| *** | Tolkien, J.R.R. 1892-1973, Two pieces of correspondence Concerning the dating of the 14th century poem, 'Sir Gawain and the green Knight', a scholarly edition of this work was published by Tolkien and his colleague E.V. Gordon in 1925. The lot consists of… | *** |  |
| *** | Hand writen land grant from Governor MacQuarie, detailing the grant of 500 acres to pastoralist and explorer Gregory Blaxland on the Nepean at Cubbady River (now Cobbity, NSW), signed and sealed 'L. Macqurie' on 25 August 1812 | *** |  |
| *** | Land Grant, 1797, signed by Governor Hunter NSW. 'Whereas full power & authority for granting Lands, in the Territory of New South Walesto such persons as May be desirous of becoming settlers therein, is vested in His Majesty's Captain General, & Governor… | *** |  |
| *** | Governor Macquarie land grant to Robert Fop for two hundred acres in the district of Bathurst, rectangular folio, dated Sydney, 10 June 1815, the manuscript in ink on vellum | *** |  |
| *** | Land Grant, Governor Macquarie. Unique 1810 Land Grant for Botany Bay to William Packer (late Sergeant in the 102nd Regiment) of one hundred acres in the district of Botany Bay.39 cm x 28 cm, oblong folio, dated Sydney, 1 January 1810. | *** |  |
| *** | Sydney Land Grant 1792. (1795 copy) signed by David Collins, original land grant was made under Captain Arthur Phillip on 22nd Feb. 1792 which was lost in a fire. This document is a copy of that document and is dated 16th November, 1795 and is signed by… | *** |  |
| *** | Land Grant signed by Governor Macquarie 1821. Awarding 50 acres of land to Henry Sells in the disrict of Bringelly, bordering the Nepean river. Original seal & ribbon extant. 28 x 33 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Reference plan of city Streets - Sydney, 1888. Extra supplement to the illustrated Sydney news Centennial number, January 26, 1888. List of commercial & public buildings (51 x 76 cm); & the city of Sydney looking East from Darling harbour, presented as a… | *** |  |
| *** | Three various Colonial documents. Indenture Parramatta 1810, signed by Samuel Marsden, Robert Campbell et al. Enclosed in Mylar; indenture Richmond 1815, signed by Thomas Atkins, John Dight et al; & Surveyor's manuscript map of Samuel Marsden's land at… | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Joseph Banks (the father of Australia) autograph soho square letter dated 5 August 1817, addressed to customs, alerting them of special experimental packages from France, signed 'I Am Sir Your Most Humble Servant Jos. Banks' | *** |  |
| *** | William Charles Wentworth (1797-1872), photographs, documents & letters. Document: abstract of the title of the Trustees of the Will of the late W.C. Wentworth, deceased, to land at Vaucluse near Sydney, 1902. W. M. Barker.Typed on five sheets of lawyers… | *** |  |
| *** | Three various Colonial letters. Phillip Arthur King. Autograph letter from his property Dunhaved, near St Mary's, to London, 1832, postmark of Parramatta & GPO Sydney & other transit postmarks; autograph letter, Samuel Terry, Sydney, 1832. A sun Herald… | *** |  |
| *** | Original Printed Parchment 1823 Land Grant from NSW Governor Sir Thomas Brisbane. Grant is for 60 acres at Parramatta to Samuel Barber, signed by Brisbane & Registrar Goulburn. Has notation to verso by Barber transferring title to Richard Hunt in 1837. | *** |  |
| *** | Original 1823 Governor Brisbane Land Grant to emancipated convict David Horton Senior. Grant for 100 acres at Kurrajong with long hand written notation by Brisbane verso releasing Senior from the obligation to supply timber from this property for… | *** |  |
| *** | Deed of sale with a hand written description detailing the sale of 1,060 acres in 1835 for 265 pounds to Blue Mountains explorer William Lawson. This land was on the Coolaburragundy Creek near Coolah (Mudgee district NSW) | *** |  |
| *** | 5 various Colonial documents. Samuel Terry and Simeon Lord. Auction return on two sheets. Account of sundry goods the property of Edw. Robinson, deceased. Sold by Simeon Lord at auction by order of Samuel Terry Esq the Administrator. Signed S long, Sydney… | *** |  |
| *** | Land Grant signed by Governor Darling 1831. Awarding John Earl of Sydney, 13 perches of land in parish of Saint Lawrence, county of Cumberland. Bounded on the west by Castlereagh St, dated 19th October, 1831. 31 x 38.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Original Governor Charles Fitzroy 1853 Town Lot Grant (by purchase) to William Bligh John O'Connell under the reward's for army officers scheme. Grant is for 6 perches at Haymarket in Sydney bounded by George and Gipps Streets, signed boldly and legibly… | *** |  |
| *** | Public house (liquor) license 1836. Licence to keep an Inn or public house New South Wales internal Revenue office Sydney 2nd August 1836. Issued to Michael Rafter to keep a Common Inn, ale house, or Victualing house at the sign of the bullock situated at… | *** |  |
| *** | 1834 Governor Bourke Conditional Land Grant. Grant is 50 acres to William Harrington at Kurrajong as transferred from Richard Virgin for non compliance under the terms of the original Macquarie grant, signed boldly by Bourke | *** |  |
| *** | 1845 van Diemens Land Pardon. Conditional pardon for Thomas Richardson, transported 1825. Signed by Sir John Eardley-Wilmot. Seal intact. 22 x 32 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 1850 van Diemens Land Pardon. Conditional pardon for Benjamin Bickmore, transported 1844. Signed by Sir William Denison. Seal intact. 20 x 34 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Autograph letter by Surveyor General John Oxley re land at Wilberforce. Written at Portland head Monday 12th June, 1826. Enclosed in Mylar; & a letter to John Oxley, Sydney, 1824. | *** |  |
| *** | Two Colonial letters. Letter from Colonial Secretary's office, signed by Alex McLeay Sydney,1829. Enclosed in Mylar; & letter signed by Surveyor General T L Mitchell Sydney, 1849. Enclosed in Mylar. | *** |  |
| *** | Letter from Surveyor General's office, Sydney, 1843. Signed by T.L. Mitchell. Including. Indenture, signed by George Allen, first Australian born solicitor, 10th September 1818. Both enclosed in Mylar. | *** |  |
| *** | Two various Maroubra sale Crown Lands Plans 1922. One, poster, 58 allotments for sale. Both enclosed in Mylar, each (70.5 x 97 cm). | *** |  |
| *** | Early Indentures from the Windsor & Hawkesbury area of NSW. Private indentures, agreements, deeds, leases, powers of attorney & contracts involving land & real property & public commons. The earliest is Sept, 1822 & the latest 1873. All are signed &… | *** |  |
| *** | 23 documents & letters from 1829-1869. Including. 2 Indentures relating to land in the Windsor area. Documents from, Colonial Secretary, Solicitor General, Surveyor General & Colonial Treasurer. | *** |  |
| *** | Two NSW Colonial Legal documents. Indenture on vellum Hawkesbury, 1818 Richard Hayman & Thomas Johnson; & Supreme court of civil Judicature Sydney, 1824 administration certificate on vellum. Document related to Solomon Josephs dying without a will and… | *** |  |
| *** | Joseph Lycett, 'The Sugarloaf mountain, near Newcastle, New South Wales.', aquatint, 17 x 26.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Various Arndell family documents. Copy of the Will of first fleeter Thos Arndell Esq. (1753-1821) dated the thirty first day of May one thousand eight hundred and nineteen Rh (title fold). Later pencil notations in margins. On whatman paper & watermarked,… | *** |  |
| *** | 1851 van Diemens Land Criminal record. Vellum document identifying Elisa Dove, transported in 1843 for stealing 15 pounds. Details all her subsequent charges whilst a ticket of leave housemaid. Mostly drunkenness. Faded, though still legible. 24 x 19 cm | *** |  |
| *** | New South Wales Contingent (to the Sudan), printed Parchment certificate of Discharge completed in manuscript. Private Robert William (family name is not clear; it could be Holt). Contingent disbanded. Service Abroad 112 days. Sydney July 3rd, 1885. | *** |  |
| *** | Printed bill of Lading finished in manuscript for the good ship the 'Terror' Sydney cove bound for Auckland New Zealand, 1846. Oval ink stamp of Sheppard & Alger, packet office, Sydney NSW. Ornate vignette of Britannia with the legend sold by W. Moran… | *** |  |
| *** | Three Land Grants: large oblong folio on vellum, dated 1 June 1854, signed by Governor Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, witnessed by Riddell, Colonial Secretary. Good attached paper seal of the Colony, dated 4 November 1857, signed by Governor | *** |  |
| *** | Four various Hawkesbury new race Course ephemera. Broadsheet (poster). Re-backed with Museum standard Japanese mulberry tissue. (31 x 46.5 cm). To Labourers and Contractors tenders are required by 'The Improvement Committee' for the erection of paling… | *** |  |
| *** | Three various Colonial documents. Marriage certificate Presbyterian church Windsor, 1835. Certificate for the marriage of Edward Mitchell (1799-1879) to Elizabeth Coverly. Edward was an ex-convict who had received a seven year sentence in 1819. Signed in… | *** |  |
| *** | Map, Earliest plan of port Jackson. Map of port Jackson from the heads to near Silverwater with soundings by Captain John hunter. From... 'Account of the new Colony,' pub. By John Stockdale, London, 1789. Copper engraving 27 x 42 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Henry Parkes. The Father of Federation. Summons document served against Sir Henry Parkes. 1p folio on blue watermarked paper. 25 September 1886. from The Commercial Union Assurance Company Limited concerning a dishonoured cheque for 112 pounds ten… | *** |  |
| *** | Four Australian Colonial documents. Early printed Indenture,1824. Thomas Campbell at Wilberforce. Enclosed in Mylar; sale plan of Windsor, c1820. Enclosed in Mylar; small Grant of 60 acres to John Francis at Kurrajong 22nd April, 1831. Signed by Colonial… | *** |  |
| *** | Three Colonial NSW Electors' Lists, c1850s. Manuscript list of Electors Burrough of Penrith NSW 1857-1858. Dated at Penrith 27th June, 1857 by the Chief Constable & Collector; manuscript list of Electors Burrough of Liverpool NSW 1857-1858; & manuscript… | *** |  |
| *** | Framed English document hand written in Latin on vellum. written in sepia and dated 1613 to reverse (during reign of King James I, no applied seals). 25 x 41 cm | *** |  |
| *** | The Will of Paul Randall, February 25th,1832. Probably in Randall's hand & signed Paul Randall. Witnesses' signatures Paul Randall, convict, was transported to New South Wales in 1791. Not much is known Randall in the colony until he was granted the… | *** |  |
| *** | Early Australian Illuminated Certificate of Appreciation. To Robert. Width Hardie from members of Burwood (NSW) Congregational Church, with text and signatures, as well as illustrations of the church, Sydney landscapes (including harbour), inside floral… | *** |  |
| *** | Two NSW Colonial town Grants town lot on vellum, Wentworth, NSW, 1862: & town Grant on vellum, town of Richmond, 1838, Robert Martin | *** |  |
| *** | Documents relating to the construction of bridges. Engineers' drawing for the bridge on Blacktown Rd near Richmond, 1870. Enclosed in Mylar; Engineers' drawing for the chain of Ponds creek bridge, 1868. Enclosed in Mylar; Specification for the bridge at… | *** |  |
| *** | Four 19th century Australian political letters and pamphlets. 11th January, 1858 Clark Irving's address to the Electors of Northumberland & hunter. Printed form sent as an entire letter with manuscript on one page. Postmarks for Windsor & Sydney; 2… | *** |  |
| *** | 1877 military Commission NSW. Document commissioning Robert Allwood Nathan as a Lieutenant of the NSW artillery. Signed with official seal by Governor Robinson. In contemporary cedar frame.38 x 41 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Three Indentures from the Hawkesbury river Region. Indenture of Apprenticeship dated 20th February, 1854 between Thomas Flannery & Mr John McCutcheon. Thomas, a minor above the age of twelve years, was to be taught the business & trade of tanner & currier… | *** |  |
| *** | 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge Crossing certificate. Souvenir certificate issued by bridge Walkers Co. Masters Ted & John Williams. 28 x 37 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Three Indentures from the Hawkesbury river Region Regarding Leases of Hotels. Lease of the 'Cricketers Arms' Windsor, 1861; Lease of the 'Sir John young Hotel' Windsor, 1873; & Lease of the post office Hotel Richmond, 1875. | *** |  |
| *** | Early NSW ‘Master of a harbour and river Steamer' Certificate, dated 1926. 24.5 x 30 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Four various Colonial documents. A tracing from an 1868 report, township reserve on Clyde river; manuscript map, Bells line of Road, c1830; two printed + manuscript Quit-Rent Receipts, Sydney, 1843 and 1844; & printed + manuscript 1845 communion card… | *** |  |
| *** | 16 various Colonial documents. Renewal receipt, 1897 the Australian Mutual fire Insurance; private letter, sealed and stamped Sep 5 1851 New South Wales.; Pro forma for donation to the Minister's stipend 1863 Newtown Congregational church; pro forma for… | *** |  |
| *** | 1896 YMCA Sydney Illuminated certificate of Appreciation. Issued to Mr and Mrs H S Thompson upon their retirement to Newcastle. Lithography by John Sands, Sydney, including original photograph, presumably of the YMCA building, 43 x 33 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Books (3), history of Australian Army uniforms. 'Australian Military Uniforms (1800-1982),' Monty Wedd (1982), kangaroo press; 'The Australian Army Slouch Hat and Rising Sun Badge,' Rick Grebert (2002), NSW military historical Society Inc; & 'Military… | *** |  |
| *** | Early New South Wales Hunter Region Land Grant Site Document, signed by Governor Gipps dated 30th June 1845 relating to land 'At the Confluence of the Goulburn & Hunter Rivers.' | *** |  |
| *** | Colonial Proclamation from James Farnell, NSW Minister for Lands Appointing Charles Oliver Esq as Inspector of Crown Lands, date indecipherable, signature faint, ink on vellum 36 x 30 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Early Sydney Land Grant Site Documents, signed by Governer Denison date 11th March 1858 relating to land at 'Manly Cove - Near the Village of Balgowlah.' | *** |  |
| *** | Land Grant, Surveyor's hand drawn plan of F J Knight's 50 acres grant near Bondi. Parish of Alexandria County of Cumberland. Francis John knight 50 acres grant & neighbours J Regan, J W Cuming, rose bay view cottage, Baronsleigh Dairies with cow Sheds,… | *** |  |
| *** | Framed certificate Order of the Bath. Conferring Grant of the Dignity of a Companion (military division) of the Order of the bathto Major-General Geoffrey Chicheley Kemp. M C, 11th June 1942. Facsimile signature George VI; hand signed by Prince Henry,… | *** |  |
| *** | The Geographical Journal (2). Vol Lx number 4, October, 1922. Photographs from Everest Expedition, Royal Geographical Soceity & Vol Lx number 6, Dec, 22. The Mt Everest expedition of 1922. Articles by C G Bruce, E L Strutt, George Leigh Mallory, Cpt G I… | *** |  |
| *** | English 16th century indenture. 14 September 1585 (27th year of reign of Elizabeth as quoted), between a Mr Carter and a John Nours (of Middleton Keynes, according to a later pencil addition), both parties having made their mark. Ink on Parchment. 25 x 46… | *** |  |
| *** | Victorian framed engineers Membership certificate. Amalgamated Society of engineers, Machinists, Millwrights, Smiths and pattern Makers, dated16th December 1867. Lithograph. 55 x 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Simex Japanese Quadrant. Illuminated model. Battery compartment OK. From the Estate late Douglas Osborne Hawke. | *** |  |
| *** | Three Apprentice's indenture, Windsor, 1857, 1875 & 1874. Enclosed in Mylar. | *** |  |
| *** | Historical Technology catalogues 101-110 & 111-120. Ten years of historical technology, 11 catalogues 101-120. Historical Technology press Marblehead 1981 2 vols (including 40A #7) | *** |  |
| *** | NSW Railways, 1863. Great Southern railway from Picton to Goulburn. Notice of Lands taken for railway purposes by the Commissioner for Railways. Printed form finished in manuscript on conjugate leaves with a tipped in manuscript surveyor's map of the land… | *** |  |
| *** | Queen Anne period English indenture. Hand written; & with seal, c.1,700. 30 x 61 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Early 20th century Tasmanian Mining. Seven various Government Reports spanning 1905 to 1934, some with maps. Also 1962 geological report and map of Zeehan; 1968 glacial map Nw, central tasmania; three historical Research booklets | *** |  |