1 A necklace from Lake Nitchie
9 A diorama of Governor William Bligh’s arrest
10 A mug depicting Governor Davey’s proclamation to the Aborigines of Tasmania 1816
11 A bowl with a view of Sydney
14 Batman’s contract for Melbourne
15 A pepper-box revolver from Lambing Flat
16 A Staffordshire porcelain figurine of Protestant Irish nationalist convict William Smith O’Brien
18 An Australian Rules Sherrin
19 Robert O’Hara Burke’s water bottle
23 A Sunshine stripper harvester
26 A women’s suffrage movement banner
30 A slouch hat with rising sun badge
33 St Mary Mackillop (St Mary of the Cross) rosary
34 Marion Mahony Griffin’s plan for Canberra
36 George Julius’ totalisator machine
39 Pin flags for General Sir John Monash
41 A Billy Hughes novelty paperweight
43 A Country Women’s Association cup and saucer
45 The Kinchela Boys Home gate
47 Charles Kingsford Smith’s cigarette case
49 The Play School rocket clock
51 A model of Nancy-Bird Walton’s Gipsy Moth aircraft
52 A Cherry Ripe chocolate bar
56 A Japanese Himitsu-Bako puzzle box
58 Weary Dunlop’s medical instruments
59 A Japanese flag from the Kokoda Track
63 Lord Warden of Cinque Ports uniform as worn by Robert Menzies
64 A bottle of Grange Hermitage
69 Snowy Mountains Scheme coasters
70 Olympic stamp from the 1956 Melbourne Games
73 Jørn Utzon’s model for the Sydney Opera House
80 Evonne Goolagong’s tennis racquet
85 Tobacco tin containing white ochre paint
91 ‘Cotton Blossom’ Mardi Gras costume
94 An East Timorese native sword
95 Cathy Freeman’s running suit