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HIST109 - The Making of Australia
AHM Object List
The following list of objects, ephemera and materials have been identified as useful primary sources relating to topics covered in HIST 109 The Making of Australia. This list is neither complete nor exhaustive but will provide some direction in locating relevant primary source materials. Students are encouraged to use the Australian History Museum Collection (MCM) database for additional sources.
**All objects, ephemera and materials must be used and examined within** the Australian History Museum.
WEEK 1: Imaging Australia
| 41000085 (SC3/D10) |
Object name: Document kit Description: From Cato St to Botany Bay, Convict Case Studies. From material in the Archives office of NSW) |
| 41000602 (SC3/D13) |
Object name: Map Description: convict stations and establishments in Van Diemans Land |
| 41000616 (SC3/D13) |
Object name: Map Description: Foriestier's and Tasman's peninsula's VDL: Convict Discipline in NSW & VDL |
| 41001230 (SC3/D7) |
Object name: Nail Description: 7.5cm convict-forged nail from St Matthews church Windsor built by Francis Greenway |
WEEK 2: Legends of the Land
| 41000975 (MD13) |
Object name: Newspaper facimilie Description: The Mining record & Grenfell General advertiser 15/6/1867 |
| 41000083 (SC2/D11) |
Object name: Photograph Description: NSW Redfern Railway Station (1890 – 1910) |
| 41000114 (SC5/D6) |
Object name: Postcard Description: Postcard No 2 steam locomotive 0446 class, Engine No 452 (ran 59 yrs on NSW Railways c.1890's) |
| 41000116 (SC5/D6) |
Object name: Postcard Description: Postcard No 4 four horse omnibus, Railway Station, Sydney 1895 |
| 41000546 (SC5/D6) |
Object name: Postcard Description: 15 x 10.5 cm colour Zig-Zag Railway 1873 by Conrad Martens |
| 41000578 (SC3/D12) |
Object name: Map Description: Railway river Murray & Encounters Bay Railway, 1850 |
| 41001281 (SC3/D12) |
Object name: Print Description: 21.4cm x 14.5cm colour reproduction 'a railway pier in Melbourne' engraver unknown c. 1880. Shows people, ships, trains etc. |
WEEK 3: The Language of Liberty
| 41000442 (GA1/S1) |
Object name: Book Vols I, II Description: 'A Colonial Experience Swan River 1839 – 1888' from the Diary and Reports of Walkinshaw Cowan |
| 41000582 (SC3/D12) |
Object name: Map Description: Colonial Revenue Report (inset of NSW) 1830 |
| 41000583 (SC3/D12) |
Object name: Map Description: Disposal of Colonial Lands 1836 |
| 41000775 (SC2/D4) |
Object name: Pamphlets Description: Colonial Life Welfare Department, 1922 |
WEEK 4 & 5: Making a Commonwealth
| 41000515 (MD14) |
Object name: Handbill Description: 15 x 26cm 'State precession of the Duke & Duchess of Cornwall & York' for Federation celebration procession, 1901 |
| 41000631 (MD2) |
Object name: Invitation Description: Inaugural celebrations for Federation by NSW Govt. |
| 41001855 (SC2/D7) |
Object name: Medal Description: Federation medal 2.3cm diameter, bronze |
| 41000172 (SC6/D11) |
Object name: Pamphlet (photocopy) Description: Progress: Country Women's Association of NSW – excerpts 1922 – 37 |
| 41001593 (SC5/D6) |
Object name: Postcard Description: 8.6 x 13.8cm pained floral embossed in glitter – 'Souvenir Women's Work 1907' |
WEEK 6: Less Than Citizens
| 41000146 (MD11) |
Object name: Cartoon Description: 'A curiosity in her own country' Aboriginal woman with baby being stared at by whites |
| 41001275 (MD13) |
Object name: Print Description: 21.3 x 15 colour reproduction, 'South Brisbane from the Nth Shore, Moreton Bay' by Thomas Baines, 1855 |
| 41001590 (SC9/D3) |
Object name: Postcard Description: Rose series W.20 postcard with sepia photo of 7 'Aboriginals' one in WW1 AIF uniform |
WEEK 7: Working
| 41000765 (SC5/D10) |
Object name: Drawing Description: B & W, women and child factory workers c 1900 |
| 41001350 (MD12) |
Object name: Recipe Book Description: 'Cookery Book of Good & Tried Recipes' Compiled for the women's missionary association sale and exhibition, Sydney |
| 41001207 (SC3/D6) |
Object name: Book Description: Vol 1. 'Ladies Handbook of Home Treatment' - containing the best modern methods for treatment of women's and children's diseases |
WEEK 8: Playing
| 41001051 (MD9) |
Object name: Magazine Description: Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle 05/10/1887 |
| 41001483 (SC5/D8) |
Object name: Booklet Description: JJ Miller's sporting Pamphlet and Official Trotting Record, 1888 |
WEEK 9: Praying
| 41000327 (SC9/D8) |
Object name: Information Sheets & Brochures Description: nine brochures on Aboriginal Art, Music, Sculpture & Carving, Bark Paintings, Rock Art, Weapons, Languages etc |
| 41001381 (MD15) |
Object name: Booklets Description: Addresses illuminating the influence of Religion in life, given in St Andrews Cathedral, Sydney by SM Johnstone |
| 41001394 (MD15) |
Object name: Booklet Description: Observations for the Guidance of Ministers of Religion relative to the celebration and registration of marriages |
| 41001415 (SC8/D6) |
Object name: Census Description: Census of the Commonwealth of Australia 30th June, 1933 Part XVI Religion |
WEEK 10: Dissident voices
| 41001566 (MD16) |
Object name: Audio Tape Description: 'Keep the home fires burning' music and songs of the first world war from old phonograph cylinders |
| 41001797 (MD16) |
Object name: Cartoon Description: 25.3 x 29.9cm photographic reproduction b/w WW1 anti-conscription poster written by Henry E Boote |
| 41001338 | Object name: Newspapers (facimilies) Description: WWII Newspapers: - Daily Mirror 4/9/39 - Daily Express 9/11/39 - Daily Sketch 10/4/40 - Evening Standard 10/5/40 |
WEEK 11: New Australians?
| 41001762 | Object name: Booklet Description: 'English on the Way, A Shipboard Course for New Australians' 136 pp. Prepared for the Department of Immigration by Commonwealth Department of Education, 1955. |
WEEK 12: Reinventing the nation
| 41001944 | Object name: First Day Cover Description: Envelope with 45c stamp on first day cover with montage of Mary Lee Portrait and 1970's women's liberation photograph |
| 42000125 42000126 |
Object name: Photographs Description: Graffiti reflecting the anarchic elements of Sydney's women's liberation movement |
| 42000330 | Object name: Photograph Description: Women demonstrate for liberation at the Sydney International Women's Day march, 1975. |
| 42000127 | Object name: Photograph Description: Women's liberation protestors storm the roof at the Bidura Shelter for girls in Glebe, 1974 |
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