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. […]
Material: Cardboard
Bathurst Experiment Farm student register
leather bound volume listing farm students, certificates and practical certificates […]
Bathurst Experiment Farm livestock register
Large leather-bound book recording horses, sheep and pigs raised on the Bathurst Experiment Farm 1930s–1940s. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
Esther and Albert Batstone, photograph
black and white photograph postcard of Esther and Albert Batstone on their wedding day […]
Mellshimer’s shopping list
rectangular grocery reminder card with printed title and lists of foodstuffs in two columns; moveable red cardboard indicators […]
Caves Beach Junior Surf Boat Championship winners 1960, coloured photograph
Hand tinted black and white photograph depicting a timber surf boat and five men on Caves Beach, mounted on cardboard backing and with cardboard mount board; copperplate and fancy ink lettering on the mount board. […]