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George Bishop County of Bathurst N.S.W. hand-coloured engraving Plate from: Atlas of the settled counties of New South Wales. [Sydney: Published by Basch & Co., 1872] 43 x 55 cm sheet size.

George Virtue & Co. Australia hand-coloured engraving showing the recently delineated South Australian borders [London, 1840, F.P. Becker & Co.] 20 x 24 cm.

Allan Bell & Co. New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land [London, 1837] hand-coloured copper engraving with inset maps of Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, N. Caledonia and the Solomons Archipelago 36 x 30 cm.

English County Maps including Durham, Glamorganshire, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire, South Wales, etc. (8); various publishers, late 18th - mid-19th Century.

Allan A. Hedges (photographer) Jenolan Caves, New South Wales poster showing 'The Indian Canopy, Orient Cave', issued by the New South Wales Department of Tourist Activities. Printed by Artcarft, Sydney., circa 1950s. 100 x 61 cm. Note: We have previously

New South Wales: 1900s-40s bundle with plenty of Jenolan/Jenolan Caves cards including real-photo types some showing vintage automobiles; also topographical views, waterfalls including Kerry types, coastal/beach views, Sydney & environs, country town scene

'Star of The South Rebekah Lodge. Independent Order Of Oddfellows' antique Australian honour board, circa 1900 128 cm high, 86 cm wide (extends to 165 cm), 14 cm deep

Of Bank of New South Wales interest. Fine antique writing box, polished pine with impressively fitted leather interior and original key brass inscription plate reads 'Presented To Mr George Eddington By His Brother Officers In The Bank Of New South Wales,

A Colonial antique apprentice chest of five drawers, cedar and pine with half bobbin turned columns and moustache plinth, South Australian origin, 19th century 55 cm high, 50 cm wide, 27 cm deep

An antique New Zealand timber writing box with fold-out interior, 19th century. Note: Paper label under lid 'South Sea Islands Tamanu Wood'. 12 cm high, 40.5 cm wide, 24.5 cm deep

Major General Walter Adams Coxen Cb, Cmg, DSO (22 June 1870 - 15 December 1949): A collection of postcards sent by Coxen to his daughter, 1915-19. The Coxen family lived in South Yarra during the First World War. (170+). In May 1915 Coxen was ordered to ra

Vintage perpetual calendar clipboard stamped 'Overland South Australia Limited, Adelaide, Overland, Willy Knight Car', circa 1920s 10 cm high, 21 cm long

Melbourne Tram Destination Roll: South Melbourne Depot, Circa 1974, destinations/rotues including East Malvern Darling Rd, Chapel St via Toorak Rd, West Coburg- Bell St, South Melbourne Beach, City Brunswick St, Nolan St Art Centre; 100 cm wide, 878 cm lon

Melbourne Tram Destination Roll, circa 1972, Camberwell Depot, with destinations including Olympic Park, Prahran, St Kilda Beach, Camberwell Junction, Toorak Rd, Chapel Street, Lonsdale Street, South Melbourne Depot; 100 cm wide, 790 cm long.

Melbourne Tramways Destination Roll, circa 1967, Malvern Depot, with destinations including Football, Elsternwick, Orrong Road, East Malvern Darling Rd, Wattletree Rd Cnr, Tooronga Rd, Glen Iris, Lonsdale Street, Gardiner, South Melbourne Depot; 102 cm wid

Melbourne Tram Destination Roll: circa 1960s, Glenhuntly Depot, destinations including Football, Racecourse, Carnegie-Truganini Rd, Kew-Cotham Rd, St Kilda Junction, University, South Caulfield Junction via Dandenong Rd; 101 cm wide, 826 cm long.

Melbourne Tram Destination Roll: circa 1965, Brunswick Depot, destinations including East Coburg Moreland, Victoria Market, South Melbourne Beach, City via North Melbourne, Fawkner, Gowrie, Abbotsford Street; 100 cm wide, 880 cm long.

Melbourne Tram Destination Roll: circa 1965, Glenhuntly Depot, destinations including Museum, Racecourse, Glenhuntly Railway Station, Lonsdale Street, South Melbourne Depot, Malvern Town Hall, Caulfield-Balaclava Junction; 101 cm wide, 905 cm long.

Melbourne Tramways Destination Roll, circa 1965, Essendon Depot, with destinations including Ordnance Factory, Ascot Vale, Maribyrnong River, Showgrounds, Footscray, Essendon Aerodrome, Toorak Glenferrie Rd, South Melbourne Depot; 101 cm wide, 816 cm long.

Melbourne Tram Destination Roll: South Melbourne Depot, circa 1965, destinations/routes including East Malvern-Darling Rd, Carnegie, East Brighton via Caulfield, Flinders St, West Coburg via Williams St, South Melb-St Kilda Beach, Clarendon & Park Sts Cnr;

Melbourne Tram Destination Roll: Hanna Street Depot, circa 1960s, destinations including Hotel-Mangrove St, Museum, South Melbourne, Flinders St, City via Williams St, Moreland, Camberwell; 99 cm wide, 900 cm long.

Melbourne Tram Destination Roll: circa 1964, South Melbourne Depot destinations including Point Ormond, Elsternwick, Glenhuntly Railway Station, Windsor, St Kilda Beach, South Melbourne, East Brighton via Caulfield; 101 cm wide, 882 cm long.

Melbourne Tramways Destination Roll, circa 1962, Malvern Depot, with destinations including St Kilda Beach via Dandenong Rd, Balaclava Station, St Kilda Rd, Kew-Cotham Rd, City via Williams, University, South Melbourne & St Kilda Beach; 100 cm wide, 825 cm

Sydney Bus Destination Roll: circa 1960's, Botany & inner South, destinations including Darlinghurst, Bondi Junction, Paddington, Coogee Beach, Randwick, Circular Quay, Cricket Ground, Ft Macquarie, Botany, Waterloo; 79 cm wide, 590 cm long.

Melbourne Tram Destination Roll: circa 1950's, Preston Depot, destinations including City-Gisborne Street, Hanna Street Depot, City via Latrobe Street, South Melbourne & St Kilda Beach, Racecourse, Football, Showground; 100 cm wide, 680 cm long.

Bellmoral, Greenslopes, St Paul's Terrace; 51 cm wide, 420 cm long. Brisbane Tram Destination Roll: circa 1950's, destinations including Mt Gravatt, Bulimba Ferry, South Brisbane Hospital, Camp Hill, Grange, Stafford, Balmoral, Greenslopes, St Paul's Terra

Melbourne Tram Destination Roll: circa 1950s, Brunswick Depot, destinations including Coburg, Victoria Market, South Melbourne & St Kilda Beach, Domain Rd, Showgrounds, Fawkner, North Coburg, Upfield Railway Station; 100 cm wide, 810 cm long.

Schulim Krimper (1893 - 1971) The cloakroom counter commissioned for the Maas Caberet in High Street, St. Kilda, circa 1955. 96 cm high, 170 cm wide, 46 cm deep. (together with a small range of Maas Cabaret branded porcelain). When post-war Austrian-Jewish

Robert Prenzel (Treede & Prenzel) fine Australian blackwood wall mounted corner cabinet with beautifully carved panel doors and unusual pivot hinge drawer, early 20th century stamped 'Treede & Prenzel, Sturt Street, South Melbourne' 140 cm high, 84 cm wide

Spiers 15ct yellow gold Colonial Australian 'For Ever' bar brooch, New South Wales origin, circa 1870s stamped 'Spiers, 15ct' 5 cm wide, 6 grams

Vintage straight jacket made by R. M. Williams of South Australia, 19th century

A yellow and green painted one door cabinet, South Australian origin, 19th century nicely branded interior timbers 'Curlew Brand' 148 cm high, 89 cm wide, 49 cm deep. Provenance: The Rodney Pemberton Collection

An antique Australian folk art pine chest of drawers with original painted finish, Barossa Valley, South Australia, 19th century 87 cm high, 94 cm wide, 40 cm deep. Provenance: The Rodney Pemberton Collection

An antique Colonial farmhouse scullery table, Baltic pine, Barossa Valley, South Australian origin, 19th century 76 cm high, 137 cm wide, 68 cm deep

A cottage chiffonier, cedar and pine, South Australian origin, 19th century 139 cm high, 100 cm wide, 40 cm deep. Provenance: The Rodney Pemberton Collection

A Colonial Australian cedar secretaire bookcase with full turned columns, cock-beading, flame cedar panels, full cedar fitted interior and secondary timbers, New South Wales origin, circa 1855 234 cm high, 127 cm wide,54 cm deep

A Colonial five drawer chest, full cedar construction with cross-banded edge, New South Wales origin, mid 19th century 121 cm high, 120 cm wide, 56 cm deep. Provenance: The Rodney Pemberton Collection

An impressive Colonial Australian chest of eight drawers with plum pudding cuts of cedar and turned columns, New South Wales origin, circa 1860, full cedar secondary construction, base plate hand adzed 164 cm high, 135 cm wide, 65 cm deep. Provenance: The

A Colonial cedar chiffonier with turned cedar supports and half turned columns, South Australian origin, circa 1850s 154 cm high, 107 cm wide, 46 cm deep

Martin Boyd pottery platter with South American peasant scene incised 'Martin Boyd' 31.5 cm diameter

South Australian Police tunic with silvered finish buttons, 19th/20th century,

Hangman's Mask from the Maitland Prison in New South Wales, framed and mounted with hangman's paperwork attached verso, 19th century frame 46 x 56 cm overall

New South Wales Police Department Certificate of Service: December 1870 document printed [Form 22] on vellum (in 1867) completed in manuscript, for Arthur Harris, who had served in the NSW Police for two years from March 1868 to October 1870, 'having resig

A Travel Pass Issued to Thomas Fox in March 1841: Fox had arrived in New South Wales in September 1839, one of 240 convicts transported on the 'Parkfield'; he had received a sentence of 7 years at the Kent Assizes. This travel pass, issued to Fox at Blackh

1895 South Africa 1/2 Pond gold coin

1893 South Africa 1 Pond gold coin

Wilson, Hardy, Old Colonial Architecture in New South Wales and Tasmania, The Author, Sydney 1924, containing a tipped-in frontispiece and title-page vignette, all plates are collotypes (from artwork by the author), Number 542 of 1000 copies signed by the

South Sea pearl necklace, comprising of 31 South Sea pearls of white colour with excellent lustre graduated pearl ranging from approx. 11.50 mm to 17 mm knotted on silk thread with 18ct yellow gold ball clasp

14ct yellow gold purple cultured South Sea pearl and diamond vintage style ring. The centre features one round, pinkish purple cultured South Sea pearl 10.90 mm size, very good lustre, light surface blemishes, with 60 round brilliant cut diamonds 0.60ct TD

A 9ct gold South Sea pearl enhancer, featuring an 11.5 mm round cultured pearl with high lustre on a hinged bale and silk collar with silver parrot clasp, length 21.7 mm, wt. 2.66g.

A South Sea golden pearl and diamond pendant, 14 x 14.7 mm off round cultured pearl of good luster and medium golden colour to an 18ct white gold bale set with 5 round brilliant cut diamonds, length 22 mm, wt. 4.41g.

Australian Aboriginal Totemic boomerang, lake Eyre, South Australia, of curved form, with central band of wave motif surrounded by single carved lines running along the body, length 84 cm

19th century Australian Aboriginal boomerang, lake Eyre, South Australia, of curved form, length 79 cm

Paspaley, a cultured pearl, mother of pearl and diamond 'Palais Russian Spirit' pendant, suspending an articulated oval South Sea pearl, measuring approximately 14 mm, with diamond-set cap, the surmount of Russian inspiration, composed of a mother-of-pearl

Jan Logan, a pair of black diamond and South Sea pearl earrings, each of elongated trumpet design, pave-set with round brilliant-cut black diamonds and suspending an oval-shaped South Sea pearl, measuring approximately 13 mm to 15 mm, fitted with shepherd'

Modernist silver ear clips & Wedgwood pair likely set with red jasper marked Pj sterling South Africa, the Wedgwood pair are marked, width 15 & 19 mm

Two south American glazed ceramic tiles, 19.5 x 28 cm and 40 x 20 cm

Sepik pulley, lower Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood with natural fibre. A Sepik mast-head pulley supporting ancestor heads, length 51 x 12 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales

Ancestral figure, Blackwater River, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood in the form of an anthropomorphic ancestral figure, length 52 x 15.5 cm. Provenance: Peter Hallinan collection H507, Sydney. Private collection, New South Wales

Large Sepik figure, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood, length 63 x 10 cm. Provenance: Ex Echo gallery collection, New South Wales. Private collection, New South Wales

Large Iatmul suspension hook figure, Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood with natural pigments and shells. A Sepik River hook used to hang food or other items to keep them off the floor and away from rodents. The hook of an a

Early Huon Gulf food bowl, Tami Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 39.5 x 21 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales

Huon Gulf mask, Tami Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood with natural pigments, length 50.5 x 24 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales

Huon Gulf Ichthyomorphic bowl, Tami Islands. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 62 x 28 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales

Maori tekoteko figure, New Zealand. Carved and engraved kauri wood with pua. Standing Maori ancestor figure with pua inlay eyes, protruding tongue, traditional top knot, deeply carved face and body tattoos, three clasped hands with one finger across the be

Massim lime spatula, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood, dark glossy patina. Spatulas were used by preparing betel nut. The betel nut and leaf were mixed with chalk so it was chewable. Spatulas with human figures were used by

Massim canoe Splashboard (Lagim), Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments. Wooden canoe prow splash board, intricately carved on one face, plain on other, splash board placed transversely across the prow behind th

Massim stool, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 58 x 24.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales

Large Massim figure, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 70.5 x 18 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales

Gope ancestral board, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments, length 130 x 24 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales

Gope ancestral board, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments, length 127.5 x 24 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales

Gope ancestral board, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments, length 117.5 x 25 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales

Bioma spirit figure, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments, length 104 x 24 cm. Provenance: Ex Echo gallery collection (19), New South Wales. Private collection, New South Wales

Basketry gable mask, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Woven plant fibre and natural pigments. Woven mask would have been used on the gable of a Middle Sepik meeting house. The wildly expressive form is accentuated with natural pigments, length 62 x 42 cm. P

Dance mask (Hokore), Karama village, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Woven plant fibre and natural pigments. This mask represents a hornbill or a crocodile; the latter is the totemic emblem of a clan in Karama village, located East of Kerema, length 99 x 39

Rare complete collection of Lindsay black first edition booklets. The Bora ground, black Lindsay, 1944 first edition Aboriginal Art Galleries of Western New South Wales. Part 3, 1943 first edition stone Arrangements, black Lindsay, 1950 first edition Cylco

A rare collection of Aboriginal stone implements, New South Wales. Carved stone. Item identification and collection history inscribed on back of mounts, length 2.5 cm to 4.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales

Three early stone implements, Victoria. Carved stone. Ground-edged hatchet/axe heads; unhafted. Finely polished edge, length 10.5 cm, 11.5 cm & 19 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales

Fine incised message board, Central Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigments, length 31 x 9 cm. Provenance: Ex Don Robinson collection A25, New South Wales. Private collection, New South Wales

Early spear thrower (woomera), Western Australia. Carved hardwood, spinifex resin and natural pigments. Decorated in red ochre, peg attached with kangaroo sinew, the handle of spinifex resin, with embedded stone cutting tool, length 81.5 x 7 cm. Provenance

Early spear thrower (woomera), Central Australia, Northern Territory. Carved hardwood, spinifex resin and natural pigments. The gently curving form of concave section, decorated in red ochre, peg attached with kangaroo sinew, the handle of spinifex resin,

Large boomerang club, Coopers creek Region, South Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood. Of thick bi-convex section, finely fluted designs on the front and adze markings on the reverse, old glossy patina, length 103.5 x 6.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collec

Fine incised fighting club, lake Eyre Region, South Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigments. Boomerang-shaped fighting club, with an incised pattern on both surfaces and old dark patina overall, length 81.5 x 6 cm. Provenance: Private

Early large transitional engraved bulbous club, South East Australia. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 69.5 x 6.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney

Early club, Condah Lakes, Victoria. Carved and engraved hardwood, length 54 x 6 cm. Provenance: Collected by Louis Kurtze Kurtzes Museum, Portland, Victoria. Private collection, South Australia. Private collection, Sydney

Rare early club, South East coastal New South Wales. Carved hardwood, length 49.5 x 10 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, New South Wales

Early throwing club, Condah Lakes, Victoria. Carved and engraved hardwood. The curving shaft of circular section terminating in bulbous head at the distal ends. With conical section at the proximal end encircled with engraved ridges, length 65 x 4.5 cm. Pr

Spear thrower (woomera), South East South Australia. Carved hardwood, bone and spinifex resin, length 47.5 x 4.5 cm. Provenance: Ex Don Robinson collection A8, New South Wales. Private collection, New South Wales

Superb fine early incised spear thrower (woomera), Central Australia, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved hardwood, spinifex resin and natural pigments. The gently curving form of concave section, superbly incised in churinga like designs both surfaces

Hooked boomerangs, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment. Of plano-convex section, decorated with fine fluted designs on the front and adze markings on the reverse, pigmented patina, length 76 x 26 cm. Provenan

Early Tiwi throwing club, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigment. With longitudinal fluted design with ochre decoration on bulbous head, old dark patina, length 40.5 x 5 cm. Provenanc

Fine engraved boomerang, Western New South Wales / Southern Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood. Of convex section with clipped ends, the front incised with linear striations and linked ovoid designs, old patina overall, length 73 x 5.5 cm. Provenance

Early engraved boomerang, Western New South Wales / Southern Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood. Of bi-convex section with clipped ends, face engraved with sinuous designs, possibly representing the travels of a dreaming Ancector or the course of a r

Large fine early engraved boomerang, Western New South Wales / Southern Queensland. Carved hardwood. Of bi-convex section with clipped ends, face engraved with sinuous designs, possibly representing the travels of a dreaming Ancector or the course of a riv

Early fighting boomerang, South East Queensland. Carved and engraved hardwood. Of crescent form, the ribbed surface replete with adzed striations, and dark glossy patina, length 69 x 6 cm. Provenance: Skinner, Marlborough, Discovery-3024T, 7 September 2017

Rare Tiwi ceremonial dance club, Tiwi group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved hardwood with natural earth pigment, length 70.5 x 11 cm. Provenance: Executed on Bathurst or Melville Islands, Northern Territory catalogue