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Weapon - Boomerang
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Glass plate negative - Man with spear poised, central Austra...
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Dr Herbert Basedow
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1920
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Film negative - River scene, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory...
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Dr Herbert Basedow
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1928
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Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Film negative - Moving horses across the crossing near Victo...
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Dr Herbert Basedow
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1922
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Horseshoe Bend, Northern Territory, Australia
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Glass plate negative - Rock engravings, Deception Creek east...
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Dr Herbert Basedow
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1905
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Deception Creek, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
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Club
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1934
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South Australia, Australia
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Weapon - Boomerang
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Bark container
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Adze
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1934
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Glenelg River, Western Australia, Australia
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Pigmented, cylindrical bark container
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1985
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Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia
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Glass plate negative - Flock of sheep, Kimberley Downs stati...
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Dr Herbert Basedow
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1916
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Australia
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Weapon - Club - wooden
Clubs
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Weapon - Boomerang
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Broome, Western Australia, Australia
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Crescent shaped stone scraper
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Weapon - Boomerang
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Firestick
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Weapon - Spearthrower
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Weapon - Boomerang
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1934
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Southern central, Australia
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Glass plate negative - Luritja man demonstrating method of a...
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Dr Herbert Basedow
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1920
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Weapon - Boomerang
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Boomerang made by Erlikilyika (Jim Kite)

Erlikilyika was a Lower Southern Arrernte man born in c1865 in the area where the Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station was...
Glass plate negative - Expedition party crossing a clay flat...

Nell Basedow is in the buggy at front, Erwin Basedow walking and Richard Grenfell Thomas in the wagon at rear....
Bone fishing hook and line
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Weapon - Spearhead - stone
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Stone knife
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1934
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Northern Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia
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Adze
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Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia
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Weapon - Boomerang
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Film negative - Members of the Mackay Exploring Expedition, ...

Standing left to right: Frank Feast, Bert Oliffe; centre row left to right: Donald Mackay, Herbert Basedow (holding stri...
Glass plate negative - Punch (Arrerika) watering camels, cen...
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Dr Herbert Basedow
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1920
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Australia
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Lantern slide - Pitjantjatjara men wearing wooden hair ornam...

Reproduced by Basedow in "The Australian Aboriginal", FW Preece and Sons, Adelaide, 1925, plate IX/2. Caption reads: 'Wo...
Clay sample
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Wooden container
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1934
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Musgrave Ranges, South Australia, Australia
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Glass plate negative - Humbert River station, Northern Terri...
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Dr Herbert Basedow
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1922
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Australia
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Weapon - Spearthrower
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Weapon - Club - wooden
Clubs
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1934
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Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, Australia
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Weapon - Boomerang
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Boomerang made by Erlikilyika (Jim Kite)

Erlikilyika was a Lower Southern Arrernte man born in c1865 in the area where the Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station was...
Glass plate negative - Aboriginal postman carrying mail betw...
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Dr Herbert Basedow
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1920
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Weapon - Boomerang
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Film negative - Smithy at Mt. Davies camp, Tomkinson Ranges,...

Reproduced by Basedow in 'Journal of the Government North-West Expedition', "Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Socie...
Film negative - Home of Bullion Mine, near Barrow Creek, Nor...
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Dr Herbert Basedow
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1924
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Australia
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Weapon - Boomerang
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Glass plate negative - Youth on raft, Worora people, George ...
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Dr Herbert Basedow
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1916
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Australia
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Weapon - Boomerang
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Weapon - Boomerang
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1934
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Broome, Western Australia, Australia
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Weapon - Boomerang
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Glass plate negative - Buffalo cart, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pho...

Reproduced by Basedow in the "Chronicle" (Adelaide) (26 May 1932). Caption reads: 'Native buffalo cart in Colombo.'...
Glass plate negative - Aboriginal prisoners, Northern Territ...

The white man standing on the far right is Lionel Gee, a geologist. The photograph may have been taken in Darwin, Northe...

Title and collection	What	Where	Who	When
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Glass plate negative - Man with spear poised, central Austra... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Glass plate negatives Apply Glass plate negatives filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1920 Apply 1920 filter
Film negative - River scene, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Film negatives Apply Film negatives filter	Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1928 Apply 1928 filter
Film negative - Moving horses across the crossing near Victo... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Film negatives Apply Film negatives filter	Horseshoe Bend, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Horseshoe Bend, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1922 Apply 1922 filter
Glass plate negative - Rock engravings, Deception Creek east... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Glass plate negatives Apply Glass plate negatives filter	Deception Creek, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia Apply Deception Creek, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1905 Apply 1905 filter
Club Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter	South Australia, Australia Apply South Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Bark container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter
Adze Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Glenelg River, Western Australia, Australia Apply Glenelg River, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Pigmented, cylindrical bark container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia Apply Port George IV, Western Australia, Australia filter	Apply filter	1985 Apply 1985 filter
Glass plate negative - Flock of sheep, Kimberley Downs stati... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Glass plate negatives Apply Glass plate negatives filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1916 Apply 1916 filter
Weapon - Club - wooden Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Broome, Western Australia, Australia Apply Broome, Western Australia, Australia filter
Crescent shaped stone scraper Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Stone artefacts Apply Stone artefacts filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Firestick Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Firesticks Apply Firesticks filter
Weapon - Spearthrower Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Southern central, Australia Apply Southern central, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Glass plate negative - Luritja man demonstrating method of a... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Glass plate negatives Apply Glass plate negatives filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1920 Apply 1920 filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Boomerang made by Erlikilyika (Jim Kite) Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Erlikilyika (Jim Kite) Apply Erlikilyika (Jim Kite) filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Glass plate negative - Expedition party crossing a clay flat... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Glass plate negatives Apply Glass plate negatives filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1919 Apply 1919 filter
Bone fishing hook and line Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Fishing hooks Apply Fishing hooks filter
Weapon - Spearhead - stone Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Spearheads Apply Spearheads filter
Stone knife Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Knives Apply Knives filter	Northern Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Northern Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Adze Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Adzes Apply Adzes filter	Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Film negative - Members of the Mackay Exploring Expedition, ... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Film negatives Apply Film negatives filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1926 Apply 1926 filter
Glass plate negative - Punch (Arrerika) watering camels, cen... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Glass plate negatives Apply Glass plate negatives filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1920 Apply 1920 filter
Lantern slide - Pitjantjatjara men wearing wooden hair ornam... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Lantern slides Apply Lantern slides filter	Northern Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Northern Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1920 Apply 1920 filter
Clay sample Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Samples Apply Samples filter
Wooden container Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Containers Apply Containers filter	Musgrave Ranges, South Australia, Australia Apply Musgrave Ranges, South Australia, Australia filter	Apply filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Glass plate negative - Humbert River station, Northern Terri... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Glass plate negatives Apply Glass plate negatives filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1922 Apply 1922 filter
Weapon - Spearthrower Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter
Weapon - Club - wooden Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Clubs Apply Clubs filter
Spearthrower Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Spearthrowers Apply Spearthrowers filter	Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Boomerang made by Erlikilyika (Jim Kite) Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory, Australia Apply Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory, Australia filter	Erlikilyika (Jim Kite) Apply Erlikilyika (Jim Kite) filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Glass plate negative - Aboriginal postman carrying mail betw... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Glass plate negatives Apply Glass plate negatives filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1920 Apply 1920 filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Film negative - Smithy at Mt. Davies camp, Tomkinson Ranges,... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Film negatives Apply Film negatives filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1903 Apply 1903 filter
Film negative - Home of Bullion Mine, near Barrow Creek, Nor... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Film negatives Apply Film negatives filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1924 Apply 1924 filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Glass plate negative - Youth on raft, Worora people, George ... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Glass plate negatives Apply Glass plate negatives filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1916 Apply 1916 filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter	Broome, Western Australia, Australia Apply Broome, Western Australia, Australia filter	Not provided Apply Not provided filter	1934 Apply 1934 filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Weapon - Boomerang Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Boomerangs Apply Boomerangs filter
Glass plate negative - Buffalo cart, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pho... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Glass plate negatives Apply Glass plate negatives filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1931 Apply 1931 filter
Glass plate negative - Aboriginal prisoners, Northern Territ... Dr Herbert Basedow collection Apply Dr Herbert Basedow collection filter	Glass plate negatives Apply Glass plate negatives filter	Australia Apply Australia filter	Dr Herbert Basedow Apply Dr Herbert Basedow filter	1905 Apply 1905 filter