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The Australiana Fund Collection works that are shown in photographs of the official residences are, where possible, identified in the accompanying caption.

Cabinetmaking Timbers

Frederick W Tod, (1879-1958), The Munro Ferguson Australian Timbers Library, (82),

[Australia], c. 1918, Commission from Richard T Baker as a presentation to The Right Honourable Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson GCMG PC, Governor-General of Australia (1914 - 1920)

Approx. 18.4 x 10.5 x 2.6 cm each.

Provenance: The Munro Ferguson family.

Purchased with funds donated by Members and Supporters, 2019.

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Jewellery box, c. 1920,

Engraved silver plaque with inscription:

Engraved silver plaque with inscription: 'Presented/ to/ Lady Helen Munro Ferguson/ by the/ Citizens of Cairns and District /1920.

Provenance: The Munro Ferguson family.

Purchased with funds / donated by Members and Supporters, 2019.

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Baker, Richard T.,

The hardwoods of Australia and their economics,

published 1919 by authority of The Government of The State of New South Wales,

Sydney, NSW,

Leather, paper, bookbinding,

Measurement,

Provenance: The Munro Ferguson family.

Purchased with funds donated by Members and Supporters, 2019.

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