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HRH Queen Elizabeth II (1926- )
2012 is the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II celebrating the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.
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Pocket Compass Sundial - George Bass, circa 1790
William Wilson had a life-long interest in George Bass and purchased this instrument at an auction in 1998. In 2011 William’s daughters and their families donated it to the Museum in his memory.
This instrument was used by Bass on the first European voyage to explore Victoria’s eastern coastline between Point Hicks and Westernport Bay. Bass made this journey with a crew of six in an unnamed whaleboat between December 1797 and February 1798.
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