cover, titled, signed by Snodgrass “copyist” and dated “Nov. 1894” in ‘finale’ [p237], 34 x 22cm, 328pp (book); 42pp (addendum). Leather rot, stains..... More about Duplicate Of John Cotton’s Letters From Australia Felix [“Fortunate Australia”] Of...
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c1895. Painted relief plaster medallion, signed with registration number “394 5.8.95” lower left to right, 26.2cm (diameter). Minor chips to edges. Variant medallion held in Powerhouse Museum. Before WWII there were very few foundries in Australia casting fine art bronzes. As a consequence, often sculptors would produce plaster sculpture and... More about Sir Henry Parkes
![Sir George Houstoun Reid]. Nelson Illingworth, Brit./Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL181-94.JPG?v=1486091744)
c1895. Painted relief plaster medallion, signed with registration number “392 22.7.95” lower left to right, 26cm (diameter). Minor chips to edges. Before WWII there were very few foundries in Australia casting fine art bronzes. As a consequence, often sculptors would produce plaster sculpture and paint them to imitate a finish... More about Sir George Houstoun Reid
c1898. One line block and three halftone prints, mounted together, each captioned below or in image, 20.1 x 25.1cm to 32.1 x 21.3cm. Slight stains, missing portions and repaired tears to edges. Captions include “Section through engine house & accumulator” and “Pumping station, Sydney.” Images show views of the building..... More about Sydney & Suburban Hydraulic Power Company [Darling Harbour, NSW
c1900s. Enamel on tin, 66.8 x 50.8cm. Surface and paint loss to edges, soiling. Text continues “By appointment to H.M. The King. Patent Enamel Co. Ltd. B’ham & London.” William Cooper (1813-1885) was a British veterinary surgeon, agriculturalist and industrialist who specialised in the manufacture of agricultural insecticides for livestock..... More about Cooper’s Powder Dip. The Only Reliable Preventive Of Blow Fly
c1901. Colour process screen and letterpress, title with captions and text throughout image, 21.2 x 13cm. Minor soiling and tears to margins. Captions include “Sir Edmund Barton, Premier; Lord Hopetoun, Governor General; Sir George Turner, Treasurer; Hon. Alfred Deakin, first Attorney-General and present Premier; Sir John Forrest, Minister for Defence;... More about The First Leaders Of The Australian Commonwealth
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1905. Hand-coloured lithograph, text with date in image centre, initialled in image lower left, 12.5 x 15.6cm. Minor soiling to upper margin. Text reads “Messrs Ernest Brown & Phillips request the honour of your company at the private view of an exhibition of pictures by Charles Conder, on Thursday, Dec... More about Exhibition Invitation, Leicester Galleries, London
1906-1908. Collection of material including five issues of The Gadfly, a periodical with process screen and colour line block illustrations, six vintage silver gelatin photographs, and several items of correspondence and printed ephemera including pen and ink sketches, many items annotated, signed or dated, sizes from 8 x 6.2cm to... More about “The Gadfly” Magazine And A.E. Martin Ephemera