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View of George's River New South Wales c1850 Media
Portrait photo of Stefan Pietroszys attached to Australian Immigration file 1947 Media
Portrait photo of Genovefa Pietroszys attached to Australian Immigration file 1947 Media
Old Manse Farm at Pitt Town 3 November 1985 Media
Reverend John McGarvie’s sketch of a gunya he saw Darug people building near his house at Mekoorabon (Percy Place) in August 1826 Media
Sydney from the heights of North Sydney c1825-1830 Media
Australian native in his bark hut c1826 Media
Bara (eels) 2020 Media
Stone points and backed blades from Dyarubbin, photographed 2021 Media
Contest with spears, shields and club c1817 Media
Koala engraving at Westleigh, now destroyed c1970 Media
Wowawme, the monster fish Waway’s lookout place June 2017 Media
A nulla nulla or wooden club from the Dyarubbin region Media
'Dugga', dense Riverflat forest, still standing in Mitchell Park at Cattai November 2011 Media
Darug woman Jasmine Seymour with the paperbark scar trees beside Cattai Creek June 2020 Media
Dyarubbin at Dorumbolooa, where the river turns spectacularly into Kent Reach June 2020 Media
Portland Head Rock and Portland Head Reach July 2012 Media
Sandstone cliffs on Dyarubbin at Koorea August 2012 Media
Gurangatty 2020 Media
Dorumbolooa, Sackville Reach June 2018 Media
Explanatory description of the Publick Buildings &c of the Town of Sydney, Port Jackson, as express'd in the View engraved under the inspection of Mr Thomson late acting chief surgeon in the settlement, published April 10 1804 Media
A view of Sydney Cove New South Wales c1800 Media
Side-show personalities at the great annual agricultural show in Sydney 1932 Media
Panorama of Parsley Bay, Vaucluse, New South Wales c1920 Media
West view of Sydney taken from Grose's farm, New South Wales, 1819 Media
Sydney from the Parramatta Road 1819 Media
Screenshot of website 'Dyarubbin: Mapping Aboriginal history, culture and stories of the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales' 2021 Media
Robinson's aeroplane map of Sydney 1922 Media
Timbere Media
Boongaree chief of the Broken Bay tribe and his wife Matora 1820 Media
Biddy Salamander, Broken Bay Tribe 1834-5 Media
Little Boy at Manly: "Well! this is the about the last place anybody should come expecting to find the South Pole!" Media
Goosberry [i.e. Gooseberry] One Eyed Poll, wife of King Bongarry April 1844 Media
Public Notice to Artists: The Archibald Prize July 1921 Media
Sauvages de Nouvelle-Hollande, Aux Terres Australies, Table II Media
Japanese Antarctic Aeroplane Expedition board game (Nankyoku tanken hikōki sugoroku ) 1911 Media
The Japanese Antarctic Expedition's ship Kainan Maru, photographed in the Bay of Whales, January 1912 Media
On board the Kainan Maru: a Japanese sailor and one of the Siberian Sledge Dogs, Wellington Harbour, New Zealand February 1911 Media
The deck of the Japanese Antarctic exploration ship: the forecastle of the Kainan Maru, Wellington Harbour February 1911 Media
Cover of chapbook 'The life of J. Knatchbull, executed at Darlinghurst, Sydney, on Tuesday, February 13, 1844, for the horrid murder of Mrs. Jamieson...' 1844 Media
Fishing line made of twisted brown bark fibre from Port Jackson, pre 1844 Media
Knatchbull, as he appeared on his trial 1844 Media
Jubilee Dock, Balmain c1905 Media
A Japanese, in military uniform, addressing his 'poor dog Tray'. This is the only dog left out of the 25 with which the expedition started, May 1911 Media
One of the Japanese explorers reading 'The Daily Telegraph' at Vaucluse camp May 1911 Media
The exploring ship Kainan-Maru as she now lies in Parsley Bay May 1911 Media
Japanese camp at Parsley Bay: the white square on the door is the No Admittance notice May 1911 Media
Cooking quarters at the Japanese camp, Parsley Bay May 1911 Media
Monorail structure 1988-2013, Pyrmont Bridge 2005 Media
Charles H Bertie 1930 Media