Barrier Reef milk urn

Steel cans of this design were in widespread use in Australia for transportation of milk and cream from the late nineteenth century.

Location

Australia
H47703
Queensland Museum
28 October 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
590mm
295mm
295mm

Cherbourg carving

Location

Australia
28 October 2010
Australia

On the voyage of the Endeavour in 1770 the term ‘Labyrinth’ was used to describe the innumerable coral cays, reefs and shoals that challenged the navigational skills of Captain James Cook

Memorials are to be gazed at, but even a fleeting glimpse of any of Queensland’s war memorials suggests their extraordinary presence in the cultural landscape.

Aboriginal paintings, Carnarvon National Park, 1965. Slides by Richard Hopkins, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Richard Hopkins and the Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Aboriginal art, Carnarvon Gorge, 1979. Slides by John Boult, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © John Boult and the Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Aboriginal art, Carnarvon Gorge National Park, 1971. Slide by Allan Webb, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Allan Webb and the Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Aboriginal rock art, Carnarvon Gorge, 1980. Slides by Michael Keniger, Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Copyright © Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Aboriginal rock art, Carnarvon National Park, 1967. Slides by Lynne Cain, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Lynne Cain and the Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Quinkan Aboriginal rock art near Laura, 1988. Slide by Audrey Johnston, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Audrey Johnston and the Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

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