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M. Gillett (?), 'HMS opal, New Hebrides 1886', watercolour, signed, titled and dated lower right and centre 'M. Gillett hallmarked sterling opal New Hebrides 1886', 22 x 38 cm, 65 x 88 cm overall

18ct gold Swiss Flyback chronograph fob watch case marked Helvtia 18k to the case and back plate. The Omega movement is marked Omega, case width 52 mm, weight 114 grams. Flyback stem wind mechanism and functions working when tested. Engraved: presented to

Gezict van Huaheine and Debarquement a Tanna L'une Des Npuvelles Hebrides engraved by Robert Bernard, lithograph. French edition. Made in 1777, plate 93 and plate 46. The top image depicts two of Captain Cook's ships the Resolution and the adventure at the

A 19th century dance Wand, Vanuatu. Provenance: Collected by John Paton (1824-1907), a missionary in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu), thence by descent to David Paton, height 64 cm, diameter 3.5 cm

Old Pacific Island paddle, carved 197 cm Dr. Barry lake, a collection of New Hebrides artefacts Dr. Lake was a Presbyterian missionary in the New Hebrides in 1965 and then 1973 to 1978. Dr. Lake's time included periods as junior school principal, Efate isl

19th century Vanuatu (New Hebrides) war club. Pentecost Island club, with conical head. Fine dark patina, length 120 cm. Provenance: Pickles Auctions, the 1986 sale of Captain W.C. Thomson's Estate (lot 167).

Jacques Bellin: 'Carte Reduite Des Terres Australes, Par le Sr Bellin....', (Paris, 1753), lovely map showing hypothetical East coast of Australia, being the Dutch edition of 1758, 36 x 25 cm. This Dutch edition, published in 1758, is scarcer than its Fren

The Landing of Captain cook at Tanna, one of the New Hebrides' - George William Anderson. Engraving, 1785. Framed and mounted. Height 21.4 cm, width 31.1 cm

19th century New Hebrides war club. Flat tapering form with raised medial line. Most of shaft covered with very finely woven sennit binding in good condition. Length 125 cm

New Hebrides club. Late 19th century long stone headed shaft. Well finished, granite spheroidal head cane bound to tapering shaft with conical terminal. Good patina. Length 130 cm

A Deed For Land Bought in the New Hebrides (Now Vanuatu), August 1879, A signed and sealed indenture recording the fact that one Victor Nissen of Sydney, New South Wales has acquired some land at Black Beach on the west coast of Tanna Island, New Hebrides,

Bellin, Jacques Nicolas [1703-1772], Carte reduite des terres Australes pour servir a l'histoire des voyages / par le Sr. Bellin, Ing. de la marine de la Societe Royale de Londres && ca. 1753, 22 x 29.5 cm (plate size). Original copperplate-engraved map of

The Will of Paul Randall, February 25th,1832. Probably in Randall's hand & signed Paul Randall. Witnesses' signatures Paul Randall, convict, was transported to New South Wales in 1791. Not much is known Randall in the colony until he was granted the licenc

Mappe-Monde, Divisee en ses quatre Partie 1759' (Paris, 1759), double-hemisphere map showing east coast of Australia stretching from Tasmania via New Hebrides to New Guinea, hand-coloured, size 34 x 17 cm.,

J. W. Lindt (1845-1926), An album of 24 Photographs of Victoria, New Guinea, Fiji, New Hebrides, 20 x 15 cm average

A sterling silver teapot and sugar basin by Walker & Hall with inscription 'To Rev. Dr. J.W.Mackenzie Dd. and Mrs Mackenzie, from their people of Fila, Dango, Mele, Erakor, & Eton, of the Island of Sandwich New Hebrides Pignus Amicitiae. September 1912'

Map, NSW, New Zealand, New Hebrides & the Islands Adjacent. Robert Wilkinson, pub. London 1808. Inset map of port Jackson & Environs. Coloured engraving

An early spear, probably New Hebrides, Polynesia, (late nineteenth century), carved hardwood, 198.5 cm high. For two related examples from New Hebrides see, Steven Hooper, Art and Artifacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas: The James Hooper Collecti

Two early maps, Wyld, James (1790-1836) 'East InDiameter Isles & Australia,' 1824, pub. John Thompson, Edinburgh. Wilkinson, Robert 'New South Wales, New Zealand, New Hebrides & the Islands Adjacent,' pub. 1808, including Lord Howe & Norfolk Island. Engrav

Books, (5) 'The Life of Samuel Johnson and Tour to the Hebrides,' by James Boswell. Pub. George Routledge & Sons, 1891. Complete in 5 volumes