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20/05/2026

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23/04/2026

📸 Joseph Sly, England/Australia, 1803–1887, arrived 1834, Pair of bookcases, Sydney, New South Wales, c.1845, red cedar, glass, each 122.5 x 294.5 x 47 cm.
Provenance: Mr & Mrs W A Crowle (c.1936) from their property ‘Wyldefel Gardens’, Potts Point, Sydney, New South Wales. Acquired by Leo Schofield AM and then David Ell of David Ell Publishing. Purchased 1979. 1979.15.1–2.
Image © Wendy McDougall Photographer.

22/04/2026

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16/04/2026

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07/04/2026

📸 Occasional table,
New South Wales, c.1850,
red cedar, 72.5 x 54 x 34 cm.
Provenance: the Maher family from their property Collaroy at Merriwa, New South Wales. Purchased 1985. 📸© Wendy McDougall Photographer

21/12/2025

This Chanukah Menorah, c.1986 was presented to His Excellency, The Right Honourable Sir Ninian Stephen PC KG AK GCMG CGVO KBE Governor-General of Australia (1982–1989), on the occasion of the golden jubilee of The Australian Jewish Welfare Society, 1986.
Gift of His Excellency, Sir Ninian Stephen, 2004. It is now part of The Australiana Fund Collection. 2004.8.