c2001. Inkjet print, signed by Hawke in ink lower centre, 14.9 x 20.9cm (paper size). Text reads “Val Smith. Labor candidate for Forde. Thank you for joining us today. R.J.L. Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia, 1983-1991.” Val Smith ran for the electorate of Forde (ACT) in 2001. More
1866–1870. Two architectural drawings and three related manuscript notes in ink, each dated and signed “Donald McPherson”, 9 x 21cm to 38 x 61cm. Old folds, slight foxing and stains, architectural drawings laid down on new backing. These documents, by a Donald McPherson, are relating to the construction of a...... More
c1878–1999. Collection of seven hundred and thirty-six (736) items including photographs, documents, newspaper clippings and a land division poster, many items annotated with dates or identifying family members, sizes range from 9 x 5.5cm to 80.1 x 50.5cm. Old folds, creases and tears, slight stains and foxing. This collection is..... More
c1930s–1959. Two hundred and thirty-nine (239) items consisting of 224 illustrations in pencil, watercolour, ink or crayon on tissue or butcher’s paper; 10 colour stencils; three screenprints; and two notebooks, some items annotated with instructions for fabrics and production details, sizes range from 7.5 x 10cm to 75.9 x 62cm..... More
c1955–1963. Colour process lithograph, printer’s proof, 50.3 x 50.5cm. Minor creases. Text includes “Comprising: conductor’s cap, badge, bag, whistle, ticket book, ticket punch, toy money. Manufactured by A.L. Lindsay & Co. Pty Ltd, 5 Foster Street, Leichhardt NSW. Buffalo Bill Products, no. 106.” Image includes different types of Australian buses..... More
1979–1992. Nineteen (19) items comprising of 12 ink illustrations and seven letters including examples of book cover art, each illustration captioned, and each letter signed by Leunig in ink, some letters or envelopes stamped “received” with date, 4 x 6cm (illustrations approx. each). Most images taped to paper, some with..... More
1842–1843. Black and red ink with watercolour on paper, backed with linen, titled and dated “November 1842” in ink on upper portion, 73.5 x 32cm. Old folds, stains, missing portions, creases. Annotations include “Vide subseq’t plan in substitution hereof, date of 25 October 1843.” The map shows a Camperdown Road..... More
![Item #CL198-168 Plan Of Road From Dapto [Creek] To NW Corner Of W.F. Weston’s 500 Acres [NSW](/pictures/thumb/CL198-168.jpg?v=1576815156)
c1850–1860s. Ink and watercolour on linen, titled in ink upper left, 28 x 50.5cm. Old folds, stains. Shows West Dapto Road “to be opened as shown by a red line.” Provenance: Daniel Cooper estate. William Frances Weston’s 500 acres in Dapto, bordered on the north by West Dapto Road, were..... More
c1850–1860s. Black and red ink and watercolour on linen, titled in ink across centre, 53.5 x 56.5cm. Old folds, slight stains. Map shows New South Head Road, Reserved Road (later Manning Road) and Edgecliffe [sic] Road with Maravi House at lower right, fronting onto Edgecliffe Road. Provenance: Daniel Cooper estate..... More
c1860s–1870s. Black and red ink and blue pencil on linen, titled in ink lower right, 46.5 x 55cm. Old folds, creases, slight foxing, uneven margins. Shows the early street layout of Liverpool in Sydney’s western suburbs and notes 17 allotments of land owned by “D. [Daniel] Cooper.” Provenance: Daniel Cooper..... More
1862–1883. Black and red ink on linen, dated “2nd July 1862” and annotated with lease holders up to 1883 in ink throughout, 85 x 103cm. Old folds, stains. Map noting land leases and important houses running along Edgecliffe [sic] Road, Addison Street (now Wallaroy Road), and Piper Street (now Queen..... More
c1870s–1880s. Ink on linen, titled lower centre, 38 x 61.5cm. Old folds, foxing overall, minor tears. Title continues “Proposed to be opened as a parish road under Act of Council, 4 Win IV, No. II.” Provenance: Daniel Cooper estate. The road proposed in this map is now called Kanahooka Road..... More
c1897–1913. Two softcover octavo booklets, one stamped with performance details “Olympia, Addison Road Station, London, commencing ‘Boxing Day’ Monday, Dec. 27” on back cover, one with ex-libris bookplate for magician “E.A. Dearn”, 24.3 x 18.5cm and 25.6 x 17.7cm. Slight foxing, minor chips and tears overall, one with missing corners..... More
1947–1978. Softcover “DJ’s” exhibition catalogue with lineblock cover, a Christmas card with linocut illustration and a handwritten note in ink, a typed letter signed by Mahood in ink, and five newspaper cuttings, 13.7 x 11.1cm (catalogue). Covers detached from catalogue, minor stains and tears. The group consists of eight individual..... More
c1942–1945. Group of seven air-dropped leaflets, five targeted at American and Australian troops, two directed at Japanese troops, sizes range from 12.7 x 9cm to 30 x 23cm. Old tears, creases, slight soiling and minor missing portions. Japanese propaganda leaflets include one entitled “Siren”, which shows an Australian soldier being..... More
![Item #CL203-45 [Bookplate For Margaret McLean]. Jessie Traill, 1881–1967 Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL203-45.jpg?v=1633911502)
c1932–1940s. Etching, bookplate, captioned and signed in plate upper and lower centre, 7.3 x 3.7cm. Old fold to untrimmed margins. Bookplate includes “Studio Door. From 125 Collins Street [Melbourne].” A copy of this bookplate is held in the State Library of Victoria, noting that Margaret McLean (Aust., 1877–1962), who exhibited..... More
1792. Paper slip signed, dated “2nd Dec., 1792” and annotated “Sydney” by Captain Arthur Phillip in ink, with accompanying gouache portrait on vellum, and detached old backing with title in ink verso, 3.8 x 7.3cm (slip); 11.3 x 8.5cm (portrait). The slip has minor foxing and soiling; the portrait has..... More
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
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
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
![Item #CL194-30 Miner’s Right Issued To Philip Wells Of Melbourne [Gold-mining]. Samuel...](/pictures/thumb/CL194-30.jpg?v=1543548669)
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
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
1873. Group of three tickets in a currency format, each stamped with a number in red ink in upper portion, 8.2 x 18.1cm. Minor creases. Each ticket resembles a bank note and has a different value of one, two or five, indicating the number of rides valid for travel on..... More
1879. Letterpress ticket laid down on both sides of an albumen paper carte-de-visite portrait of ticket holder, in buckram and gilt wallet, signed by ticket bearer “Andrew Houison” in ink, numbered “fifty-six” and stamped by exhibition secretary “Augustus Morris” on ticket, 10.3 x 6.3cm (card). Creases to ticket. The portrait..... More
c1880s. Ink and watercolour on linen, 62 x 59cm. Old folds, creases, slight stains. Map shows Double Bay and the major land owners of the time, including E.T. Beilby, E. Bell, R.S. Clarke, J. Dillon, J.P. Edwards, E. Flood, J. Greer, J. Grey, R. Holdworth, Sir P. Jennings, J.E. Josephson..... More