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Apa 'apai
armament, ethnographic: club, war
armament, ethnographic: club, war(paddle shaped)
armament, ethnographic: patu(truncheon)
armament t&e, artillery: gun
astronomical t&e: telescope (20ft)
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astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic
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drafting t&e: drawing instrument set
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food processing t&e: poi(breadfruit pounder)
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one day marine timekeeper.
original art: sculpture: bust
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personal gear: chest, sea
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personal gear: whisk, fly
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timekeeper: chronometer(K3)
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(K2)
Toki
visual communication t&e: code, signal
War club
Watch 'K2'
water transport: cargo vessel: brig, missionary
water transport: exploration/research vessel: brig
water transport: exploration/research vessel: discovery vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: 24 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: canoe, war
water transport: fighting vessel: canoe, war (Maori)
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water transport: local craft (Tahiti)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails furled: sails set)
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Arnold, John Roger
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John Wesley 1846
John Williams 1844 (missionary ship)
Lady Nelson 1799
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Royal Naval uniform regulations 1774-87: Officers (undress)
Zeewyck 1726 (Dutch East Indiaman)
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Adams, John
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Australian Landscape Touring Exhibition
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Brook Street ?
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Octant
Case
K3 (Marine timekeeper)
Quadrant (Telescope)
Terrestrial table globe (Table globe)
Medal commemorating the discovery of Hawaii by Captain James Cook (1728-1779) (Medal)
Bell
'View of part of Owharre [Fare] Harbour, Island of Huahine' (Painting)
'[A] view of Maitavie Bay, [in the island of] Otaheite [Tahiti]' (Painting)
'View in Pickersgill Harbour, Dusky Bay, New Zealand' (Painting)
Review of the war galleys at Tahiti ['The Fleet of Otaheite assembled at Oparee'] (Painting)
'The Landing at Tanna [Tana], one of the New Hebrides' (Painting)
'The Landing at Erramanga [Eromanga], one of the New Hebrides' (Painting)
View of Port Bowen, Queensland, August 1802 (Painting)
Copper sheathing from H.M.S. 'Bounty' (Copper sheathing)
Passenger vessel; Canoe; Tepuke outrigger dugout canoe (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set)
Gilbert and Ellice Islands Outrigger (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Plank-on-frame; Sewn model)
Full hull model; Rudder
Porowa ra maru
Kaika‘a
Club
Rubu
Bark cloth
View of Malay Road from Pobassoo's Island, February 1803 (Painting)
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