Items tagged whaling in MV Collections

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  Badge - Save the Whale, Australia, 1980s-1990s

  This badge, alternatively known as a button, supports the notion of saving increasingly threatened breeds of whale. The slogan on the badge, 'Save the Whale', refers to a protest moveme ...

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  Cot - Wooden, Portland Bay, 1837

  Wooden child's cot, used by Richmond Henty, circa 1837. Richmond Henty was born August 3, 1837. The son of Stephen and Jane Henty, he was the first white child born at Portland Bay, Vic ...

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  Bodice - Silk Brocade, Purple, circa 1890

  Bodice of purple silk brocade with small black fleck, overlaid with black machine lace and bands of brown velvet in slashed Tudor style. This has been crudely added with running stitch, ...

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  Bodice - Beaded Moire, Black, circa 1895

  Black moire beaded bodice with stand-up collar. The bodice was thought by the donor to have been worn around 1880, and would have had a matching skirt. The date, however, seems too earl ...

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