Australian Collection

Captain James Cook taking possession of New South Wales in the name of the British Crown, 1770. James Cook (1728-1779), English explorer, navigator and hydrographer, made three voyages of discovery

Glenelg, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Glenelg, 1901. Glenelg, a suburb of Adelaide on Holdfast Bay in Gulf St Vincent, established 1836, the oldest European settlement on mainland South Australia

British jockeys, 1934, (1935). Creator: Unknown
British jockeys, 1934, (1935). Steve Donoghue, Joe Childs, Fred Fox, and Brownie Carslake (who was Australian). Donoghue and Childs celebrated their fiftieth birthday in 1934

Arunta tribesmen of central Australia preparing a new corroboree, 1922. Artist: Baldwin Spencer
Arunta tribesmen of central Australia preparing a new corroboree, 1922. For indigenous Australians, the corroboree comes closest to a modern concept of theatre

Guildford Grammar School Chapel, c1947. Creator: Unknown
Guildford Grammar School Chapel, c1947. Usually known as the Chapel of St. Mary and St. George. A Heritage-listed building on Terrace Road, East Guildford

The Yellow Skirt, 1914. Artist: Derwent Lees
The Yellow Skirt, 1914. Painting held at Carrick Hill, Adelaide. From The Studio Volume 126. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1943]

Casualties from the front pass destroyed tanks, Villers-Bretonneux, France, World War I, 1918. Villers-Bretonneux was the scene of the first tank battle in history, on 24th April 1918

Pear Tree in Blossom, 1913 (1932). Artist: Derwent Lees
Pear Tree in Blossom, 1913 (1932). Painting held in the Tate Gallery, London. From The Studio Volume 104. [The Offices of the Studio, London, 1932]

Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Artist: Albert Henry Fullwood
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Parramatta is today a western suburb of Sydney. The town was originally founded in 1788

View on the Parramatta River, c1900. Creator: Unknown
View on the Parramatta River, c1900. From " 50 Picturesque Photographic Views of Sydney and Surroundings". [Swain & Co. Sydney]

Fremantle Harbour from the Air, c1947. Creator: Unknown
Fremantle Harbour from the Air, c1947. From " Perth - City of Sunshine". [Australia House Bookshop, London, c1947]

Mosman Bay, Keanes Point, Peppermint Grove, c1947. Creator: Unknown
Mosman Bay, Keanes Point, Peppermint Grove, c1947. From " Perth - City of Sunshine". [Australia House Bookshop, London, c1947]

High Street, Fremantle, Australia, c1900s. Published by P. Falk & Co. Ltd

Fremantle, 1886. Artist: Julian Ashton
Fremantle, 1886. Fremantle, here depicted as a small settlement, is now a city located within the Perth metropolitan area on Australias western coast

Sir George & Lady Reid, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sir George & Lady Reid, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Australian politician Sir George Houstoun Reid (1845-1918) and Lady Reid.

Jackie Clark, 12/4/12, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Jackie Clark, 12/4/12, 1912.

Alfred Grenda, 12/9/12, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Alfred Grenda, 12/9/12, 1912.

Sir Geo. Reid - Mrs. Oliver T. Johnston, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sir Geo. Reid - Mrs. Oliver T. Johnston, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Australian politician Sir George Houstoun Reid (1845-1918) and probably daughter-in-law, Mrs. Oliver Templeton Johnson.

Sir Geo. Reid, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sir Geo. Reid, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Australian politician Sir George Houstoun Reid (1845-1918).

T.J. Matthews, Aust., between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
T.J. Matthews, Aust., between c1910 and c1915.

Finding the remains of the lost explorers Harding, Panter, and Goldwyer...North-West Australia, 1865 Creator: Unknown
Finding the remains of the lost explorers Harding, Panter, and Goldwyer, near Lagrange Bay, North-West Australia, 1865. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. D. Francisco. 'Mr

Scene from "Never Too Late To Mend," at the Princess's Theatre, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Scene from "Never Too Late To Mend," at the Princess's Theatre, 1865. London stage production. 'That interesting drama of modern social life founded upon Mr

Inauguration of the Burke and Wills Monument at Melbourne, Australia, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Inauguration of the Burke and Wills Monument at Melbourne, Australia, 1865. 'The monument which has been erected...to the memory of Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, who, in June, 1861

Casket presented to the Princess of Wales by the ladies of New South Wales, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Casket presented to the Princess of Wales by the ladies of New South Wales, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Hetzen, published in the Sydney Morning Herald, of a '...beautiful casket

Cricket-match at Melbourne between the All-England Eleven and Twenty-Two of Victoria, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Cricket-match at Melbourne [in Australia,] between the All-England Eleven and Twenty-Two of Victoria, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs

British field memorial service, 8 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British field memorial service, 8 Jul 1917. Australian soldiers praying after the unveiling of the memorial to the 1st Australian Division at Pozieres, the Somme, France on July 8

Laying the foundation-stone of the Brisbane Bridge, Queensland, New South Wales, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the foundation-stone of the Brisbane Bridge, Queensland, New South Wales, 1864. The foundation-stone of the new bridge to connect the north and south portions of the city...was laid

Wedding gift to the Princess of Wales from the ladies of Victoria, Australia, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Wedding gift to the Princess of Wales from the ladies of Victoria, Australia, 1864. It was determined that this gift should be of colonial material and workmanship and, after much deliberation

Model of a Battlefield; On the eve of the attack of June 7, 1917...1917 Creator: Unknown
Model of a Battlefield; On the eve of the attack of June 7, 1917, on the German side of Wytschaete-Messines, Australians of the Plumer army study a huge map in relief, made in cement

Mr. J. T. Smith, Mayor of Melbourne, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mr. J. T. Smith, Mayor of Melbourne, 1858. John Thomas Smith...commenced life as a junior clerk in one of the New South Wales banks...He then, at twenty-one years of age

Metrosideros Trees, Australia; Incidents of Bush Life in Queensland, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Metrosideros Trees, Australia; Incidents of Bush Life in Queensland, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Old Australian and his "Gin."; Incidents of Bush Life in Queensland, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Old Australian and his "Gin."; Incidents of Bush Life in Queensland, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Warrego Creek; Incidents of Bush Life in Queensland, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Warrego Creek; Incidents of Bush Life in Queensland, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

A la conference economique des allies; M. Hughes, premier ministre d'Australie, 1916. Creator: Manuel
A la conference economique des allies; M. Hughes, premier ministre d'Australie, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Sketches in Australia - Mode of Climbing a Tree, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in Australia - Mode of Climbing a Tree, 1857. Traditional Aboriginal skills. The native, having eyed well the inclination of the tree

Sketches in Southern Australia - the Dead Emu, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in Southern Australia - the Dead Emu, 1857. The taking of the Emu is a favourite sport of the aborigines: the emu is caught in very large nets, twenty yards long and five feet high

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus ? (Black-necked stork), 1776-before 1780. Creator: John Hunter
Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus ? (Black-necked stork), 1776-before 1780. From Port Jackson, (present-day Sydney, Australia). Possibly by John Hunter

Macropus sp. (Kangaroo), 1788. Creator: John Hunter
Macropus sp. (Kangaroo), 1788. From Port Jackson (present-day Sydney, Australia)

Dromaius novaehollandiae (Emu), 1770-1780. Creator: George Raper
Dromaius novaehollandiae (Emu), 1770-1780

Delivering Letters in the Australian Bush, 1911. Creator: Unknown
Delivering Letters in the Australian Bush, 1911. From "The Book of the Coronation". [Cassell and Company, Ltd. London, 1911]

Baker and Rouse shop, Sydney, Australia, between 1895 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Baker and Rouse shop, Sydney, Australia, between 1895 and 1910

Artist Seated at Easel, n.d. Creator: Nicholas Chevalier
Artist Seated at Easel, n.d

Chambers, Haddan, Mr. portrait photograph, 1913. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Chambers, Haddan, Mr. portrait photograph, 1913

Melba, Madame, portrait photograph, 1917 Dec. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Melba, Madame, portrait photograph, 1917 Dec

MacKaye, Elsie Herbert, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 May 1. Creator: Arnold Genthe
MacKaye, Elsie Herbert, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 May 1

MacKaye, Elsie Herbert, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 May 1. Creator: Arnold Genthe
MacKaye, Elsie Herbert, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 May 1

MacKaye, Elsie Herbert, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 May 1. Creator: Arnold Genthe
MacKaye, Elsie Herbert, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 May 1

Arrival of the Seven Ships of the Australian Squadron at Port Jackson, New South Wales, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

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