set of drafting instruments including brass dividers, protractor, two wooden rulers with brass hinges, one ebony parallel ruler, housed in a travelling case covered in dyed dark brown shagreen (shark or stingray skin), with ten cardboard compartments […]
Material: Leather
John Stewart’s herbaria albums
set of two hard cover albums containing pressed botanical specimens collected from the Berry district, including names and descriptions annotated in ink pen […]
Berthal (Bert) Jorgenson’s bullock whip
hand plaited leather whip, with sapling handle […]
Harold Maynard’s war diary from WW1
black leather bound notebook with dark green marbled paper inside front and back cover, lined pages filled with handwriting in pencil […]
Elizabeth Chifley’s handbag and contents
crocodile leather handbag and contents […]
costume worn by Col Hardy
country music artist costume, including white satin shirt, white nylon trousers and leather belt with decorated brass buckle […]
blacksmith forge
reconstructed blacksmith forge, incorporating elevated brick fire place, working area and smithing tools, with a large pump action bellows mounted behind a low nib wall […]
Cecilia Warden’s side saddle
leather ‘side’ saddle, dark brown, with fixed head and leaping head, featuring front outer surface decorated with white floral shapes embroidered in white stitching, with attached stirrup strap […]
Rocky Cameron’s childhood cowboy outfit
Three piece child’s ‘cowboy’ outfit, hand-made with vinyl and leather, including hat, vest, pants and revolver holster. The pants and vest are trimmed with bias binding and rick-rack braid. […]
circular coal skip tokens
circular leather tags, or ‘tokens’, stamped with numbers, attached to short lengths of string, knotted together […]