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1788 Joseph Dagelet’s Letter to William Dawes

Discover the letter from Joseph Dagelet, astronomer from 1788 Lapérouse Expedition, to William Dawes, astronomer to the First Fleet and British Settlement at Port Jackson, that provides advice on building the colony’s first observatory.

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1914 Bleriot XI Monoplane

Discover the Louis Bleriot airplane, made by Bleriot Aeronautique, Levallois, Paris, France, 1914. It was flown by Maurice Guillaux with the first Australian airmail from Melbourne to Sydney in 1914.

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Quarantine Station Wax Casts of Small Pox Sufferer c.1900s

1900 Quarantine Station Wax Casts of Small Pox Sufferer

The wax casts are historically significant because they interpret the story and provide evidence of the experience of those quarantined at the North Head Quarantine Station.

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1900 Quarantine Station Postmark Stamp

The North Head Quarantine Station post office stamp is historically significant because it is evidence of the experience of those quarantined at the North Head Quarantine Station.

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1770 Captain Cook’s Sextant

Discover the Sextant used by Captain James Cook on his third Pacific voyage that is from the British National Maritime Museum, London, UK.

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