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Names

Name PrimaryExplorers & Adventurers Collection

IDs

ID LocalQM00029

ID Urihttp://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Collections/Collection+Online

Descriptions

Brief DescriptionA small collection of objects which belonged to noted explorers and adventurers. The objects range from aviation history including Bert Hinkler’s Avro Baby G-EACQ aircraft, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s wrist watch and Lorres Bonney’s camera to Ludwig Leichhardt’s chest and a compass attributed to a seaman on Captain Cook’s Endeavour. Also included are surveying instruments and an inscribed message from the shipwrecked sailor John Renton.

NoteThis collection is available through the Queensland Museum on line collections.

Subjects

localAviation; Shipwrecks

person_orgBert Hinkler; Charles Kingsford Smith; Lorres Bonney; Ludwig Leichhardt

scotExploration; Explorers; Surveying (Geography)

Coverage Spatial

TextQueensland

Coverage Temporal

From1848

To1940

Dates

Date Record Updated2012-05-30 23:41

Date Created in MME2011-03-10 12:06