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Kneehole writing desk, Hudson Bros

Kneehole writing desk, Hudson Bros

Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: 1880 About this object: This cedar writing desk is an example of the late 19th-century utilitarian government furniture made in Sydney. It is likely to have been brought to the building by Cable Station workers in the 1...
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Document with signature of Laperouse

Document with signature of Laperouse

Item Type: Museum ObjectsAbout this object: This document mentions a list of objects, appearing to be in yellow or white paint.
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Sculpture, Laperouse in Australia

Sculpture, Laperouse in Australia

Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: 1988 About this object: This sculpture is a gift of the Laperouse Association for the Australian Bicentenary, where the artist gave a personal interpretation of the concept of "Anthropology". The sculpture contains many... Provenance : Laperouse Association
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Letter to Fleurieu from Laperouse at Botany Bay

Letter to Fleurieu from Laperouse at Botany Bay

Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: 7th February 1788 About this object: This letter, dated from 7 February 1788 was sent by La Perouse to Fleurieu, from Botany Bay. This letter shows a continuous exchange of information between La Perouse and his recipient, mentionin... Provenance : Facsimile of the original letter which is held at the Marine Archives in Paris
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Reproduced wicker basket for collecting plant samples

Reproduced wicker basket for collecting plant samples

Item Type: Museum ObjectsAbout this object: This tall wicker basket in three parts is a reproduction based on drawings of the plant baskets used by botanists Joseph La Martinière and Jean Nicolas Collignon to collect and store plant sampl...
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Wooden chest used as a donation box

Wooden chest used as a donation box

Item Type: Museum ObjectsAbout this object: The wooden chest features a lid with brass hinges and lock plates. The underside of the lid is painted in oil with a sailing ship. The chest has been fitted with a Perspex cover with a slot and m...
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Bust of King Louis XVI, replica

Bust of King Louis XVI, replica

Item Type: Museum ObjectsAbout this object: This plaster bust featuring King Louis XVI is a replica of the marble bust made by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) in the collection at the Musée National du Château de Versailles.
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Graphometer

Graphometer

Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: 1660-1730 About this object: This graphometer is a surveying instrument designed to measure horizontal angles using a semicircle dial scale and sighting vanes, with an integrated compass for orientation. It features a pair o...
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Sculpture, ‘Inhabitants of Langle Bay’

Sculpture, ‘Inhabitants of Langle Bay’

Item Type: Museum ObjectsAbout this object: The sculpture depicts three inhabitants of Langle Bay, based on Plate 55 of the Atlas du voyage de La Pérouse, titled ‘Niskani, Aoucantouri et Erougantoi. Habitans de la Baie de Langle’.
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Mechanical money scale

Mechanical money scale

Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: 1800s About this object: A set of money scale with brass dishes, plied cordage and 14 disc-shaped weights, stored in a rectangular wooden box.
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Dieppe sundial

Dieppe sundial

Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: 1600s About this object: This pocket-size sundial is a fine example of ivory diptych sundials manufactured in Dieppe, France in the second half of the 17th century. Combining sundial, lunar volvelle, compass and a perpet... Provenance : late 17th c. - produced in Dieppe, France;
1988 - donated to La Perouse Museum by the Laperouse Association for the Australian Bicentenary
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Brass octant, ‘Geo Wallace’

Brass octant, ‘Geo Wallace’

Item Type: Museum ObjectsDate: 1700s About this object: An invention of the early 1730s, this octant was contemporary to the nautical instruments used on L'Astrolabe and La Boussole during Lapérouse’s expedition, providing a glimpse into the develo... Provenance : 18th c. - produced;
prior to 1988 - owned by the Crown in Right of the State of New South Wales;
1988 - donated to La Perouse Museum by the Laperouse Association for the Australian Bicentenary
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Waistcoat with check pattern

Waistcoat with check pattern

Item Type: Museum Objects
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Bib

Bib

Item Type: Museum ObjectsAbout this object: Bib with ties and trim
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Waistcoat

Waistcoat

Item Type: Museum ObjectsAbout this object: Fawn coloured waistcoat featuring patterns on the front
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Pants, three quarter length

Pants, three quarter length

Item Type: Museum ObjectsAbout this object: Pants of three-quarter length in fawn material
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Uniform Jacket, beige with light brown lining

Uniform Jacket, beige with light brown lining

Item Type: Museum Objects
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Uniform jacket

Uniform jacket

Item Type: Museum ObjectsAbout this object: Uniform jacket with rope pattern insignia on sleeves
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Uniform jacket

Uniform jacket

Item Type: Museum ObjectsAbout this object: Uniform jacket with rope pattern insignia on sleeves, two chest pockets, brass buttons and red collar
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Reproduced uniform jacket

Reproduced uniform jacket

Item Type: Museum ObjectsAbout this object: Reproduced uniform jacket with rope pattern insignia on sleeves, round brass buttons and red collar
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Randwick Ritz Cinema

Randwick Ritz Cinema

Item Type: Organisations
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St Brigid's Catholic Parish

St Brigid's Catholic Parish

Item Type: Organisations
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Marcellin College

Marcellin College

Item Type: Organisations
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St Nicolas' Anglican Church

St Nicolas' Anglican Church

Item Type: Organisations
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