Elizabeth Hickey’s autograph book

A red/brown leather-covered autograph album with gold ‘Autographs’ lettering on the front cover. The book contains pastel coloured pages and written thoughts, sentiments, autographs, sketches and references to Iluka and the Hickey family.    […]

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pressed shamrock

Blue cardboard box containing a pressed shamrock and poem. Top of the box has a white paper label with green design around the border, with the words ‘Shamrock from Ireland / From J. B. Alexander, 1900 ‘ written in blue ink. Black postmark stamped in the right corner addressed to Miss Hickey, Iluka, Clarence River. […]

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portrait of Caroline Maud Jenkins

A black and white photograph of a woman, Caroline Maud Jenkins (1876-1966), in a long white waisted dress standing in a photographer’s studio with cane furniture and a floral arrangement […]

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photographs of Glen Innes, corner of Bourke and Grey Streets

Two framed photographs of the corner of Bourke and Grey Streets in Glen Innes, northern NSW. A horse drawn cart and a horse drawn carriage are in the centre of an intersection of wide unpaved streets. Two-storey buildings are on either side of the street. People are walking along the pavement beside the street. […]

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hosiery darning kit

Darning kit with illustrated cardboard cover depicting a dog with a stocking in its mouth. Cover is stapled onto a commercial Della Darn darning kit with five shades of cotton lisle thread wound around a cardboard sheet. […]

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Ruth Mavis Vearing’s pay book

Australian Imperial Forces pay book for Ruth Mavis Vearing, from Eumungerie, including handwritten pay entries. Note: Her service record is available through NAA war records. […]

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wedding accessories

Brown box with roses on top with orange ribbon tied around it Men’s gloves, 27cm x 12cm: off-white with hand stitching and black stud buttons. Women’s gloves, 26cm x 7cm: off-white with hand stitching. Groom’s necktie, 19cm diam: off-white and patterned. Handkerchief, 32cm x 31cm: off-white with hand-stitched leaf and flowers pattern, birds on each […]

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