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..... 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
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
![Miner’s Right Issued To Philip Wells Of Melbourne [Gold-mining]. Samuel Calvert, Australian](/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
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
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
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
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
![Exhibition Invitation, Leicester Galleries, London]. Charles Conder, Aust](/pictures/thumb/CL166-32.JPG?v=1492486413)
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
![The Great White Fleet Visit To Australia [US Navy] Collection](/pictures/thumb/CL194-102_10a.jpg?v=1543548290)
1908. Sixty-three (63) items comprising of 40 vintage silver gelatin photographs in stereo card format; 16 postcards; two framed paintings; one framed lithograph; two commemorative booklets; and two pieces of lithographic ephemera, one painting signed “B. Barker”, several items captioned with ship names and dated “August 1908”, sizes include 4.6..... More
1888-1910s. Thirty-three (33) process screen and 148 photographic postcards (181 in total), some images captioned or dated in negative or letterpress, some with photographer’s blind stamp or studio line verso, 8.8 x 13.8cm (approx. each). Minor silvering or developing flaws to some images. Photographers include Brokenshire Bros, Broken Hill; and..... More
c1914. Printed cotton scarf, captioned throughout, 47.5 x 61.5cm. Stains and foxing overall. Captions include notes on the landing places of various allied troops, including the ANZACs. Captions on flags in corners read “Australia, well done! New Zealand, well done! Army and navy, well done! Eclipse of the star &..... More
![The Blood Vote [Anti-Conscription Campaign]. AfterClaude Marquet, Australian](/pictures/thumb/CL179-10.JPG?v=1492666352)
1916. Letterpress and line block, handbill, artist’s name in lower portion, 32 x 25.4cm (paper). Missing portions, old folds. Text includes “‘They gave me the ballot paper, the grim death-warrant of doom, and I smugly sentenced the man to death, in that dreadful little room. I put it inside the..... More
c1916. Painted plaster, 29.4 x 9.9 x 11.9cm. Surface loss and chips overall, cracks to neck of figure. Uncommon plaster of a WWI digger. More
c1916. Letterpress booklet with process screen illustrations, owner’s stamp with the name of Dr Charles Albert Monticone and cancelled adhesive label to title page, 22 x 29cm. Old vertical fold, slight foxing, some wear to cover, otherwise in good condition. This booklet in German text was an important record of..... More
1917. Letterpress, handbill, 43.4 x 25.7cm. Old folds, creases, stains, slight missing portions and tears overall. Text includes “Commonwealth of Australia Department of Defence. Amended notice. Notice is hereby given that all persons (male and female) who are not British subjects and who are not exempted under the Regulations are..... More
1917. Letterpress and line block programme, 30.3 x 23.6cm. Minor handling creases, scuffing and tears to lower edge. Text includes “Her Majesty’s [Theatre, Melbourne]. In the presence of the Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson) and the State Governor (Sir Arthur Stanley). In aid of the State War Council’s Amelioration Fund for..... More
c1919. Colour lithograph, printed on cotton, captioned in image, 47 x 63.5cm (fabric). Foxing and stains. Framed. Caption continues “The landing of our gallant sons of empire on the Gallipoli Peninsula. ‘The Scrap Heap’: a view of the Emden after the fight with the Sydney off the Cocos Keeling Islands.”..... More
1919. Cotton crochet doily with verse, 49.5 x 55.2cm. Minor stains to edges. Framed. Verse reads “After years of strife / the triumph of liberty and justice / Peace 1919 / Float our bunting on the breeze / Australia’s flag of pride / for which her many valiant sons /..... More
c1919. Painted plaster, 64.5 x 54.7 x 20.4cm. Very rare. Possibly a souvenir inspired by the Imperial Camel Corps in Egypt. The Corps, consisting of Australian, British, New Zealand and Indian troops, was a brigade-sized military formation which fought in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in WWI. Its personnel were..... More
![Prime Minister Billy Hughes [Autograph] In “A Voyage With The Mails Between Brisbane & London,...](/pictures/thumb/CL194-164_1.jpg?v=1543548551)
1921. Hardcover quarto with woodblock print on blue cloth pictorial boards, 66pp, autographed “W.M. Hughes” and dated “2/6/21” by then-Prime Minister Billy Hughes along with other passengers, 30.5 x 25cm. Replaced spine and endpapers, scuffing and slight soiling to boards, some foxing throughout. Published by The London Stereoscopic Company. Fourth..... More