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  • University, Sydney, New South Wales. Coloured lithograph.
  • An Australian lily (Doryanthes excelsa) picked in New South Wales. Photograph, 1882.
  • A fish of New South Wales. Etching by P. Mazell after D. Butler.
  • A fish of New South Wales. Etching by P. Mazell after D. Butler.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: an Australian exhibit: New South Wales agricultural produce. Photograph, 1904.
  • Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales: members of Life Saving Clubs put on a display at a surf carnival. Photograph, ca. 1920.
  • Two gay men kissing with a snake entwined around them and a warning about HIV from the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph.
  • Sydney, New South Wales: the quarantine station: view from the mainland showing the isolation hospital and the jetty. Reproduction of a photograph, 1880/1910 (?).
  • Two men kissing with the words 'HIV positive or negative' representing an advertisment for safe sex by the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph.
  • Two lesbian women preparing to inject themselves representing a warning to the lesbian community about being HIV positive by the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph.
  • Two men caress in a shower with the words 'HIV positive or negative' representing an advertisment for safe sex by the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph.
  • 'Hermoine, The Modern Girl' explains the simplicity of condoms to a male friend; an advertisement for safe sex by the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by Kaz Cooke.
  • A man playing a violin wearing a hat in the form of the Sydney Opera House with a warning about HIV from the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph.
  • A door with six panels bearing vignettes of further doors representing an advertisement for women with AIDS by the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by Dreadnaught and Jan Fieldsend.
  • A man in shorts and safety helmet holds several balloons bearing the slogan 'Sydney Safe Sex Zone'; a message for the gay male community from the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph.
  • Three middle-aged women sit chatting at table in a cafe representing an advertisement for safe sex for women by The Women & AIDS Project of the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by Loonie Lane and Sandy Edwards.
  • A group of women and their babies in a kitchen representing an advertisement for safe sex for women by The Women & AIDS Project of the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by Loonie Lane and Sandy Edwards.
  • A man leans against a desk by a window representing a man who is HIV positive with information on information about HIV and HIV testing by the AIDS Council of New South Wales, Victorian AIDS Council and Wellcome Australia Limited. Lithograph.
  • Lunacy in many lands : being an introduction to the reports on the lunatic asylums of various countries, visited in 1882-5 / by G.A. Tucker, and presented by him to the government of New South Wales, Australia.
  • Lunacy in many lands : being an introduction to the reports on the lunatic asylums of various countries, visited in 1882-5 / by G.A. Tucker, and presented by him to the government of New South Wales, Australia.
  • A naked man lies on a bed with two further smaller photographs of two men having anal sex representing a warning about the dangers of HIV infection to the gay male community from the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph.
  • An unlikely drug user, a middle-aged man in a shirt and tie aims a syringe at another man against a backdrop of a building bearing a flag representing a message about HIV by the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph.
  • A man with a square head bearing the HIV positive and negative sign sits holding his erect penis with the words 'Always' written across his body; advertisement for safe sex by the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by David McDiarmid, 1992.
  • A woman wearing dungarees and another wearing a spotted top stand smiling in a street representing an advertisement for safe sex for women by The Women & AIDS Project of the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by Loonie Lane and Sandy Edwards.
  • Two smiling women leaning on a hand rail representing women who want safe sex with a list of AIDS-related helplines for women in Australia; advertisement by The Women & AIDS Project of the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by Loonie Lane and Sandy Edwards.
  • A man in a pink t-shirt injects a needle into the arm of another man who squints in pain with five illustrated steps for the sterilisation and safe disposal of needles; advertisment by the ACON, The AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by Jamie Dunbar.
  • Two men with square heads bearing the positive and minus signs of HIV perform anal sex with the words 'safe-love', 'safe-lust' and two joined hearts across their bodies; a reminder to gay men to practice safe sex by the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by David McDiarmid, 1992.
  • A couple with square heads bearing the letters 'H', 'I', 'V', one with a positive sign, the other with a negative sign with the words 'yes' written across their bodies and numerous male names surrounding them; an advertisement for supporting those with HIV by the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by David McDiarmid, 1992.
  • A man with a square head bearing the postive and negative signs of HIV places his hands on his backside with the words 'booze', 'grass', 'drugs', 'cocktails', 'ups' and 'downs' written across his body and surrounded by the words 'party' and 'bar'; a warning to gay men about the dangers of alcohol and drugs and AIDS by the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by David McDiarmid, 1992.
  • Plectranthus argentatus S.T.Blake Lamiaceae Silver spurflower. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution: Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Little is known of its chemical constituents. It does contain many novel diterpenoids in its leaf glands (Alder, A.C. et al, Helvetica Chimica Acta, 2004, 67(6): 1523 – 1530).This genus has had some species from the genus Coleus incorporated into it, and these form a separate clade on phylogenetic analysis. The species in the ‘Coleus’ clade have a higher incidence of medicinal usage, being used to treat digestive, skin, infective and respiratory problems. They contain monoterpenoids, sesquiterpenoids, and diterpenoids. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.