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Woman of Manila, on the island of Luzon, the Philippines. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R
Woman of Ambon, Maluku Islands, Indonesia (Amboyna) in chemise. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R
Poster, P&O Cruises to the Far East - Egypt, India, China, Japan, Australasia Date: 1910
Melachrino AdvertisementAdvertisement for Melachrino, importers of Egyptian cigarettes throughout Australasia. Image shows a man, smoking whilst seated on a comfy armchair, with the phrase
Kodak Advertisement IllustrationThis advertisement illustration for Kodak shows a seated mother and daughter, holding a Kodak camera, which creates pictures with special charm. Date: circa 1922
Javanese chief in ordinary dress wearing a sarong with krisJavanese chief, Indonesia, in ordinary dress wearing a sarong with kris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a painting by William Daniell from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature
Natives of Java, Indonesia, in ordinary dressNatives of Java, Javanese, Indonesia, in ordinary dress. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R
House on stilts of the Minangkabau people in Sumatra, Indonesia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R
View of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R. Ackermann, London, 1824
Man of the Chamorro people, Mariana Islands. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R. Ackermann, London, 1824
Warrior of Ombai with armour, shield and kris. He wears his hair tied up in a plume. Man of Ombai Island (Ombay), Indonesia
Warrior of Ombai with breastplate, bow, arrows and quiver. He wears his hair tied up in a plume. Man of Ombai Island (Ombay), Indonesia
Man of Timor in cotton shawl and skirt, holding a kris dagger. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R
Girl of the mountains of Luzon, the Phiippines. Brought up by a Spanish family in Manila. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature
Girl of Timor in sarong carrying water with a yokeCanda, young Malay girl of Timor in sarong carrying water with a yoke. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Nicolas Martin Petit from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature
Ronggeng dancing girl of Java, IndonesiaRonggeng or rongging, dancing girl of Java, Indonesia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a painting by William Daniell from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature
Head of an Australian aboriginal. Man of New Holland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R. Ackermann, London, 1824
Man of the island of Luzon, the Philippines. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R. Ackermann, London, 1824
Striated pardalote, Pardalotus striatus (Striped-headed manakin, Pipra striata). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823
Nephrite jadeA specimen of nephrite jade from New Zealand. Nephrite is actually not a mineral outright, but is a variety of the mineral actinolite (calcium magnesium iron silicate hydroxide)
Hydatina physis, rose-petal bubble shellWatercolour 399 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Kallee dere, from the Watling Collection
Burhinus grallarius, skeleton Gould CollectionBush stone-curlew, Burhinus grallarius, skeleton collected in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia
Moreton Bay chestnut seed podCastanospermum australe, Moreton Bay chestnut seed pod collected in Queensland, Australia in 1909 Date: 1909
Gully in the Tasmanian Jungle, Charles E Gordon FrazerA Gully in the Tasmanian Jungle with Wallabies in the foreground, by Charles E Gordon Frazer (1863-1899)
Hyla nasuta, rocket frogBMNH 1947.2.22.81, formerly 1936.12.3.192. F, adult. Spirit specimen. Collected by John Gilbert at Port Essington [1840-1841]. Designated holotype of Pelodytes nasutus Gray, 1842
Leiopelma hamiltoniHamiltons frog is probably one of the rarest frogs in the world. Donated in 1922 by the Dominion Museum in New Zealand
A view of Government Farm at Rose Hill, New South Wales 1791Drawing 18 from the Watling Collection titled A view of Government Farm at Rose Hill, New South Wales 1791 by a Port Jackson Painter, 1791
Acanthocnemus nigricans (Hope), little ash beetleLateral view of the female little ash beetle (Acanthocnemus nigricans). This specimen was collected by G.D. Bryant on 12th January 1905 from the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Aboriginal weapons and implementsDrawing 78 from the Watling Collection titled Wig goon, Womarang, Woo da by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797
Agathis australis, kauri pineKauri pine, New Zealand. This tree is the source of resin known as kauri gum. Figure 5 from Amber The Natural Time Capsule by Andrew Ross, 1998
Flindersia australis, crow ash tree
Macropiper excelsum, kawakawa pepper treeFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Piper myristicum
Brasenia schreberi, water shieldPlate 3 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Adenia heterophylla, lacewing vinePlate 60 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
A View of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson March 7th 1792Drawing 21 from the Watling Collection titled A View of Sydney Cove - Port Jackson March 7th 1792 by a Port Jackson Painter, 1792
Native woman and child of Australia37. Gur-roo-ee, 38. Bi-Gong, 39. Goo-nee-orol-gal, 40. Ban-nel-lang, 41. Ben-nel-long, 42. Native woman and child. Drawings 37-42 from the Watling Collection
Barnardius zonarius, Australian ringneckPlate 21 from Ferdinand Lucas Bauers zoological watercolours and drawings observed during Captain Matthew Flinders circumnavigational survey of Australia (Investigator 1801-1803)
Litoria aurea, golden bell frogPlate 26 from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer (1760-1826)
Platycercus exmius, eastern rosellaPlate 18 from Ferdinand Lucas Bauers zoological watercolours and drawings observed during Captain Matthew Flinders circumnavigational survey of Australia (Investigator 1801-1803)
Two maps of Taranaki, New Zealand showing Middlesex Regiment operations during the Maori War, 1860-1872. From the collection of the former Middlesex Regiment Museum. Date: 1860
Tour of the Colonies - Map of Royal Tour - Map showing the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia in outline. Part of Box 246 Boswell collection - Tour of the Colonies. Date: circa 1900
The Royal Tour of Australasia: Princess Elizabeth, Who is Due to Arrive in Australia with the Duke of Edinburgh on March 1 Date: 1952
Eopsaltria leucuraMangrove Robin, Eopsaltria leucura, collected by John Gilbert in East Bay, Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia
Pitta Iris, from the Gould CollectionRainbow Pitta, Pitta Iris, specimen, collected by Captain Chambers in Australia between 1839 and 1841 Date: 1839
Xenus cinereusTerek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus, specimen, collected by Captain William Chambers in the Cobourg Peninsula in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia
Rallus phippensisBuff-banded Rail, Rallus phippensis, collected by JB Jukes in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia on August 1843 Date: 1843
Cacatua sanguinea, from the Gould CollectionLittle Corella, Cacatua sanguinea, specimen collected by RA Bankier in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia, 14th December 1840 Date: 1840
Conopophila albogularis egg, Gould CollectionEgg of Rufous-banded honeyeater, Conopophila albogularis, collected by John Gilbert in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia on December 5th 1840 Date: 1840