Australian & Historical (#536) Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-47 of 47. Previous|1|Next Lot #943 SLOANE FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE, June - August 1840: attractive group of fifteen manuscript letters, all with 1840 One Penny black stamps affixed and tied by Maltese cross cancellations; mainly sent from GLASGOW. The correspondence is between DUNCAN TURNER SLOANE and his father JAMES SLOANE (shipping merchant in Glasgow). James was the older bother of ALEXANDER SLOANE (who ventured to Australia in 1849 and established the MULWALA STATION in New South Wales). Sadly, young Duncan Sloane was thrown fr Login to bid Quantity15Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Orig. Starting Price$2,000 Lot #944 [PLAN OF MELBOURNE] Unique hand-drawn map of the city of Melbourne, drawn by Thomas Gibson, circa 1852, with notations for important civic buildings, churches, Customs House etc., including the first Synagogue, Queens Wharf, Wyld Street (present day A'Beckett Street), The Eastern Market, Cattle Yards, Cemetery and the first Princes Bridge, signed and dated lower left "T. Gibson, 1852", sheet size 20 x 25cm. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #945 PRINCES BRIDGE (Melbourne), pencil sketch with hand-coloured embellishment, dated lower right "Nov. 30th, 1854", with additional pencil inscription "From nature" and titled lower centre (has been partially removed) "Princes Bridge", sheet size 10 x 20.5cm. Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$240 Lot #946 HUGH MITCHELL CAMPBELL GEMMELL, personal hand-written shipboard journal from Greenock (Scotland) to Melbourne, commencing 21st August and ending on the 21st of November, 1856. A fascinating and detailed document listing the passengers and daily events on board The Briseis, commanded by Captain James Adams; together with a hand-written theatrical play titled "Cleonice, A Tragedy" by a Jamaican planter, which was purportedly performed on board the ship as well as a hand-written order for 100 boxes Login to bid Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Orig. Starting Price$1,000Current starting$1,000 (1 bid) Lot #947 SLOANE FAMILY ALBUM, 19th century leather bound album of cartes-de-visite photographs, bearing hand-written notations and captions including many with dates, documenting various members and branches of the Sloane, Gemmell, Turner, McCaul, McFarlane families and others. Login to bid Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Orig. Starting Price$2,600 Lot #948 [LOCAL ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE USE] Hand-written five page double-sided manuscript letter from JAMES GIBSON to his sister ANNABELLA SLOANE, circa 1860s, with direct translations of Aboriginal language, headed "Words and phrases in use among two tribes in the Barnett & Port Curtis Districts, Queensland". The letter goes into some detail about Aboriginal counting, playing cards etc. A unique and fascinating document. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #949 1863 (April 24th) envelope posted from Melbourne to Corowa, bearing 2d plus 4d Victorian stamps, addressed to MRS SLOANE; with Wahgunyah transit and Corowa arrival backstamps. Login to bid Estimate$100 - $200Orig. Starting Price$60 Lot #950 THE WRECK OF THE LOCH ARD (Port Campbell, Victoria), important sketch book album with eleven pencil sketches and one watercolour by FREDERICK HORATIO BRUFORD (1846-1920), offering a fascinating insight into the events just after the wreck. The title page is inscribed "Mr Hugh H. Gibson, 1873". The album depicts a series of preparatory sketches for Bruford's major work which is now housed in the National Gallery of Victoria. Also contained within is a handsome selection of albumen paper photos.. Login to bid Estimate$6,000 - $10,000Orig. Starting Price$5,000 Lot #951 [GLENAMPLE HOMESTEAD, VICTORIA] Assorted correspondence and ephemera pertaining to the significant Western Districts property belonging to HUGH HAMILTON GIBSON, circa 1867-1870, (qty). Including correspondence with the Surveyor-General Clement Hodgkinson, with hand-drawn map of the Glenample run and associated allotments. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #952 [LOCH ARD, GLENAMPLE - POLICE DOCUMENTS] Comprising of three manuscript letters on Police Department Superintendent's Office letterhead, all dated 1878 and addressed to Hugh Hamilton Gibson Esquire of Glenample.... Login to bid Quantity5Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$240 Lot #953 [LOCH ARD INTEREST] Carte-de-visite and cabinet photographs of the two survivors of the shipwreck EVA CARMICHAEL and THOMAS PEARCE; together with an interesting group of antique cabinet photo size landscapes of the Loch Ard Gorge, Glenample Station, Port Campbell and environs. Also includes portraits of HUGH HAMILTON GIBSON and his wife LAVINIA, (17 items). Login to bid Quantity14Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #954 [WRECK OF THE LOCH ARD] "CAUSERIES DES FAMILLES" antique French hardcover publication salvaged from the wreck by HUGH HAMILTON GIBSON, who purchased the rights to the wreck and cargo in late 1879. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #955 [LOCH ARD SCRAPBOOK] Containing clippings, hand-written notes and letters, many pertaining to the shipwreck, assembled by LAVINIA GIBSON (née Featherstone, wife of Hugh Hamilton Gibson of Glenample, Port Campbell), the earliest entries dating back to the 1860s. Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$240 Lot #956 [NEW ZEALAND, TASMANIA & VICTORIAN INTEREST] A fascinating album of pencil sketches and watercolours, 1840's to early 20th century, predominantly from the 1870s, many signed "J.D.R." and many examples dated and annotated with locations. Of note: Early street scene views of Dunedin, Hobart, Geelong, Hamilton etc. Inspection will reward. Login to bid Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Orig. Starting Price$2,600 Condition ReportAlbum in dilapidated condition. Contents good. Lot #957 [SHEARING INTEREST] "MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, MULWALA STATION, 10th SEPTEMBER, 1885" Fascinating single page foolscap contract bearing the signatures of twenty-four shearers, stating the terms and conditions to be followed in nine points including "Payment rate of 17 shillings per 100 sheep", "Any shearer damaging or destroying any sheep to pay the same", "No bad language shall be made use of in the shed" and "Shearers to find themselves and pay the cook 2 shillings and sixpence each per week".. Login to bid Quantity8Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Orig. Starting Price$2,400 Lot #958 JAMES GIBSON (brother of HUGH GIBSON and ANNABELLA SLOANE), hand-written manuscript letter to WILLIAM SLOANE SENIOR of Mulwala, dated December, 1887 and written from Parramatta. James Gibson was a prominent Queensland pastoralist and the letter from him details local politics, elections and disputes. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #959 [SHEARER'S STRIKE] Two page manuscript letter from ALEXANDER SLOANE titled "The Argus", signed and dated "Alexander Sloane, Mulwala Station, 17th August, 1888". Detailing the outbreak of violence and specific politics, fears and tactical movements of the squatters in the immediate aftermath of the Brookong Riots (which had happened four weeks prior to the writing of this letter). Sloane writes about Mulwala Station being picketed by shearers and union representatives who were involved in the afo Login to bid Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$300 Lot #960 EDWARD GALE (journalist, formerly of Corowa), detailed hand-written manuscript letter written on Sydney Morning Herald "The Sydney Mail" letterhead, dated 15th September, 1890, addressed to ALEXANDER SLOANE ESQ. of Mulwala. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #961 CHICAGO WORLD FAIR (World's Columbian Exposition), 1893 bronze medal awarded to ALEXANDER SLOANE, in original presentation case. 75mm diameter. Login to bid Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #962 WALTER EDMUND ROTH "Ethnological Studies Among the North-West-Central Queensland Aboriginies" [Brisbane, London, 1897], hardcover with gilt embossed cover and spine, signed with ownership details on the title page and end paper "ALEXANDER J. SLOANE". Login to bid Estimate$150 - $250Orig. Starting Price$120 Lot #963 THOMAS CLEARY, group of three original albumen paper prints laid down on cards, each depicting Aboriginal groups and identified with the letters "G", "H" and "J" in the plates, image size 10.2 x 14.3cm, overall 10.3 x 17cm. Login to bid Quantity3Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$300 Lot #964 [FEDERATION] Group of assorted certificates, state banquet menu, seating plan, invitations and ephemera, all addressed to MR & MRS ALEXANDER SLOANE of Mulwala Station, New South Wales via Yarrawonga, with original hand-written envelopes of issue, (qty). Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #965 [FEDERATION] Collection of nine assorted invitations, programmes, booklets, souvenirs and brochures, addressed to MR JAMES SLOANE and Lady, Delegate to the Corowa Federal Conference. Of note: Programme of Celebrations with artwork by Norman Lindsay and Inaugural Celebration at Sydney, The Commonwealth of Australia. Login to bid Quantity9Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #966 [FEDERATION] Framed lapel badge "One Flag, One People, One Destiny", printed by Turner & Henderson, Sydney, circa 1899. A rare surviving piece of ephemera in remarkably good condition, 7cm high, 17 x 22cm overall Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #967 AUNT LEVINA SLOANE, old-time album of antique postcards of the world, with a handsome selection of Australian examples including three IDA RENTOUL OUTHWAITE cards, Queenscliffe, Cooktown (North Queensland), Camperdown, Broadford and others, many addressed from Miss Sloane of Mulwala. Login to bid Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$300 Lot #968 An unusual group of albumen photographs of satirical sketches and country scenes, (7 items). Of note: "Mulwala, River Versus Railway" and "Old Corowa Court Scene, Sketched by Captain Gus Pearce". Login to bid Quantity7Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #969 [PURNANGA STATION, NEW SOUTH WALES] Group of five cabinet size albumen photographs, each laid down on card, with rural views including camel train and farmstead with lengthy inscription verso "Purnanga Station, Back Station of Momba Station..."... Login to bid Quantity8Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #970 "THE MERCHANT SHIPPING & UNDERWRITER'S ASSOCIATION LIMITED, MELBOURNE", two publications dated 1878 and 1881; together with two hand-written notebooks belonging to ALEXANDER SLOANE dated 1846, a "LETT'S One Shilling Diary, 1859" (empty) and a pocket notebook, (6 items). Login to bid Quantity6Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #971 [MULWALA STATION] Collection of antique albumen and silver gelatin photographs, many with pencil inscriptions verso, mixed vintages and sizes, (10 items). Of note: Portraits of WILLIAM and ALEXANDER SLOANE, as well as photographs of William and Alexander with a buggy, an attractive group photo taken at Mulwala Station of the Sloane family with HUGH H. GIBSON and three local Yarrawonga cricket team photographs taken at the Criterion Hotel with notations verso identifying John (Jack) A. Sloane. Login to bid Quantity10Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #972 SISTER MORA LAMB-SMITH (Nurse, active 1914-1919), WWI period photo album containing small format images of the Gallipoli campaign, possibly Egypt and India. Inspection will reward. Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #973 ALEXANDER JAMES SLOANE (1886-1971), WWI service medals, badges, bars etc; together with a selection of photographs, ephemera and real photo postcards with correspondence from Alexander to his father, James Sloane of Mulwala. Also includes pictures of the H.M.A.T. Wiltshire and a real photograph postcard portrait of William O'Brien, killed in France, 10 September, 1917, aged 19 years, (qty). Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$260 Lot #974 WWI period German artillery shell, dated 1915; together with a vintage Victorian four digit number plate "8399", (2 items), 11.5cm high, 17cm diameter. Login to bid Quantity2Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #975 WWI period military buttons, badges etc., including enameled "All For Australia League" lapel badge and silvered "Rising Sun" badge, (qty). Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100Current starting$100 (1 bid) Lot #976 [MULWALA STATION] Group of three albumen photographs; together with an assortment of real photograph postcards pertaining to livestock and farming on the pastoral property in Southern New South Wales, inscriptions include "Merino rams, Woodpark, Jerilderie", "Stud Merino lambs bred by ALEXANDER SLOANE & Sons", "Shorthorn steer, Mulwala Station", "Harvest time, Mulwala", "Stud Merino rams, Mulwala Station" and many others, (19 items). Login to bid Quantity19Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #977 [SLOANE FAMILY HISTORY] Assorted cartes-de-visite, cabinet portraits and albumen photograph portraits, many notated verso with sitters' details, including Dr Sloane, Hugh Gibson, James Sloane, Mrs D. Sloane, Janet Gibson (née Turner), Alexander Sloane, Mrs H. H. Gibson, other names include Kirkpatrick, Ritchie, Hamilton and MacLellan. (20 items). Login to bid Quantity20Estimate$250 - $350Orig. Starting Price$200 Lot #978 [SLOANE FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS] Group of antique and vintage cartes-de-visite, cabinet portraits, albumen prints, silver gelatin photographs and real photo postcards pertaining to various members of the Sloane family and associated properties, (qty). Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #979 [DAME NELLIE MELBA] "Australia Day, Melba Concert For Sick & Wounded Australian Soldiers" programme for performance held at the Melbourne Town Hall, Thursday 29 July, 1915; together with a "Melba Concert, Royal Albert Hall" programme dated June 24th, 1923 and a single page flyer for a concert held at the Melbourne Town Hall, (3 items). Login to bid Quantity3Estimate$150 - $250Orig. Starting Price$120 Lot #980 [SLOANE FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE] Group of letters, envelopes with stamps and cancellations, pertaining to the SLOANE and GIBSON families, dating from 1854 through to the 20th century, (qty). Login to bid Estimate$150 - $250Orig. Starting Price$120Current starting$180 (2 bids) Lot #981 [SLOANE FAMILY] Vintage and antique postcards and photographs showing Australian and international scenes, many with correspondence pertaining to the Lamb-Smith, Gibson and Sloane families. Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #982 NEIL SLOANE (Bombardier), WWII period P.O.W. letters, cards and correspondence, each passed by the censor, with additional research documentation, (qty). Login to bid Estimate$200 - $300Orig. Starting Price$160 Lot #983 [MULWALA STATION] Collection of local maps used at the Mulwala Station by Alexander Sloane and family, many examples with hand-embellished notations for ownership and additional details, fair to poor condition throughout as they appear to have been well used, (qty). Of note: A hand-drawn example titled "Moorilla Estate". Login to bid Estimate$300 - $500Orig. Starting Price$240 Lot #984 MISS LUCY SLOANE (1865-1961), collection of her Grand Tour mementos and souvenirs, including French enamel and cut steel buttons, hatpins, silk wallet, needle case, commemorative poppy, castanet, crocheted bag etc., (qty). Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #985 "THE SQUATTING RUNS OF THE LACHLAN DISTRICT, 1865" and "STATIONS - MURRUMBIDGEE DISTRICT" Two large format hand-drawn maps showing the boundary lines and squatting runs of the local districts, unknown cartographer, mounted in Australian cedar, cloth backed and in fragile condition. Possibly unique. The larger 164 x 140cm overall. Login to bid Quantity2Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500Current starting$500 (1 bid) Lot #986 [REMAINS OF SLOANE FAMILY COLLECTION] Antique books, pencil sketch by JAMES GIBSON, Melbourne Olympics tickets and ephemera, pamphlets, postcards etc., (qty). Inspection will reward. Login to bid Estimate$120 - $200Orig. Starting Price$100 Lot #986a "REMINISCENCES OF A PIONEER" A ledger book, previously used to record rental income on "The Estate of Mr Hugh H. Gibson" in the 1840s, the book was repurposed in 1905-06 for Gibson to record his "Reminiscences of a Pioneer from January 1848", the first page headed "Notes of Accidents and Risks encountered in a Period of 57 Years on coming to Australia." His hand-written account is supplemented by the inclusion of relevant newspaper cuttings, and concludes with an eleven page account.... Login to bid Estimate$400 - $600Orig. Starting Price$300 Lot #986b THE WRECK OF THE LOCH ARD: 20 June 1878 original two-page autographed manuscript letter to Hugh Gibson, from the Victorian Premier, Graham Berry, expressing gratitude for "the humanity and benevolence you evinced on the occurrence of the shipwreck of the Loch Ard.... The kindness and devotion shown by Mrs Gibson and yourself towards the two young persons who were rescued through your instrumentality, have deeply affected all in Australia..." Login to bid Estimate$600 - $1,000Orig. Starting Price$500 Lot #986c THE WRECK OF THE LOCH ARD: 5 July 1878 original two-page autographed manuscript letter on Government House, Melbourne letterhead, to Hugh Gibson, from the Victorian Governor, Sir George Bowen, "I desire to add the expression of my own deep sense of your admirable conduct. Lady Bowen and I will be very glad to see Mrs Gibson and yourself, and Miss Carmichael, at the Government House, if you will call on us on your next visit to Melbourne...." 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