Treasures Gallery Exhibition Checklist December 2012 REALIA ...

REALIA 

Treasures Gallery Exhibition Checklist 

December 2012 

Robert Brettell Bate, Mathematical, Optical & Philosophical Instruments, 

Wholesale, Retail & for Exportation, London 

Surveying instruments used by Sir Thomas Mitchell during his three 

expeditions 

1831–1846 

brass, bronze, iron, glass and cedar; 66.0 x 63.5 x 32.0 cm (assembled) 

Maps Collection, nla.pic-an6393476 

Donated by the descendants of Sir Thomas Mitchell 

EMI Australia, Sydney, and EMI Group, London 

Torch of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 

diecast aluminium alloy and silver ; 40.0 x 14.2 cm 

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn4532747 

Recent acquisition 

BlueSky (design consultant), G.A. & L. Harrington (manufacturer) for Sydney 

Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and University of Adelaide 

School of Mechanical Engineering, in partnership with Fuel and Combustion 

Technology Pty Ltd (engineer) 

Sydney Olympic torch 2000 

aluminium, steel and plastic coating; 78.0 x 10.0 x 6.3 cm 

Pictures Collection, nla.cat-vn155909 

William Burwash and Richard Sibley, London (registered 1805) 

Salver presented to Sir James Stirling on 31 December 1838 1837 

sterling silver; 56.5 cm (diam.) 

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6227485 

Presented to the Commonwealth Government in 1938 by Reginald Purbrick, 

Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton, United Kingdom 

W. Butcher and Sons, London (est. 1902) 

Harold Cazneaux’s Midg box quarter-plate c.1904 

wood, metal and glass; 15.8 x 12.8 x 22.3 cm 


Presented by Dick Smith on behalf of Rainbow Johnson, 1994

Nelson Illingworth (1862–1926) 

Cast of Henry Lawson's hand 1922 

bronze; 24.0 x 12.0 x 7.5 cm 

Sir William Dargie Collection 


Bullseye lantern owned by bushranger ‘Captain Moonlite’ c.1860 

iron, glass and textile wick; 17.5 x 8.5 x 15.5 cm 


Presented by Mrs J. Edmondson, 1951 

Mere pounamu 18th or early 19th century 

nephrite jade; 33.5 x 8.0 cm 

Rex Nan Kivell Collection 


Kotiate paraoa 18th or early 19th century 

whalebone; 33.6 x 12.0 cm 



1812 life mask of Ludwig van Beethoven, aged 41 

plaster; 28.0 x 17.0 x 12.0 cm 


Bequest of Eve Hungerford, 1977 

Lonkee, Swatow (Shantou), China 

Chinese Tea Caddy Globe between 1860 and 1880 

pewter; 10 cm (diam.) 

Maps Collection, nla.map-vn6001562 

Recent Acquisition 

Dora Ohlfsen (1867–1948) 

Commemorative medal sold to raise money for permanently disabled 

Australian and New Zealand soldiers 1916 (design), 1919 (struck) 

bronze; 3.3 cm (diam.) 

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an6300291

William Farmer & Co. Inc. (est. 1897) 

Key presented to the Prime Minister W.M. Hughes upon the opening of the 

Commonwealth Bank, Sydney 22 August 1916 

gold; 16.0 x 21.3 cm 

Papers of William Morris Hughes (1862–1952) 

Manuscripts Collection, MS 1538, Series 50, nla.ms-ms1538-10 

Erik Lindberg (1873–1966) and Bertram Mackennal (1863–1931) 

Olympic gold medal for swimming won by Fanny Durack at Stockholm 

1912 

gold; 3.3 cm (diam.) 


Presented by Frank Durack, 1956 

Paul Newell (designer), Trofe Australia Pty Ltd (manufacturer) 

Fatso the Fat-arsed Wombat, as seen on The Dream with Roy and H.G 

during the Olympics, Sydney 2000 

gold; 2.6 x 2.4 cm 


Attributed to Julius Hogarth and Conrad Erichsen (designers) for Flavelle 

Bros & Co (manufacturer) 

Australian design brooch c.1850s 



Presented by Lady Katherine Darwin 

Elizabeth Macquarie’s earrings made from gold found in Prospect, Blue 

Mountains, NSW c.1830 

gold and citrine; 5.7 x 8.0 x 8.0 cm 


Donated by Mr Edward Manley Hopkins, descendant of Elizabeth 

Macquarie's niece, 1968 

Garrard & Co. Ltd, London (est. 1735) 

Officer of the Order of the British Empire, imperial honours decoration 

given to Bessie Rischbieth, Western Australian suffragette 1935 

gold; 19.0 x 9.4 x 1.0 cm 

Bessie Rischbieth Collection 

Pictures Collection, nla.cat-vn609172

Rattlesnake-shaped brooch that Owen Stanley’s sister-in-law, Eliza N. 

Stanley, gave to the wife of Dr John Thomson, surgeon on HMS 

Rattlesnake, in remembrance ‘of the old ship’ c.1850 

gold, enamel and gemstones; 4.5 cm (diam.) 


Presented by Mary Bennett, 1966 

Tiffany & Co., New York 

David Livingstone Centenary Medal awarded to Antarctic adventurer 

Thomas Griffith Taylor by the American Geographical Society 1923 


Papers of Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880–1963) 

Manuscripts Collection, MS 1003, nla.cat-vn2961870 

Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard, London (est. 1808) 

Silver kettle and spirit lamp given by Queen Charlotte to Sir Joseph Banks 

1813 silver; 31.0 x 26.5 x 14.5 cm 



TERRA AUSTRALIS TO AUSTRALIA 

Early Exploration 

Cornelis de Jode (1568–1600) 

Novae Guineae forma, & situs (Form & Position of New Guinea) 

from Speculum Orbis Terrae (Mirror of the World) 

Antwerp: Gerard de Jode, 1593 

Maps Collection, nla.map-rm389 

Claudius Ptolemy (author, 80–150), Willibald Pirckheimer (translator, 1470– 

1530) and Michael Servetus (editor, 1511–1553) 

Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini Geographicae enarrationis libri octo (The 

Geography) 

Lyon: the workshop of Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel, 1535 

Maps Collection, nla.cat-vn1668253 

J. & W. Cary, London (active 1791–1821) 

Cary’s New Terrestrial Globe: Delineated from the Best Authorities Extant; 

Exhibiting the Different Tracks of Captain Cook, and the New Discoveries

Made by Him and Other Circumnavigators 

London: Made & sold by J. & W. Cary, 1800 

hand-coloured paper on papier mâché with plaster coating, mahogany and 

brass; 30.8 cm (diam.) 

Maps Collection, nla.map-glob21 


Attributed to Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp (1594–c.1651) 

Portrait of Abel Tasman, his wife and daughter c.1637 

oil on canvas; 106.7 x 132.1 cm 



Francisco Pelsaert (c. 1591–1630) 

The Unlucky Voyage of the Ship Batavia (Ongeluckige voyagie, van’t schip 

Batavia) 

Amsterdam: Jan Jansz: 1647 

engraving; 21cm 

Petherick Collection 

Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-vn2323054-s6-v 

Justus Danckerts (1635-1701), after Frederick de Wit (c. 1630–1706) and 

Romeyn de Hooghe (1645–1708) 

New Map of the Entire Globe (Nova totius terrarum orbis tabula) 

Amsterdam: Justus Danckerts, 1685 

hand-coloured engraving 


Arnold Colom (1624–1668) 

Map of the East Indies (Oosterdeel van Oost Indien) 

from Sea Atlas (Zee-atlas, ofte water-wereldt) 

Amsterdam: inde Lichtende Colom, 1658 

hand-coloured engraving; 63 x 54.1 cm 

Maps Collection, nla.map-t308 

Hendrik Hondius (1597–1651) 

Polus Antarcticus 

Amsterdam: Hondius, 1642 

hand-coloured engraving; 43.3 x 48.2 cm 

Maps Collection, nla.map-t726

Johannes van Loon (engraver, c. 1611–1686) after Andreas Cellarius (artist, c. 

1596 - 1665) 

Situs terrae circulis coelestibus circundatae (The Location of the Earth 

Encircled by the Celestial Circles) from Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia 

Macrocosmica (Celestial Atlas or The Harmony of the Universe) 

Amsterdam: 1660 


Maps Collection, nla.map-nk10242 

Attributed to Isaac de Graaf (1668–1743) 

North Sea, large scale (Noort-zee, groot besteck) c. 1700 

ink, pigment and pencil on parchment; 73 x 92 cm 

Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth 

Maps Collection, nla.map-vn4601670 

The Natives of Otaheite (Tahiti) Attacking Captain Wallis, the First 

Discoverer of that Island c. 1767 

watercolour; 33 x 41 cm 



John Gore (c. 1729–1790) 

Entry dated 21 June 1767 

in Log of the Voyage of HMS Dolphin to the South Seas 1766–1767 

ink; 38.3 x 24 cm 

Manuscripts Collection, nla.cat-vn712798 

Cooks Voyages 

James Cook (1728–1779) 

Endeavour Journal 1768–1771 

ink; 34 x 52.5 cm 

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms1 

Inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, 2001 

James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (1702–1768) 

Hints Offered to the Consideration of Captain Cooke, Mr Bankes, Dr 

Solander and the Other Gentlemen Who Go upon the Expedition on Board 

the Endeavour 10 August 1768

ink; 23.1 x 18.5 cm 

Papers of Sir Joseph Banks 

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms9-113-s9-v 

Manuscript Copies of James Cook’s Correspondence with the Admiralty 

Victualling Office, Relating to the First Voyage of HMS Endeavour 27 May 

1768 

ink; 32.1 x 41.0 cm 


Bureau c.1760 

Indian rosewood, ebony and ivory; 61.0 x 57.0 x 58.4 cm 


Presented by the directors of Angus and Robertson, 1970 

Richard Goodman (active 1807–1822) 

The Resolution Table c.1810 

various timbers and ivory; 73.5 x 150.0 x 66.0 cm 

Permanent loan from the David Roche Foundation 

George Carter (1737–1795) 

Death of Captain Cook 1781 




John Keyes Sherwin (engraver, 1751–1790) ,after Nathaniel Dance (artist, 

1735–1811) 

Captain James Cook 

London: J.K Sherwin, 1784 

engraving; 30 x 25.5 cm 



Bookplate after 1785 

engraving; 19.0 x 12.9 cm 



Thomas Hannam and Richard Mills, London 

Silver salver c.1764 

engraved sterling silver; 3.8 x 31.0 cm (diam.) 

Maps Collection, nla.map-rm4249


Walking cane c.1770 

bamboo and wax; 70.2 x 2.2 cm (diam.) 



Fork c.1770 

ebony and metal; 18.3 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm 


Presented by the Honourable J. Hume Cook 

Box made from the wood of HMB Endeavour c.1879 

wood, textile and metal; 6.3 x 11.9 x 8.3 cm 


Table of star signs and dates, compass, spirit level, sundial, astrolabe and 

measuring instrument in a wooden box c.1750 

wood, bronze and glass; 47.0 x 20.5 x 10.5 cm 



Wedgwood and Bentley 

Portrait Medallion of Captain Cook c. 1777 

white and blue jasper; 8.4 x 6.6 cm (medallion), 11 x 9.3 cm (frame) 


John Hamilton Mortimer (1740–1779) 

Captain James Cook, Sir Joseph Banks, Lord Sandwich, Dr Daniel Solander 

and Dr John Hawkesworth after 1771 



Bequest of Dame Merlyn Myer, 1982 

William Hodges (1744–1797) 

Man of Easter Island 1774 

red chalk; 54 x 36.9 cm 


William Hodges (1744–1797) 

A Woman of Easter Island 1774 

red chalk; 54 x 37.5 cm 


James Caldwall (engraver, 1739–1820) after William Hodges (artist, 1744–1797) 

Woman of Easter Island 

London: William Strahan and Thomas Cadell, 1777 




John Webber (1752–1793) 

Portrait of Poedooa [Poedua], daughter of Orea, King of Ulaitea, Society 

Islands c. 1782-85 




Bligh’s mutinies 

Alexander Huey (active 1809–1818) 

Portrait of Rear-Admiral William Bligh 1814 

watercolour on ivory; 11.5 x 8.4 cm 


Facsimile 

William Bligh (1754–1817) 

The Bligh notebook 28 April to 14 June 1789 

ink; 17.1 x 10.7 cm 


William Bligh (1754–1817) 

List and description of HMS Bounty mutineers 1789 

ink; 32.1 x 19.6 cm 


George Johnston (1764–1823) Proclamation issued by Major George 

Johnston on the day after the deposition of Governor William Bligh 27 

January 1808 

print; 31.0 x 20.0 cm 


Australian Collection, nla.aus-vn4511526

Early Settlement 

Arthur Bowes Smyth (1750–1790) 

Entry dated 6 February 1788 

in Journal 1787–1789 

ink; 20 x 17 cm 


Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827) 

Convicts Embarking for Botany Bay c. 1800 

pen and ink, wash; 17.3 x 15.7 cm 


Port Jackson Painter (active 1788–1790s) 

Aboriginal Hunting Implements and Weapons c. 1790 

watercolour; 30.1 x 47.8 cm 



attributed to George Raper (1769–1796) 

Rock Lily (Dendrobium speciosum) 1789 



Purchased from the Ducie-Moreton family, 2005 

John Hunter (1737–1821) 

Rock Lily (Dendrobium speciosum) 

in Birds & Flowers of New South Wales Drawn on the Spot in 1788, ‘89 

& ’90 1788–1790 




Playbill for a Performance of Jane Shore, The Wapping Landlady and The 

Miraculous Cure at the Theatre, Sydney, Saturday 30 July 1796 

Sydney : George Hughes, Govt. Printer for Theatre, Sydney, 1796 

typeset ink on handmade paper; 20.0 x 12.0 cm 

Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.aus-vn4200235 

Gift from the Government of Canada to the people of Australia, 2007 

Inscribed on the Australian UNESCO Memory of the World Register, 2011

William Westall (1781–1850) 

Views on the South Coast of Australia 1802 

watercolour; 32 x 44.3 cm 


Augustus Earle (1793–1838) 

Waterfall in Australia c. 1830 

oil on canvas; 71 x 83.2 cm 



Conrad Martens (1801–1878) 

View of Fort Street and the North Shore, from Flagstaff Hill 1843 




Matthew Flinders (1774–1814) 

General Chart of Terra Australis or Australia Showing the Parts Explored 

between 1798 and 1803 by M. Flinders, Commander of HMS Investigator 

London: Admiralty Hydrographical Office, 1822 



Joseph Lycett (c. 1775–1828) 

Contest with Spears, Shields and Clubs 

in The Lycett Album c. 1820 


Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2962715-s9 

Edward Close (1790–1866) 

Sketchbook of Scenes of Sydney, Broken Bay, Newcastle and Region, New 

South Wales 1817–1840 

pencil, ink and watercolour; 23.5 x 59 cm 

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an4563834-s32 

Governor Arthur’s Proclamation to the Aborigines c.1829 

oil on board; 35.8 x 22.7 cm 


Colonial Life 

Eugene von Guérard (1811–1901) 

Natives chasing game 1854 



Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an2282444-1 

William Strutt (1825–1915) 

Portrait of John Pascoe Fawkner 1856 



Edwin Roper Loftus Stocqueler (1829–1895) 

Australian gold diggings c.1855 




John Michael Crossland (1800–1858) 

Portrait of Samuel Kandwillan, a Pupil of the Natives’ Training Institution, 

Poonindie, South Australia 1854 




Charles Louis Gabriel (1857–1927) 

A Woman with a Dog Jumping in the Air, Gundagai, New South Wales c. 

1900 

glass plate negative; 10.1 x 12.6 cm 

Butcher and Bell Collections 

Pictures Collection, nla.pic-an8526479-122 

William Lewis Roderick (active 1847–1856) 

Whaling off the islands of Flores & Palo Comba in the Flores Sea, Indian 

Ocean (A good cut) 30 July 1858 

incised whalebone and pigment; 30.5 x 66.0 cm 



John Glover (1767–1849) 

Van Diemen’s Land Sketchbook 1834–1835 

pencil, pen and ink, wash; 18.2 x 27 cm 



Raffaello Carboni (1817–1875) 

Letter to William Henry Archer 18 October 1854 

ink; 31.3 x 44.4 cm 

Papers of William Henry Archer 


Samuel Thomas (S.T.) Gill (1818–1880) 

Site of Bently's Hotel, Eureka, Ballaarat (Ballarat) 

Melbourne: James J. Blundell and Co., 1855 

lithograph; 14.1 x 22.6 cm 


Cheque Written by Charles Dickens 26 October 1869 

ink; 9.3 x 18.9 cm 


Recent Acquisition 

Charles Dickens (1812–1870) 

Letter to Son Alfred 20 May 1870 

ink; 15.6 x 10.0 cm 


Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company (est. 1847) 

Colt model pocket revolver, 5 shot, .31 calibre 1849 

metal and wood; 11.3 x 25.0 x 3.0 cm 

Frank Clune Collection 


George Lacy (c. 1816–1878) 

Burke and Wills Expedition at the Campaspe, near Barnadown 1860 


Papers of Burke and Wills Expedition, 


Robert O’Hara Burke (1821–1861) 

Portion of Diary Kept by Robert O’Hara Burke on the Expedition, 16 

December 1860–20 January 1861 

pencil on ledger paper; 9 x 16 cm 

Papers of Burke and Wills Expedition 


William John Wills (1834–1861) 

Journal of Trip from Cooper Creek towards Adelaide 23 April–late June 

1861 

pencil on ledger paper; 39 x 12 cm 

Papers of Burke and Wills Expedition, 1860–1861 

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms30-7 

William Monop (c. 1843–c. 1913) 

Drawn and Coloured by Monop (Male): A Ballarruk of Nyeerrgoo (Victoria 

Plains) c. 1907 

crayon and pencil; 25.3 x 63.5 cm 

Papers of Daisy Bates 


Tommy McCrae (c.1842–1901) 

Drawings by Tommy McCrae, an Aboriginal of the Wahgunyah tribe on the 

Murray River 1880 

ink on ledger paper; 18.3 x 13.0 x 1.0 cm 


Presented by J.R. Bremner through H. Gregory MHR, 27 November 1935 

J. Fitzsimons 

Aboriginal king plate engraved ‘Tallboy, King of Moorabie’ c.1865 

engraved brass; 11.5 x 16.0 cm 



Christina Macpherson (1864–1936) 

Waltzing Matilda, with lyrics by A.B. (Banjo) Paterson and music by 

Christina Macpherson c.1895 

ink and pencil; 31.0 x24.8cm (each sheet) 

Papers of Christina Macpherson relating to the song Waltzing Matilda 


Presented by Joan Macrae on behalf of Macpherson descendants, 1996 

Christina Macpherson (1864–1936) 

Banjo Paterson’s lyrics to Waltzing Matilda c.1895 

ink; 20.4 x 12.7 cm 

Papers of Christina Macpherson relating to the song Waltzing Matilda 


Presented by Joan Macrae on behalf of Macpherson descendants, 1996 

Attributed to Aldolarius Humphrey Boyd (1829–1891) 

John Jones, per Wm (William) Jardine 2, Taken at Port Arthur 1874 

albumen print on carte-de-visite mount; 10.5 x 6.3 cm 



Peter Killern, per M.A. Watson, Taken at Port Arthur 1874 




William Yeomans, per Basorah (Bussorah] Merchant, Taken at Port Arthur 

1874 




Leonard Hand, Native, Taken at Port Arthur 1874 



Marian Ellis Rowan (1848–1922) 

Coral Tree (Erthryina insularis) and Butterflies 1916 

watercolour ; 55.5 x 38 cm 

Ellis Rowan Papuan Collection 


Tom Roberts (1856–1931) 

Sketch Portrait of HRH the Duke of Cornwall and York, Later King 

George V 1903 

oil on wood panel; 43 x 26.2 cm 


Program of the Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to 

Sydney 1901 

leather, silk, ink; 22.0 x 14.5 cm 

Papers of Sir Edmund Barton 

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms51-10-1248-s1 

Australia in the 20 th century 

Norman Lindsay (1879–1969) 

The Trumpet Calls 

Sydney: W.A. Gullick, Government Printer, 1914 –1918 

chromolithograph; 90.3 x 57 cm 


Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch (1885–1952) 

The Gallipoli letter 1915 

typescript and ink; 21.6 x 34.3 cm 

Papers of Keith Arthur Murdoch 

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms2823-2-1 

Presented by Rupert Murdoch, 1975 

Frank Hurley (1885–1962) 

Panoramic View of the Discovery with Crew on Board, Passing through 

Icepacks, Antarctica c. 1929 

gelatin silver print, 17.4 x 53.3 cm 

British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 

Panoramas 



Frank Hurley (1885–1962) 

Panoramic View of the Discovery Passing through Icepacks, Antarctica c. 

1929

gelatin silver print, 17.8 x 47.5 cm 

British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 

Panoramas 



Tommy Woodcock Leads Phar Lap, Ridden by William ‘Billy’ Elliot, 

towards the Floral Presentation after Winning the Agua Caliente Handicap 

in Mexico, 20 March 1932 

gelatin silver print on card; 12.5 x 17 cm 


Phar Lap, Ridden by William ‘Billy’ Elliot, with Trainer Tommy Woodcock 

after Winning the Agua Caliente Handicap in Mexico, 20 March 1932 

gelatin silver print on card; 12.3 x 17.5 cm 


Harold Cazneaux (1878–1953) 

Arch in the Sky c. 1930 

gelatin silver print; 33.2 x 25.4 cm 


Ethel Carrick (1872–1952) 

Canberra c. 1944 

oil on canvas; 46.5 x 61 cm 


Percy Trompf (1920–1964) 

Parliament House, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 

Melbourne: Posters Pty Ltd, 1930s 

offset lithograph; 100.5 x 61.7 cm 

Pictures Collection nla.pic-an7900893 

Jeff Carter (1928–2010) 

Tobacco Road 1955 or 1956 



The Royal Mint 

Albert Medal (Second Class) presented in the name of His Majesty King 

George V to Neighbour an Aboriginal Native of the Roper River for 

Gallantry in Saving Life on the 1st February 1911 

bronze, enamel and ribbon; 5.0 x 4.0 x 1.2 cm


W. Pedersen 

Portrait of Aya-I-Ga (Neighbour) wearing the Albert Medal, Government 

House, Darwin 16 December 1912 



Charles Ulm (1897–1934) 

Logbook of the Southern Cross on the first trans-Pacific flight 31 May–9 

June 1928 

pencil; 26.3 x 40.2 cm 

Papers of Charles Kingsford Smith (1897–1935) 


Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (1897–1935) and Charles Ulm (1897–1934) 

Notes passed between the cockpit and the navigating cabin during the 

Southern Cross trans-Pacific flight 31 May–9 June 1928 

pencil; 18.2 x 12.8 and 16.2 x 14.7 cm 

Papers of E.A. and V.I. Crome 


Harry J. Lincoln (composer, 1878–1937) 

The Southern Cross: Descriptive March-Galop 

Melbourne: L.F. Collin, c. 1925 

offset lithograph; 31 cm (height) 

Music Collection, nla.mus-vn3495856 

Dorothy Wall (1894–1942) 

Blinky Bill: The Quaint Little Australian 

Sydney: Angus & Robertson Ltd, 1933 

Australian Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn2770260 

Donald Friend (1915–1989) 

Diaries of Donald Friend: Disasters of War (Desastres de la Guerra), 

Volume 9 1943 

mixed media; 24.8 x 41 cm 


Donated by Emeritus Professor David de Long, 2010 

Donald Friend (1915–1989) 

Diaries of Donald Friend: Disasters of war (Desastres de la Guerra), volume 

14 1944

mixed media; 24.8 x 41.0 cm 


Donated by Emeritus Professor David de Long, 2010 

J.N.D. Harrison (1911–1980) 

Diary Kept at Changi Prison, Singapore (with Loose Drawings) 1942–1945 

pencil and ink; 33.5 x 43.5 cm 

Papers of John Noel Douglas Harrison 


John Olsen (b.1928) 

Manuscript of Salute to Five Bells: John Olsen’s Opera House journal, 1971– 

1973 watercolour, ink and collage; 104.2 x 84.0 cm 


Jørn Utzon (1918–2008) 

Architect’s model for the geometry of the Sydney Opera House shells 1961 

paint, wood and letraset type; 29.5 x 88.8 x 8.0 cm 


Presented by Professor H. Ingham Ashworth 

Patrick White (1912–1990) 

Unpublished manuscript for ‘The hanging garden’ 1980s 

ink; 33.0 x 40.5 cm 

Papers of Patrick White 

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms9982-4.6.1 


Brendan Hennessy 

Portrait of Patrick White 1984 

digital reproduction of a gelatin silver print; 30.5 x 40.5 cm 


Courtesy of Brendan Hennessy 

Martin Wells (Sydney) 

Patrick White’s glasses c.1985 

plastic, metal and glass; 15.5 x 7.5 x 3.0 cm 

Papers of Patrick White 



Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971) 

Notebook containing the manuscript of Five Bells c.1930s

pencil; 23.4 x 38.0 cm 

Papers of Kenneth Slessor 

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms3020-19-5-s61 

Rosemary Dobson (1920–2012) 

Draft of The Other Eye 3 December 1986 

typescript and ink 

Papers of Rosemary Dobson 


Kevin Gilbert (1933–1993) 

Page from a Typescript Draft of The Cherry Pickers c. 1970 

typescript; 33.5 x 20.5 cm 

Papers of Kevin Gilbert 


Murray Bail (b. 1941) 

Manuscript of Eucalyptus 1986 

ink; 32.9 x 19.7 cm 

Papers of Murray Bail 

manuscripts Collection, nla.gov.au/Record/671684 

Donated by the author through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts 

program, 2003 

Russell Drysdale (1912–1981) 

The Waitress 

in Fully Bound: Over to Hal Missingham: A Tribute with Love and 

Affection 1971 

pen, ink and wash 

Papers of Hal Missingham 

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms3940-8-1 

Gordon Bennett (b. 1955) 

Notes to Basquiat: Untitled 1999 

synthetic polymer paint on canvas; 53.4 x 53.4 cm 


New acquisition 

Lindy Chamberlain (b. 1948) 

Sketch Portraits of Key Players in the Royal Commission Hearings into the 

Chamberlain Convictions—Mr Adams, Ms Fullerton, Mr Barker and Mr 

Porter 1987–1988 

ink; 14 x 9.5 cm

Papers of Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton 


Stephen Cinzio (b. 1941) 

Letter to Lindy Chamberlain 7 February 1986 

ink and felt-tip pen; 25 x 19.9 cm 



Robert Caswell (1946-2006), Fred Schepisi (b. 1939)—screenplay Lindy 

Chamberlain (b. 1948)—annotations 

Screenplay for Evil Angels c. 1986 

ink annotations on typescript; 30 x 37.3 cm (open) 



Edward Koiki Mabo (1936–1992) 

Speaking notes for ‘Land rights for Torres Strait Islanders’ August 1981 

ballpoint pen; 21.6 x 34.3 cm 

Papers of Edward Koiki Mabo 


Inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, 2001 


Self portrait c.1975 

wash on white ground on masonite; 25.3 x 20.2 cm 



Eastern Shore of Murray Island, Looking North-west 1980s 

ink, felt-tip pen and highlighter pen; 34.3 x 43.2 cm 

Papers of Bryan Keon-Cohen: The Mabo Case 

Manuscripts Collection, nla.ms-ms9518-1-1x-s4 

Inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, 2001

NLA - Z 

Edward Stanford Ltd, London 

Atlas of the British Empire: Reproduced from the Original Made for Her 

Majesty Queen Mary’s Doll’s House 1925 

offset lithograph, gilded leather; 23 x 18 cm 

Maps Collection, nla.map-ra314 

Miles Coverdale (1488–1569) 

The Whole Byble, that Is the Holy Scripture of the Olde and Newe Testament 

Faythfully Translated into Englyshe by Myles Couerdale, and Newly 

Ouersene and Correcte. Set Forth with the Kynges Mooste Gracious Licence 

Zurich: Christopher Froschover for Andrewe Hester, dwellynge in Paules 

churchyard at the sygne of the whyte horse, and are there to be solde, 1550 

(2 nd edition) 

Overseas Rare Books Collection, nla.cat-vn4039346 

Geoff Pryor (b. 1944) 

Let’s Hear it for Librarians! 2002 

pen, ink and wash on board; 26 x 38.7 cm 

Pryor Collection of Cartoons and Drawings 


William Hardy Wilson (1881–1955) 

Dorking, Britain, China, Kurrajong 1953 

french crayon; 51 x 39.5 cm 


Ethiopian Healing Scroll late 1800s 

natural vegetable dye on vellum 


Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888–1960) 

Cocktails in the Bush c. 1927 

pen, ink and watercolour; 42.3 x 36.1 cm 


Shoka hanʼei sugoroku between 1869 and 1900 

woodblock print; 73 x 74 cm (irregular) 

Asian Collection, nla.pic-vn4901830

Carl Linnaeus (author, 1707–1778) and Georg Dionysius Ehret (illustrator, 

1708–1770) 

Hortus Cliffortianus Plantas exhibens quas in hortis tam vivis quam siccis 

Hartecampi in Hollandia coluit vir nobilissimus & generosissimus Georgius 

Clifford juris utriusque doctor (Clifford’s Garden ...) 

Amsterdam: 1737 

Clifford Collection 


A.J. Cumming, Government Printer, Brisbane 

Invitation to a Banquet Given by the Government of Queensland for His 

Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on 28 July 1920 

offset lithograph; 18.5 x 11 cm 

Ephemera Collection, nla.aus-vn3804279 

Peter Sculthorpe (b. 1929) 

It’s Blossom Time, Words and Music by P.J. Sculthorpe, Op. 4 No. 3 c. 1943 

orchestra list: typescript; 34.5 x 25.5 cm 

score: ink and transfer; 34.5 x 25.5 cm 

Papers of Peter Sculthorpe 


Robert Desnos (author, 1900–1945) and Olga Kowalewsky (illustrator) 

30 Chantefables pour les enfants sages à chanter sur n’importe quel air 

(Thirty Sung Stories for Good Children to Sing to Any Tune) 

Paris: Librairie Gründ, 1944 



Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961) 

Bookplate for Keith Murdoch 1944 

woodcut; 14 x 10.7 cm 



Bookplate for Will Ashton 1950 

woodcut; 12.5 x 9 cm 



Bookplate for John Ferguson 1914 

etching; 12.5 x 9 cm 



Bookplate for Robert Menzies 1940 

woodcut; 12.6 x 9.6 cm 


Mortimer Menpes (1855–1938) 

La Gioconda c. 1905 

shellac on oil on cardboard; 52.9 x 37.2 cm 

Mortimer Menpes Collection of Reproductions of the Great Masters 


The Fiji Observer and West Pacific Advertiser, no. 55, Friday 15 July 1887 

print on tapa; 45 x 29 cm 


John Gould (publisher, 1804–1881), Nicholas Vigors (author, 1785–1840) and 

Elizabeth Gould (illustrator, 1804–1841) 

A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains 

London: John Gould, 1832 

Mathews Collection 


Gordon Clive Bleeck (author, 1907–1971) and Maurice Bramley (artist, 1898– 

1975) 

Cover Proof for Master-mind Menace c. 1950 

offset lithograph; 23 x 17 cm 

G.C. Bleeck Collection 


Gordon Clive Bleeck (author, 1907–1971) and Maurice Bramley (artist, 1898– 

1975) 

Cover Proof for Depths of Death c. 1950 

offset lithograph; 25 x 19 cm 

G.C. Bleeck Collection 


Qur’ān 

Persia: between c. 1850 and 1899 

ink and gilding on waxed paper, bound in lacquer covers; 16 x 10 x 2.8 cm 

Manuscripts Collection, nla.cat-vn1353234

after Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau (artist, 1769–1857) and Ivan 

Fedorovich Krusenstern (author, 1770–1846) 

Mushchina ostrova Nukagivy v izpeshchrennom vidie (An Inhabitant of the 

Island of Nukahiva) 

in Puteshestvie vokrug svieta v 1803, 4, 5 i 1806 godakh: Po povelieniiu Ego 

Imperatorskago Velichestva Aleksandra Pervago, na karabliakh Nadezhdie i 

Nevie (Journey around the World in the Years 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806 at the 

Command of His Imperial Majesty Alexander I in the Ships Nadezhda and 

Neva)Saint Petersburg, Russia: Morskaia Tipografiia, 1809–1813 


A Bicentennial gift from the Minnamurra Foundation, 1988 

Walter Charleton (1619–1707) 

Chorea gigantum (The Giants’ Dance): Or the Most Famous Antiquity of 

Great-Britain, Vulgarly Called Stone-heng Standing on Salisbury Plain, 

Restored to the Danes 

London: printed for Henry Herringman at the Sign of the Anchor in the Lower 

Walk of the New Exchange, 1663 

David Nichol Smith Collection 


Loudon Sainthill (1919–1969) 

A Tree Creature, The Tempest 1951 

watercolour and ink on paper; 59 x 41.3 cm 



Goodie Reeve (music and lyrics, 1898–1978) for Clifford, Love and Co., 

Sydney 

Eat Your Uncle Toby’s Every Day 

Sydney: Printed by Clifford Love and Co., c. 1935 

offset lithograph; 25.5 x 20 cm (closed) 

Music Collection, nla.mus-an5892251 

Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) 

Letter to Mrs Priestley, 30 December 1887 

ink; 21 x 26.5 cm 

Manuscripts Collection, nla.cat-vn644760

The Wiggles (music and lyrics) and Graham Jesse (arrangement) 

Shake Your Sillies out 1994 

pencil; 29 x 39.4 cm (each sheet) 

Geoff Harvey Collection of Music Arranged for Australian Television 1960– 

1998 

Music Collection, nla.cat-vn4965474 


Ludwig Schmidt (engraver) after Andreas Kruger (artist, 1743–1805) and 

Marcus Bloch (author and publisher, 1723–1799) 

Xiphias gladius 

plate 76 from Ichtyologie, ou histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére des poisons 

(Ichthyology, or Natural History, General and Particular Fish) 

Paris and Berlin: Marcus Bloch, 1795–1797 

hand-coloured engraving; 20.2 x 42 cm 



Quality Games Pty Ltd 

Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Game c. 1962 

offset lithograph on board; 49 x 28 cm 


Drop Mail Pouch and Tail from the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin 1934 

cotton, paraffin wax; 14.8 x 190 cm 

Crome Collection 


Photograph of Mail Parachute Dropped by LZ 129 Hindenburg 1937 


Crome Collection

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