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Australian Collection

Background imageAustralian Collection: Tea cup and saucer

Tea cup and saucer
Glazed porcelain tea cup, from a childs part tea-service, decorated with a painted band of flowers on an orange ground. Retailed in Australia c.1925-1935. Acquired from the original owner

Background imageAustralian Collection: Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine

Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) in captivity at London Zoo. The species is believed to be extinct

Background imageAustralian Collection: Eucalyptus obliqua, Australian oak

Eucalyptus obliqua, Australian oak holotype specimen

Background imageAustralian Collection: Ned Kellys Last Stand

Ned Kellys Last Stand
Ned Kelly, Australian legend, makes his last stand

Background imageAustralian Collection: Building of Sydney Harbour Bridge by G. H. Davis

Building of Sydney Harbour Bridge by G. H. Davis
Series of diagrams depicting the construction of Sydney Harbour Bridge by ILN special artist, G. H. Davis

Background imageAustralian Collection: Jim Pike, Australian jockey, on his horse, Phar Lap

Jim Pike, Australian jockey, on his horse, Phar Lap
James Edward (Jim) Pike (1892-1969), Australian jockey, on his horse, Phar Lap (1926-1932). circa 1931-1932

Background imageAustralian Collection: Banksia integrifolia, coastal banksia

Banksia integrifolia, coastal banksia
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Background imageAustralian Collection: Her Majestys Australian Ship (HMAS) Melbourne (21)

Her Majestys Australian Ship (HMAS) Melbourne (21) shown with its complement of Douglas A-4G Skyhawks of 805 Squadron RAN ranged for entering port

Background imageAustralian Collection: Defenders of the Empire - British Army, Navy and Airforce

Defenders of the Empire - British Army, Navy and Airforce with the King at the fore. Date: 1924

Background imageAustralian Collection: Together Poster

Together Poster, showing the armed forces of the British Empire marching together

Background imageAustralian Collection: German cruiser SMS Emden attacked by HMAS Sydney, WW1

German cruiser SMS Emden attacked by HMAS Sydney, WW1
The German light cruiser SMS Emden attacked by HMAS Sydney on 9 November 1914, at the Battle of Cocos. Date: 1914

Background imageAustralian Collection: Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Dardanelles - WW2 - Landing supplies

Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Dardanelles - WW2 - Landing supplies
Anzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, Dardanelles - WW2 - Landing supplies - view looking towards ArAnburnu, 1915 Date: 1915

Background imageAustralian Collection: Australian troops counter-attack at Amiens, WW1

Australian troops counter-attack at Amiens, WW1
Australian troops hold the line at Villers Bretonneux nine miles east of Amiens during a German attack during the Battle of Amiens in April 1918

Background imageAustralian Collection: Cephalotus follicularis, Australian pitcher plant

Cephalotus follicularis, Australian pitcher plant
An illustration by Ferdinand Bauer of an Australian pitcher plant, one of the few plants capable of trapping and digesting insects

Background imageAustralian Collection: Painting by Hs Power, artillery and horses at Ypres, WW1

Painting by Hs Power, artillery and horses at Ypres, WW1
Painting by the Australian war artist Harold Septimus Power (1877-1971), showing artillery going into action before the Battle of Ypres

Background imageAustralian Collection: 1935 Kings Silver Jubilee Fleet Review

1935 Kings Silver Jubilee Fleet Review
A panoramic view showing the berthing arrangements made for the Review of the Fleet at Spithead by King George V to celebrate his Silver Jubilee

Background imageAustralian Collection: Harold Larwood Bowling, 1933

Harold Larwood Bowling, 1933
Photograph of the English bowler, Harold Larwood, in action during the MCC tour of Australia, 1933. During that tour, D.R

Background imageAustralian Collection: Livistona humilis, sand palm

Livistona humilis, sand palm
Plate 225 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Background imageAustralian Collection: Poster advertising Australia via Qantas Airlines

Poster advertising Australia via Qantas Airlines
Poster advertising Australia via Qantas, Australias overseas airline

Background imageAustralian Collection: Bas relief from the Anzac Memorial - Sydney, Australia

Bas relief from the Anzac Memorial - Sydney, Australia
Bronze Bas relief from the Anzac War Memorial by Rayner Hoff - Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia - showing the landing of troops at Gallipoli, Dardanelles Front, WW1. Date: circa 1934

Background imageAustralian Collection: Banksia coccinea, scarlet banksia

Banksia coccinea, scarlet banksia
Plate 139 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Background imageAustralian Collection: Australian troops in trench, near Armentieres, France, WW1

Australian troops in trench, near Armentieres, France, WW1
Troops of the 2nd Australian Division in a front line trench at Croix du Bac, near Armentieres, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 18 May 1916

Background imageAustralian Collection: Shane Warne - Australian cricketer

Shane Warne - Australian cricketer Date: 1980s - 1990s

Background imageAustralian Collection: WW2 poster, The British Commonwealth of Nations Together

WW2 poster, The British Commonwealth of Nations Together. 1941

Background imageAustralian Collection: The Spirit of Progress

The Spirit of Progress
The Australian Sprit of Progress, streamlined train of the Victorian Government Railways operating between Melbourne and Albury. Date: late 1930s

Background imageAustralian Collection: Short Sunderland flying boat, RAF Wig Bay, WW2

Short Sunderland flying boat, RAF Wig Bay, WW2
RAF Short Sunderland flying boat B9604/RBJ, in service with RaF (Royal Australian Air Force) 10th Squadron. Seen here on water at RAF Wig Bay, Stranraer, Scotland, 11 June 1942. Date: 1942

Background imageAustralian Collection: Banksia speciosa, showy banksia

Banksia speciosa, showy banksia
Plate 140 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Background imageAustralian Collection: King George V Silver Jubilee celebrations, ILN cover, 1935

King George V Silver Jubilee celebrations, ILN cover, 1935
Soldiers from across the British Empire gather to adore the crown, resplendent on a garlanded pedestal

Background imageAustralian Collection: Painting by Hs Power, War, WW1

Painting by Hs Power, War, WW1
Painting entitled War by the Australian war artist Harold Septimus Power (1877-1971), showing soldiers on horseback, pulling heavy artillery across a field

Background imageAustralian Collection: Association Cricket Ground, Perth, Western Australia

Association Cricket Ground, Perth, Western Australia, with a crowd of spectators watching a match. Date: circa 1909

Background imageAustralian Collection: Sister Hilda Hope McMaugh, AIF, in an aircraft at the C?

Sister Hilda Hope McMaugh, AIF, in an aircraft at the C?
Sister Hilda Hope McMaugh, AIF, in an aircraft at the Central Aircraft Co at Northolt, having just obtained her pilot?s certificate, becoming the first Australian woman to do so on 15 November 1919

Background imageAustralian Collection: HMAS Sydney - Chatham Class Light Cruiser Built 1911-13

HMAS Sydney - Chatham Class Light Cruiser Built 1911-13, Australia. New Royal Australian Navy. Photograph taken on convoy by the HMS Dublin in 1917

Background imageAustralian Collection: Coloured shoulder patches of the Australian Corps

Coloured shoulder patches of the Australian Corps
Souvenir of the Greatest War showing coloured shoulder patches of the Australian Corps

Background imageAustralian Collection: Weird looking Fat Striped Fish illustration

Weird looking Fat Striped Fish illustration
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Background imageAustralian Collection: Telopea speciosissima, waratah

Telopea speciosissima, waratah
Drawing 432 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797. Illustration entitled Warratta

Background imageAustralian Collection: Truganini, last surviving female Tasmanian Aboiginal

Truganini, last surviving female Tasmanian Aboiginal
Truganini (Truganina, Trugernanner or Lalla Rooke, c1812-1876), the last surviving Tasmanian Aboiginal or Palawa woman. 1866

Background imageAustralian Collection: Australian soldiers at Gallipoli WWI

Australian soldiers at Gallipoli WWI
Australian soldiers at Anzac, Gallipoli during World War I

Background imageAustralian Collection: Melbourne Cable Tram and Driver

Melbourne Cable Tram and Driver
A Melbourne Cable tram (destination - North Fitzroy) and driver (in his uniform) - 1925

Background imageAustralian Collection: Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia - Completed

Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia - Completed
A view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia - pictured shortly after construction had finished

Background imageAustralian Collection: Nellie Melba / 1904

Nellie Melba / 1904
NELLIE MELBA (originally, Helen Porter Mitchell) Australian soprano, probably in the role of Bizets Carmen

Background imageAustralian Collection: Shane Watson - Australian cricketer

Shane Watson - Australian cricketer Date: 1990s - 2000s

Background imageAustralian Collection: South Melbourne Tramway Baths

South Melbourne Tramway Baths
Slide showing a black and white photograph of South Melbourne Tramway Baths in the city of Melbourne in Australia. Part of Box 100. Boswell Collection. Slide number 40. Date: circa 1890

Background imageAustralian Collection: Sydney, Australia - Map of Sydney and Port Jackson

Sydney, Australia - Map of Sydney and Port Jackson
Slide showing a map of Sydney and Port Jackson, with the areas of the city labelled.. Boswell Collection. Slide number 5

Background imageAustralian Collection: Alfred A. G. Hales, Vanity Fair, Spy

Alfred A. G. Hales, Vanity Fair, Spy
ALFRED ARTHUR GREENWOOD HALES (1860-1936) Australian novelist and war correspondent. Caption: Peace and War Date: 1860 - 1936

Background imageAustralian Collection: German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens - WW1

German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens - WW1
A huge German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens on 8th August 1918 became a source of some Allied controversy

Background imageAustralian Collection: Thylacinus cynocephalus, thylacine

Thylacinus cynocephalus, thylacine
The last known thylacine, or Tasmanian Wolf, to survive in captivity. It died on 7 September 1936 in the Beaumaris Zoo, Hobart, Tasmania

Background imageAustralian Collection: Malacosteus niger, stoplight loosejaw

Malacosteus niger, stoplight loosejaw
Deep sea fish found off Tasmania, Australia. Specimen held in the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageAustralian Collection: Australian soldier with motorcycle and sidecar, WW1

Australian soldier with motorcycle and sidecar, WW1
An Australian soldier examining a motorcycle and sidecar, possibly to repair a puncture, on a muddy road during the First World War. Date: 1916

Background imageAustralian Collection: Batemans Bay, Clyde River, NSW, Australia

Batemans Bay, Clyde River, NSW, Australia
Batemans Bay, Clyde River, New South Wales, Australia. Batemans Bay was named by Lieutenant James Cook on his voyage of discovery along this coast in 1770

Background imageAustralian Collection: Poster advertising Australia for sun and surf

Poster advertising Australia for sun and surf
Poster for the Australian National Travel Association, advertising Australia for sun and surf. A happy holidaymaker runs through the waves in her swimsuit

Background imageAustralian Collection: Don Bradman

Don Bradman
Portrait of Don Bradman, Australian cricketer

Background imageAustralian Collection: Errol Flynn / Robin Hood

Errol Flynn / Robin Hood
Errol Flynn is at his swash- buckling best in Michael Curtizs saga which also offers Olivia de Havilland as Marian, Claude Rains and Basil Rathbone as the nasties

Background imageAustralian Collection: 1297 copy of the Magna Carta sold to Australia

1297 copy of the Magna Carta sold to Australia
The thirteenth century copy of the Magna Carta, bought by the Australian Commonwealth National Library from Kings School, Bruton, Somerset

Background imageAustralian Collection: Bradman / Cricketer 1934

Bradman / Cricketer 1934
Don Bradman, Australian cricketer (1908-2001)

Background imageAustralian Collection: Maps / Australia 1850S

Maps / Australia 1850S
Map showing the location of the GOLDFIELDS, so presumably made fairly soon after the start of the Australian Gold Rush in 1851

Background imageAustralian Collection: NED KELLY/BUSHRANGER/C19

NED KELLY/BUSHRANGER/C19
Portrait photograph of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, taken the day before his hanging at the age of 24. Date: 1880

Background imageAustralian Collection: Silhouettes from the Somme by H. L. Oakley

Silhouettes from the Somme by H. L. Oakley
Various scenes on the Somme cut by famous silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley showing the work to be done when pursuing the retreating Germans

Background imageAustralian Collection: Macrozamia communis, burrawang palm

Macrozamia communis, burrawang palm
Drawing LS 16 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797. Illustration entitled Buroowang

Background imageAustralian Collection: Octopus

Octopus
Watercolour 401 by the Port Jackson Painter, from the Watling Collection

Background imageAustralian Collection: The 1934 Test Match at Lords: Verity wins the game

The 1934 Test Match at Lords: Verity wins the game
Verity winning the match for England, sending down a ball to Woodfall, the Australian captain

Background imageAustralian Collection: Aussie Cricketers 1893

Aussie Cricketers 1893
The Eighth Australian Cricketing Team of 1893 pose in their cricket whites and a variety of caps and blazers

Background imageAustralian Collection: Cub Scout on skis, Snowy Mountains, Australia

Cub Scout on skis, Snowy Mountains, Australia
A group of Cub Scouts of the 1st Kosciusco Troop, on skis in the Snowy Mountains of Australia. Scoutmaster Bernie Jarratt is demonstrating a kick turn. Date: 1960s

Background imageAustralian Collection: P&O RMS Strathmore - India and Australia Mail Service

P&O RMS Strathmore - India and Australia Mail Service
P&O RMS Strathmore - India and Australia Mail and Passenger Service Date: circa 1910s

Background imageAustralian Collection: de Havilland Mosquito FBVI A52-525

de Havilland Mosquito FBVI A52-525
de Havilland Mosquito FBVI, A52-525, of the Royal Australian Air Force (RaF)

Background imageAustralian Collection: Eucalyptus pruinosa, silver-leaved box

Eucalyptus pruinosa, silver-leaved box
Plate 56 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Background imageAustralian Collection: Cephalotus follicularis, Australian pitcher plant

Cephalotus follicularis, Australian pitcher plant
Plate 42 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Background imageAustralian Collection: Wool Poster

Wool Poster
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, Wool Date: 1927-1933

Background imageAustralian Collection: Essendon F. C

Essendon F. C
Essendon F.C. Australian rules football club team of 1909

Background imageAustralian Collection: Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia
Flinders Street Railway Station, Melbourne, Australia

Background imageAustralian Collection: Australian Team of 1882

Australian Team of 1882
The Austalian cricket team of 1882 who beat the English in the first Ashes series, captained by W. L. Murdoch

Background imageAustralian Collection: Chelodina longicollis, eastern long-necked turtle

Chelodina longicollis, eastern long-necked turtle
Lithograph by Edward Lear of drawing by James de Carle Sowerby. Plate from Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles, drawn from life (1872)

Background imageAustralian Collection: Flindersia australis, crow ash tree

Flindersia australis, crow ash tree

Background imageAustralian Collection: Dassault Mirage IIIO A A3-83

Dassault Mirage IIIO A A3-83
Royal Australian Air Force - Dassault Mirage IIIO(A) A3-83, of No.3 Squadron, based at RAAF Butterworth in Malaysia, on a regular detachment to Tengah circa 1975, Date: circa 1975

Background imageAustralian Collection: Royal Australian Air Force - Douglas Dakota A65-80

Royal Australian Air Force - Douglas Dakota A65-80 at K-16 Air Base, near Seoul, in Korea. Date: 1954

Background imageAustralian Collection: A Native Australian with his WOOMERA - throwing stick Date: 1891

A Native Australian with his WOOMERA - throwing stick Date: 1891

Background imageAustralian Collection: Cartoon, My Boys! (British Lion)

Cartoon, My Boys! (British Lion)
Cartoon, My Boys! An imperialist depiction of the British Lion proudly commanding his Australian and Canadian cubs. Date: 1885

Background imageAustralian Collection: Male Lyrebird - huge tail fanned out in courtship display

Male Lyrebird - huge tail fanned out in courtship display
Male Lyrebird in full display - a ground-dwelling Australian bird most notable for their superb ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment

Background imageAustralian Collection: Duchess of York at Training Hostel, Market Harborough

Duchess of York at Training Hostel, Market Harborough
Duchess of York at a Training Hostel, Market Harborough

Background imageAustralian Collection: German cruiser SMS Emden, WW1

German cruiser SMS Emden, WW1
The German light cruiser SMS Emden after being attacked by HMAS Sydney on 9 November 1914, at the Battle of Cocos. Escaping crew can be seen in a boat in the foreground. 1914

Background imageAustralian Collection: A view down Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia

A view down Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia Date: circa 1930s

Background imageAustralian Collection: Hydromys chrysogaster, water rat

Hydromys chrysogaster, water rat
Plate 1 from a collection of 49 original watercolour drawings of animals by Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826), from the H.M.S. Investigator expedition to Australia, 1801-1803

Background imageAustralian Collection: Supermarine Spitfire 8 / VIII

Supermarine Spitfire 8 / VIII
Royal Australian Air Force Raaf Supermarine Spitfire 8S flying in formation over Fields and Trees Date: 1940s

Background imageAustralian Collection: Mae Busch

Mae Busch (1891 - 1946), Australian-born actress who worked in both silent and sound films in early Hollywood

Background imageAustralian Collection: Bob Fitzsimmons v Peter Felix in heavyweight boxing match

Bob Fitzsimmons v Peter Felix in heavyweight boxing match
Bob Fitzsimmons (1863-1917), British boxer, v Peter Felix (1866-1926), Australian boxer



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