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A9762 Jacket, men's, convict period, felted wool, maker unknown [War Department], made in Great Britain, worn in Australia, 1855-1880

On display in:
Foyer - Museum entrance; Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo

97/297/1 Convict order, prisoner's remove warrant, Police Office issue, sentence of one month's hard labour and confinement for Thomas Smith, Van Diemen's Land, 8 January 1852

Boxed series of toy alphabet, hand made by convict child

99/4/23 Toy alphabet letters (54), bone, used by Edith Allworth and made by a convict employed by her father, Australia, 1820-1960

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

H9558 Leg manacles, iron, maker unknown, Australia, 1788-1868

A9536 Hat with letter and label, hand-made, box tree wood, owned by Dame Mary Gilmore, made in Australia, [c. 1840]

A9539 Cross and token, copper / silk, (made from copper used on HMS Sirius then the original roof of St James Church, Queen's Square, Sydney), unknown maker, Sydney, NSW, Australia, c. 1820

H5141 Handcuffs and key, police, metal, found Liverpool, Sydney, Australia, unknown maker, 19th century

87/982 Love token, convict John Howe, copper, [New South Wales, Australia], 1797-1810

A7832 Cap, convict, mens, wool, maker unknown, England / Australia, 1820-1855

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

88/568 Letter and transcription, from John Herrod, Ulladulla to Captain MacLean, Sydney, paper, Ulladulla / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1847

H6943 Handcuffs, with key, Hiatt Derby, iron, maker unknown, England / Australia, 1875-1900

2005/157/1 Photographic print, Goat Island and East Balmain from North Sydney, paper, maker unknown, Australia, c. 1860

87/1319 Cheque piece/convict token, copper alloy [bronze], Australia, Colony of New South Wales, c 1788.

Handmade nail from the Seahorse Hotel, Boydtown

2005/48/1 Nail, handmade, from The Seahorse Inn, iron, Boydtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1820 -1830

87/1494 Convict love token, First Fleet, copper, New South Wales/Great Britain, 1786-1787

90/730 Token, 'Love Token', smoothed cartwheel penny, George III, 1797, with engraved illustration of convict on obverse, bronze, NSW, Australia, c. 1810-1820

N10373 Love Token, Wales. Penny, Anglesey Copper Company, unofficial surcharges (initials).

N10374 Love Token, Wales. Halfpenny, Anglesey Copper Company, surcharged Mary Simpson 1795. Obverse face: original image erased leaving only faint lettering "HALF PENNY" at the edge. Engraved roughly into the erased surface is the inscription "Mary / [G]

N15276 Medal, commemorative. 'Cessation of Transport', 'Foundation of Tasmania', silver, unknown maker, Tasmania, Australia, 1803-53

N21207 Medal, silver/gros grain ribbon, Australia/ Great Britain, 1808.

N21529 Love token, silver/copper, unknown maker, [Sydney], New South Wales, Australia, c 1790-1802

7378 Trochus shell, carved by convicts, New Caledonia, pre 1884.

85/62 Engraving, 'Port Jackson Plan et Elevation de la Caserne des Convicts a Sydney', Louis Freycinet, France, 1824

H4052 Ship model, HMS Sirius, armed storeship and flagship of First Fleet, 1:24 scale, timber/ brass, made by Geoffrey Ingleton RAN, for Sesqui-Centenary of arrival of First Fleet, Sydney, NSW, 1937-8

2001/24/2 Memorandum, Permission to enter Invalid Depot at Port Arthur, Comptroller Generals Office, Port Arthur, Tasmania, 1866

2003/40/1 Convict love token, H. Heald, 'Keep this dear Mary for my sake till the departure of thy life / The gift of a friend whose love for you will never end H Heald', copper, [convict made], Britain / Australia, 1825 - 1835

2003/42/1 Convict love token, copper-alloy, made by John Howe, Britain or Australia, 1833

A4478 Brooch, mining equipment motifs, gold, commissioned by Edward Austin, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1855

On display in:
Inspired! Design across time Exhibition; Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo

H4053 Ship model, HM Armed Brig 'Supply', 1:24 scale, wood / cotton and synthetic threads, made by Geoffrey Ingleton RAN, for sesquicentenary of arrival of First Fleet, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1937-1938

A7831 Caps (3), convict period, leather, maker unknown, made in Great Britain, worn in Australia, 1820-1855

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

97/191/1 Book, 'Picture of Sydney and Strangers' Guide in N.S.W. for 1839', paper/leather, James Maclehose/John Carmichael, Australia, 1839

A10654 Cover sheet for letter, paper, New South Wales, Australia, 1816-1817

97/212/1 Engraving, framed, 'Engrav'd by W. Preston from a Drawing by Capt Wallis 46th Regt. Sydney from Bennelongs Point. New South Wales. London, Pub'd Septr 1, 1820, at R. Ackermann's, 101, Strand', paper/cardboard/wood/perspex, original sketches attri

88/394-2 Button, and clip, brass, 70th Regiment of Foot, British Army, Smith Kemp Wright, Birmingham, England, found Wentworth Park, New South Wales, Australia, prior to 1870.

2005/154/1 Photographic reprints (6), The Rocks area, paper, maker unknown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1901-1905

Mouldboard plough attributed to James Ruse

H3321 Plough, mouldboard, wood / iron, attributed to James Ruse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, [1811]

H6862 Armchair, owned by Governor Lachlan Macquarie, rose mahogany (Dysoxylon fraseranum) / Casuarina sp./ Australian red cedar (Toona ciliata) / modern upholstery of eastern grey wallaby fur, gothic style, attributed makers John Webster (carver) / Willia

On display in:
Inspired! Design across time Exhibition; Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo

P3356 Aquatint, 'Panorama Du Port Jackson Et De Ville De Sydney Pris D'une Colline Pres La Riviere De Paramatta' [Panorama of Port Jackson and of the town of Sydney taken from a hill near the Parramatta River], paper / ink, painted by Major James Taylor,

A7823 Conditional pardon for John Slade, plus tin carrying case. Australia, 1847. (LC).

A7822 Shoe, male, leather/metal, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia, 1860-1912

H7311 Ship model, 'Latona', wood / metal / glass, made by Government Dockyard Biloela (Cockatoo) for the New South Wales Government, Sydney, 1911

Personal letter from W C Wentworth to his father

87/1153 Personal letter, from W C Wentworth in London to his father on Norfolk Island, paper / ink, London / Norfolk Island, 1805

91/1323-6 Photographic print, mounted in album, exterior view, the 1879 Sydney Exhibition 'Garden Palace' building from Fort Denison, paper / albumen / silver, photographed by Messrs Richards and Company for the International Exhibition Commissioners, Syd

B2416 Ship model, HMS 'Lady Nelson', wood / copper / flax / canvas, made by Roland Michel Laroche, Australia, 1980

87/619 Table top bottle opener, cast iron, owned by Mary Hyde, manufactired by Thomas Lunds, London, England, 1845-1855

87/617 Photographic positive, studio portrait, hand-tinted, ambrotype of Mary Hyde (Mrs Simeon Lord), collodion / paint / glass / wood / paper / metal / velvet, photographer unknown, 1854-1865

A9336 Ginger beer bottle, stoneware, Jonathan Leak, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, [c. 1820]

On display in:
Inspired! Design across time Exhibition; Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo

Tumbler owned by Simeon Lord and Mary Hyde

87/618 Tumbler, glass / wocker work, owned by Simeon Lord and Mary Hyde, Australia, 1810 - 1820

87/620 Tumbler, glass / leather, owned by Simeon Lord and Mary Hyde, Australia, 1810 - 1820

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A4478 Brooch, mining equipment motifs, gold, commissioned by Edward Austin, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1855

A9762 Jacket, men's, convict period, felted wool, maker unknown [War Department], made in Great Britain, worn in Australia, 1855-1880

A7831 Caps (3), convict period, leather, maker unknown, made in Great Britain, worn in Australia, 1820-1855

A7832 Cap, convict, mens, wool, maker unknown, England / Australia, 1820-1855

87/982 Love token, convict John Howe, copper, [New South Wales, Australia], 1797-1810

87/1494 Convict love token, First Fleet, copper, New South Wales/Great Britain, 1786-1787

88/568 Letter and transcription, from John Herrod, Ulladulla to Captain MacLean, Sydney, paper, Ulladulla / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1847

A9539 Cross and token, copper / silk, (made from copper used on HMS Sirius then the original roof of St James Church, Queen's Square, Sydney), unknown maker, Sydney, NSW, Australia, c. 1820

99/4/23 Toy alphabet letters (54), bone, used by Edith Allworth and made by a convict employed by her father, Australia, 1820-1960

H5141 Handcuffs and key, police, metal, found Liverpool, Sydney, Australia, unknown maker, 19th century

H6943 Handcuffs, with key, Hiatt Derby, iron, maker unknown, England / Australia, 1875-1900

A9536 Hat with letter and label, hand-made, box tree wood, owned by Dame Mary Gilmore, made in Australia, [c. 1840]

H9558 Leg manacles, iron, maker unknown, Australia, 1788-1868

97/297/1 Convict order, prisoner's remove warrant, Police Office issue, sentence of one month's hard labour and confinement for Thomas Smith, Van Diemen's Land, 8 January 1852

N15276 Medal, commemorative. 'Cessation of Transport', 'Foundation of Tasmania', silver, unknown maker, Tasmania, Australia, 1803-53

N21207 Medal, silver/gros grain ribbon, Australia/ Great Britain, 1808.

2005/48/1 Nail, handmade, from The Seahorse Inn, iron, Boydtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1820 -1830

N10373 Love Token, Wales. Penny, Anglesey Copper Company, unofficial surcharges (initials).

A10654 Cover sheet for letter, paper, New South Wales, Australia, 1816-1817

2005/157/1 Photographic print, Goat Island and East Balmain from North Sydney, paper, maker unknown, Australia, c. 1860

H4052 Ship model, HMS Sirius, armed storeship and flagship of First Fleet, 1:24 scale, timber/ brass, made by Geoffrey Ingleton RAN, for Sesqui-Centenary of arrival of First Fleet, Sydney, NSW, 1937-8

90/730 Token, 'Love Token', smoothed cartwheel penny, George III, 1797, with engraved illustration of convict on obverse, bronze, NSW, Australia, c. 1810-1820

N21529 Love token, silver/copper, unknown maker, [Sydney], New South Wales, Australia, c 1790-1802

87/1319 Cheque piece/convict token, copper alloy [bronze], Australia, Colony of New South Wales, c 1788.

Full text matches. Showing 50 of 51 objects Show all 51 objects

A9762 Jacket, men's, convict period, felted wool, maker unknown [War Department], made in Great Britain, worn in Australia, 1855-1880

On display in:
Foyer - Museum entrance; Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo

97/297/1 Convict order, prisoner's remove warrant, Police Office issue, sentence of one month's hard labour and confinement for Thomas Smith, Van Diemen's Land, 8 January 1852

99/4/23 Toy alphabet letters (54), bone, used by Edith Allworth and made by a convict employed by her father, Australia, 1820-1960

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

H9558 Leg manacles, iron, maker unknown, Australia, 1788-1868

A9536 Hat with letter and label, hand-made, box tree wood, owned by Dame Mary Gilmore, made in Australia, [c. 1840]

A9539 Cross and token, copper / silk, (made from copper used on HMS Sirius then the original roof of St James Church, Queen's Square, Sydney), unknown maker, Sydney, NSW, Australia, c. 1820

H5141 Handcuffs and key, police, metal, found Liverpool, Sydney, Australia, unknown maker, 19th century

87/982 Love token, convict John Howe, copper, [New South Wales, Australia], 1797-1810

A7832 Cap, convict, mens, wool, maker unknown, England / Australia, 1820-1855

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

88/568 Letter and transcription, from John Herrod, Ulladulla to Captain MacLean, Sydney, paper, Ulladulla / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1847

H6943 Handcuffs, with key, Hiatt Derby, iron, maker unknown, England / Australia, 1875-1900

2005/157/1 Photographic print, Goat Island and East Balmain from North Sydney, paper, maker unknown, Australia, c. 1860

87/1319 Cheque piece/convict token, copper alloy [bronze], Australia, Colony of New South Wales, c 1788.

2005/48/1 Nail, handmade, from The Seahorse Inn, iron, Boydtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1820 -1830

87/1494 Convict love token, First Fleet, copper, New South Wales/Great Britain, 1786-1787

90/730 Token, 'Love Token', smoothed cartwheel penny, George III, 1797, with engraved illustration of convict on obverse, bronze, NSW, Australia, c. 1810-1820

N10373 Love Token, Wales. Penny, Anglesey Copper Company, unofficial surcharges (initials).

N15276 Medal, commemorative. 'Cessation of Transport', 'Foundation of Tasmania', silver, unknown maker, Tasmania, Australia, 1803-53

N21207 Medal, silver/gros grain ribbon, Australia/ Great Britain, 1808.

N21529 Love token, silver/copper, unknown maker, [Sydney], New South Wales, Australia, c 1790-1802

7378 Trochus shell, carved by convicts, New Caledonia, pre 1884.

85/62 Engraving, 'Port Jackson Plan et Elevation de la Caserne des Convicts a Sydney', Louis Freycinet, France, 1824

2001/24/2 Memorandum, Permission to enter Invalid Depot at Port Arthur, Comptroller Generals Office, Port Arthur, Tasmania, 1866

2003/42/1 Convict love token, copper-alloy, made by John Howe, Britain or Australia, 1833

A4478 Brooch, mining equipment motifs, gold, commissioned by Edward Austin, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1855

On display in:
Inspired! Design across time Exhibition; Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo

A7831 Caps (3), convict period, leather, maker unknown, made in Great Britain, worn in Australia, 1820-1855

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

97/191/1 Book, 'Picture of Sydney and Strangers' Guide in N.S.W. for 1839', paper/leather, James Maclehose/John Carmichael, Australia, 1839

A10654 Cover sheet for letter, paper, New South Wales, Australia, 1816-1817

88/394-2 Button, and clip, brass, 70th Regiment of Foot, British Army, Smith Kemp Wright, Birmingham, England, found Wentworth Park, New South Wales, Australia, prior to 1870.

2005/154/1 Photographic reprints (6), The Rocks area, paper, maker unknown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1901-1905

H3321 Plough, mouldboard, wood / iron, attributed to James Ruse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, [1811]

On display in:
Inspired! Design across time Exhibition; Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo

A7823 Conditional pardon for John Slade, plus tin carrying case. Australia, 1847. (LC).

A7822 Shoe, male, leather/metal, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia, 1860-1912

H7311 Ship model, 'Latona', wood / metal / glass, made by Government Dockyard Biloela (Cockatoo) for the New South Wales Government, Sydney, 1911

87/1153 Personal letter, from W C Wentworth in London to his father on Norfolk Island, paper / ink, London / Norfolk Island, 1805

B2416 Ship model, HMS 'Lady Nelson', wood / copper / flax / canvas, made by Roland Michel Laroche, Australia, 1980

87/619 Table top bottle opener, cast iron, owned by Mary Hyde, manufactired by Thomas Lunds, London, England, 1845-1855

87/617 Photographic positive, studio portrait, hand-tinted, ambrotype of Mary Hyde (Mrs Simeon Lord), collodion / paint / glass / wood / paper / metal / velvet, photographer unknown, 1854-1865

A9336 Ginger beer bottle, stoneware, Jonathan Leak, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, [c. 1820]

On display in:
Inspired! Design across time Exhibition; Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo

87/618 Tumbler, glass / wocker work, owned by Simeon Lord and Mary Hyde, Australia, 1810 - 1820

87/620 Tumbler, glass / leather, owned by Simeon Lord and Mary Hyde, Australia, 1810 - 1820

Show all 51 objects

Subject field matches: Showing 27 objects

A4478 Brooch, mining equipment motifs, gold, commissioned by Edward Austin, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1855

A9762 Jacket, men's, convict period, felted wool, maker unknown [War Department], made in Great Britain, worn in Australia, 1855-1880

A7831 Caps (3), convict period, leather, maker unknown, made in Great Britain, worn in Australia, 1820-1855

A7832 Cap, convict, mens, wool, maker unknown, England / Australia, 1820-1855

87/982 Love token, convict John Howe, copper, [New South Wales, Australia], 1797-1810

87/1494 Convict love token, First Fleet, copper, New South Wales/Great Britain, 1786-1787

88/568 Letter and transcription, from John Herrod, Ulladulla to Captain MacLean, Sydney, paper, Ulladulla / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1847

A9539 Cross and token, copper / silk, (made from copper used on HMS Sirius then the original roof of St James Church, Queen's Square, Sydney), unknown maker, Sydney, NSW, Australia, c. 1820

99/4/23 Toy alphabet letters (54), bone, used by Edith Allworth and made by a convict employed by her father, Australia, 1820-1960

H5141 Handcuffs and key, police, metal, found Liverpool, Sydney, Australia, unknown maker, 19th century

H6943 Handcuffs, with key, Hiatt Derby, iron, maker unknown, England / Australia, 1875-1900

A9536 Hat with letter and label, hand-made, box tree wood, owned by Dame Mary Gilmore, made in Australia, [c. 1840]

H9558 Leg manacles, iron, maker unknown, Australia, 1788-1868

97/297/1 Convict order, prisoner's remove warrant, Police Office issue, sentence of one month's hard labour and confinement for Thomas Smith, Van Diemen's Land, 8 January 1852

N15276 Medal, commemorative. 'Cessation of Transport', 'Foundation of Tasmania', silver, unknown maker, Tasmania, Australia, 1803-53

N21207 Medal, silver/gros grain ribbon, Australia/ Great Britain, 1808.

2005/48/1 Nail, handmade, from The Seahorse Inn, iron, Boydtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1820 -1830

N10373 Love Token, Wales. Penny, Anglesey Copper Company, unofficial surcharges (initials).

A10654 Cover sheet for letter, paper, New South Wales, Australia, 1816-1817

2005/157/1 Photographic print, Goat Island and East Balmain from North Sydney, paper, maker unknown, Australia, c. 1860

90/730 Token, 'Love Token', smoothed cartwheel penny, George III, 1797, with engraved illustration of convict on obverse, bronze, NSW, Australia, c. 1810-1820

N21529 Love token, silver/copper, unknown maker, [Sydney], New South Wales, Australia, c 1790-1802

87/1319 Cheque piece/convict token, copper alloy [bronze], Australia, Colony of New South Wales, c 1788.

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