c1970s. Roll of vinyl wallpaper, with original label, 52cm (width), 10m (approx. length). Incision about 13cm in length with slight foxing and stains at beginning of roll. Label includes name of manufacturer “Vywall”, and preparation and hanging instructions. The repeat pattern illustrates iconic pre-colonial images including two Gweagal warriors originally..... More
c1960s. Printed cotton, 116cm (width) x 9.2m (approx. length). Slight stains to edge of fabric. Fabric and design most likely of Australian origin. More
c1950s. Printed cotton, near-full bolt with original cardboard core, text printed in selvedge, original printed labels attached to selvedge with stamped information and added detail in ink, 121cm (width) x 18.5m (approx. length). Slight soiling to outside of bolt. Text in selvedge reads “‘Nishida - Kingston Screenprint.” Labels include “Textile Printers..... More
c1910s–1920s. Painted plaster relief panel, 68.8 x 35.6cm. Two repaired cracks across image, minor chips to surface. Original frame. Unusual plaster relief, depicting a young Indigenous man wearing European clothing in a bush setting, holding a boomerang and shield, bearing tribal markings. More
c1890s. Collection of 20 watercolours accompanied with one poem handwritten and signed in ink, and three poems published separately in letterpress, some watercolours signed or dated, some titled in image or verso, sizes range from 13.9 x 12.3cm to 28 x 39cm (images) and 17.9 x 11.2cm to 20.9 x 13.2cm (paper, poems). Most..... More
c1900. Emu egg with relief carving, 9.5cm (diam.) x 12.8cm (length). Perforation to apex of egg at left side of image. Attributed to Jonaski Takuma due to the exceptionally fine quality of the carving, bearing very close resemblance to his other work. The carving on the egg reproduces imagery from the..... More