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Stone-headed axe from Queensland, Western Australia, Prehistoric.

Pearl shell pendant

1880-1920

Large pearl shell pendant flat

1880-1920

2, 2 3/4" diameter fire assay pots used for noble metal assay

1940

Fire-drill, consisting of a wooden tapering wand

1927-1937

Dilly bag, double bag is fibre mesh, outer bag docorated with brown and blue stripes, for carrying mummified body, said to be from North Queensland, 1881-1910

Dilly bag

1880-1910

Pearl shell pendant (Lonka-Lonka) flat, egg shaped in profile, used as a remedial charm and serves as an ornament, Arrernte people (Arunta), Central Australia, 1880-1920

Pearl shell pendant (Lonka-Lonka) flat

1880-1920

Ceremonial object (waninga), consisting of sharpened stick with red -spotted crosspiece, bound at junction with hair-string, used by men at circumcision ceremonies, from Queensland, Australia, 1880-1920

Ceremonial object

1880-1920

Camera Press photograph titled 'Old Vic World Tour'. Caption on back reads: Vivien Leigh, ex-wife of Sir Laurence Olivier, seen at Surfer's Paradise, Queensland, Australia, with John Merivale, member of the Old Vic Company. The occasion was the 1962 Old Vic World Tour, in which they both appeared.

Vivien Leigh on beach in Australia

03 July 1962

Hearth, consisting of a wooden tapering wand, with two small drill-pits: each with a side-notch, at one end, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Hearth, consisting of a wooden tapering wand, with two drill-pits

1927-1937

Fire-drill (length = 1422 mm), consisting of a wooden tapering wand, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Fire-drill, consisting of a wooden tapering wand

1927-1937

Hearth (length = 1005 mm x diameter = 15 mm), main part, consisting of a wooden tapering wand, which is broken at one end, and with two small drill-pits: each with a side-notch at the other end, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Hearth, consisting of a wooden tapering wand, with two drill-pits

1927-1937

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "Shaft Sinking", by an unknown photographer / Cementation Mining Ltd. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', shown 23 July - 3 September 1988

Shaft Sinking

Sheath, wooden double-barrelled, which at one end is overlaid with resinous pitch and scarlet-and-black Jequirity (Abrus precatorius) seeds, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Sheath, with Jequirity (Abrus precatorius) seeds

1927-1937

Hearth, consisting of a wooden tapering wand, with two small drill-pits: each with a side-notch, at one end, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Hearth, consisting of a wooden tapering wand, with two drill-pits

1927-1937

Hearth (length = 1397 mm), consisting of a wooden tapering wand, with two small drill-pits: each with a side-notch, at one end, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Hearth, consisting of a wooden tapering wand, with two drill-pits

1927-1937

Sheath (length = 241 mm), wooden double-barrelled, which at one end is overlaid with resinous pitch and scarlet-and-black Jequirity (Abrus precatorius) seeds, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Sheath, with Jequirity (Abrus precatorius) seeds

1927-1937

Fire-drill, consisting of a wooden tapering wand, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Fire-drill, consisting of a wooden tapering wand

1927-1937

Hearth (length = 1270 mm), consisting of a wooden tapering wand, with two small drill-pits: each with a side-notch, at one end, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Hearth, consisting of a wooden tapering wand, with two drill-pits

1927-1937

Fire-drill (length = 1295 mm), consisting of a wooden tapering wand, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Fire-drill, consisting of a wooden tapering wand

1927-1937

Hearth (length = 126 mm x diameter = 15 mm), broken part, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Hearth, broken part

1927-1937

Fire-drill, consisting of a wooden tapering wand, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Fire-drill, consisting of a wooden tapering wand

1927-1937

Sheath (length = 165 mm), wooden double-barrelled, which at one end is overlaid with resinous pitch and scarlet-and-black Jequirity (Abrus precatorius) seeds, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Sheath, with Jequirity (Abrus precatorius) seeds

1927-1937

Sheath (length = 178 mm), wooden double-barrelled, which at one end is overlaid with resinous pitch and scarlet-and-black Jequirity (Abrus precatorius) seeds, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Sheath, with Jequirity (Abrus precatorius) seeds

1927-1937

Sheath (length = 270 mm), wooden double-barrelled, which at one end is overlaid with resinous pitch and scarlet-and-black Jequirity (Abrus precatorius) seeds, North Queensland, Australia, 1927-1937

Sheath, with Jequirity (Abrus precatorius) seeds

1927-1937