Dive helmet, pre 1939

This diving helmet was used by deep sea divers in the early twentieth century.

Location

Australia
H3866
Queensland Museum
23 November 2010
Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010
Australia

Rainforest basket, 1914-16

Rainforest basket, 1914-16

Location

Australia
QE1477
Queensland Museum
Wrights Creek, north-east Queensland
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
480mm
450mm
300mm

Jardine cannon

Jardine cannon

This cannon is thought to have been used by the Jardine family during their conflict with local Aboriginal people at Somerset on Cape York Peninsula. 

Location

Australia
H10505
Queensland Museum
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
160mm
865mm
200mm

Neville Bonner election card, 1972

Neville Bonner election card, 1972

Location

Australia
QE14598
Queensland Museum
Oxley, Brisbane, Queensland
1 January 1972
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
175mm
100mm

Stone axe head

Location

Australia
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia

Breastplate, 1892

An Aboriginal breastplate is a controversial object. To many Aboriginal people it is a reminder of the dispossession of their land, cultural dislocation, and the mistreatment of their ancestors.

Location

Australia
QE2636
Queensland Museum
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum

Australia
Dimensions
120mm
220mm
8mm

Mary Watson's tank, 1881

Mary Watson, her infant son and Chinese servant Ah Sam escaped an attack by local Aboriginal people at Lizard Island in 1881 by rowing away in this iron beche-de-mer tank.

Location

Lizard Island Lizard island, QLD
Australia
14° 40' 4.9548" S, 145° 27' 49.5972" E
H43028
Queensland Museum
Lizard Island
29 October 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Lizard Island Lizard island, QLD
Australia
14° 40' 4.9548" S, 145° 27' 49.5972" E
Dimensions
610mm
1300mm
1250mm

Lutheran Church, Hope Vale, 1968. During World War II Indigenous people in the Hope Valley and Cape Bedford areas were moved to Woorabinda and in 1949 the survivors were transferred back to a newly established Lutheran mission at the future site of Hope Vale. Slide by George Laws, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © George Laws and the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Lockhart River, 1982. The Anglican Church established a mission at Lockhart River in 1924 which was evacuated during World War II. It was re-established in 1947. Slides by Ruth Read, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Ruth Read and the Centre for the Government of Queensland

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