| Lot | Symbols | Description | Estimate |
| 12 | GEORGE WISE, group including photograph of him in Federal cabinet; photograph with his car c1920; pen & ink caricatures (3); 1901 Federal Senate Elections ephemera (16); reprinted Parliamentary Speeches (2 - including 1916 Speech on Conscription). (23 items) | $100 - $200 | |
| 13 | L | "Three Cheers for the Commonwealth of Australia: George Henry Wise - Federationist", excellent biography by Peter Synan, signed by the author. | $50 - $60 |
| 14 | c1907-16 Red Autograph Book, compiled by Miss L.N.Wise, with c175 signatures, including five early Australian Prime Ministers:- Edmund Barton, Alfred Deakin, Andrew Fisher, Sir Joseph Cook, & W.M.Hughes (thrice); also noted Isaac Isaacs (first Govenor-General); excellent range of Politicians; soldiers including Sir Harry Chauvel, Sir J.Talbot Hobbs, Sir John Monash, C.B.B.White; U.S.S.Georgia Officers (12 - two with original photographs); famous aviators Ross Smith, J.Bennett, Wally Shiers; also Ada Crossley-Muecke (singer), C.Gavan Duffy (Judge), Sir John Forrest (Premier WA, explorer), Vida Goldstein (feminist & suffragist), Sir S.W.Griffith (Chief Justice & Premier of Qld); also original William Delafield Cook water colour "Kilounda Rocks". | $4000 - $5000 | |
| 15 | c1907-16 Black Autograph Book, compiled by Miss May Wise, with c210 signatures, including seven early Australian Prime Ministers:- Edmund Barton, Alfred Deakin, J.C.Watson [extremely rare], Sir George Reid, Andrew Fisher, W.M.Hughes & J.H.Scullin; also noted Isaac Isaacs (first Govenor-General); excellent range of Politicians, mainly Labor; James Balfour (artist), Ada Crossley-Muecke (singer), C.Gavan Duffy (Judge), Sir John Forrest (Premier WA, explorer), Vida Goldstein (feminist & suffragist), Percy Grainger (twice - musician), Sir S.W.Griffith (Chief Justice & Premier of Qld), Sir J.C.Hoad (soldier); also original Will Dyson pen & ink drawing "Fusion". | $3000 - $3500 | |
| 16 | c1910-21 Red Autograph Book, compiled by Miss May Wise, with c90 signatures, including two Prime Ministers Joseph Cook & W.M.Hughes; Politicians; prominent soldiers with Sir William Birdwood, Sir Harry Chauvel, T.H.Dodds, J.K.Forsyth, Sir J.Talbot Hobb, J.G.Legge, Kenneth Mackay, Sir John Monash, Granville Ryrie, V.C.M.Sellheim, C.B.B.White & Evan A.Wisdom; also Frank Hurley (adventurer, photographer & film maker), A.Musgrave (entomologist, colonial secretary British New Guinea), W.A.Watt (Premier Victoria & acting Prime Minister); plus original watercolours by William Delafield Cook & another believed to be by James Walter Robert Linton. | $2000 - $2500 | |
| 17 | Autograph Books (3) compiled c1910-11, 1915-19 & 1946, with an undistinguished range of autographs (c260); plus 2 post cards signed by Flora Sandes (Mrs Flora Yudenitch who fought with the Serbian infantry in WW1 and did a speaking tour of Australia in 1920); 1979 printed letter from Margaret Thatcher. (6 items) | $50 - $100 | |
| 18 | "The Physical Geography of the Sea" by Lieut.M.F.Maury [London, 1864], full calf school prize binding (Scotch College, Melbourne), red title label, 2 fold-out maps, some foxing. | $100 - $150 | |
| 19 | L | Large Scrapbooks (3) of press clippings, first 1871-93 mainly regarding the Hon.George Higinbotham; second 1908-22 mainly Australian politics; third a huge volume 1930-34 with Australian politics, aviation & articles of interest, etc. (3 items) | $100 - $200 |
| 20 | L | Books (52), noted "Gumnut Babies" by May Gibbs, "A House to Let" by Mrs Molesworth [London, c1892], "Victoria and its Metropolis" [Melbourne, 1908], "How I Raised Shirley Temple, By Her Mother" [Ohio, 1935]; range music books, ballet programmes; also 1956 Olympics tickets (8). (60 items) | $100 - $200 |
| 21 | c1900-20 Wise family photograph albums (4) with c136 photographs, various sizes, noted beach scenes, boat trips, homes & public buildings, river steamer, horse-drawn transport. | $200 - $400 | |
| 22 | PC | c1900-10 Post Card album, mainly real photo types, noted Echuca, Lake Tyers, Ocean Grange, Ballarat, Buchan, Tambo River, Snowy River, Sale, Yarram, Paynesville, San Remo, Walhalla, Ararat. (166) | $200 - $400 |
| 23 | PC | c1900-11 Post Card album, noted Victoria, Tasmania & Europe; G.A.Turner artists PCs (3); Stuart Allan horse-riding cartoon PCs (6); with the highlight being a 1911 post card from George Wise in Port Moresby during the Parliamentary tour to Papua. (140) | $150 - $250 |
| 24 | PC | c1900-10 Post Card album, mainly scenes from Victoria, also noted 1908 Visit of US Fleet (4 - including real photo card "American Fleet at Exhibition"). (c85) | $150 - $200 |
| 25 | PC | c1900-10 Post Card album, noted USA, Canada, Praha, NZ, South Africa, England, Malaysia, Europe, Queensland 1908 Franco-British Exhibition (3), Australia, 1908 US Fleet Visit (2). (Total c350) | $300 - $400 |
| 26 | L | 1901 Newspapers from all over Victoria, mainly regarding the first Federal Senate elections, noted "The Argus" (5), "The Gippsland Times" (10) & newspapers from Euroa, Gellong (2 different), North Melbourne, Mount Alexander, Seymour, Bendigo, Ballarat (3 different) & West Bourke. (Total 29) | $100 - $150 |
| 27 | L PC | 1907 First Australian Exhibition of Women's Work, Exhibition Catalogue. Fine and scarce. | $200 - $250 |
| 28 | 1907 First Australian Exhibition of Women's Work, ticket to Opening Ceremony, fine. | $100 - $120 | |
| 29 | PC | 1907 First Australian Exhibition of Women's Work, post cards (2) each franked 1d tied by "EXHIBITION/ MELBOURNE" cds's. (2) | $150 - $200 |
| 30 | L PS PC | 1908 Visit of American Fleet, group comprising "Souvenir, 36 Views Illustrative of the American Fleet's Visit To Australia 1908" booklet; "U.S.N.Georgia" picture frame; Victoria 1d Postal Card superb used in Sale; post cards (11) - one mentions "Lieutenant Burt has taken my auto book & is going to give it to me in Melbourne [see 1907-16 Red Autograph Book above]. (14 items) | $300 - $400 |
| 31 | 1909 Anglo-German Boundary Commission in New Guinea, photograph album with 24 original photographs (each about 16x11cm), many with type-written captions below the photographs. Rare. | $500 - $1000 | |
| 32 | O * FDC | c1910-90 collection of Australia & World stamps in small suitcase & shoebox, noted range used Kangaroos & KGV; FDCs including 1937 1d QM & 2d KGVI, 1940 AIF. (100s) | $100 - $120 |
| 33 | 1911 Australian Parliamentary tour to Papua, photograph album with hand-painted title page "With the compliments of The Territory of Papua to G.H.Wise, M.H.R.", containing 23 original photographs (each about 16x11cm, with titles in the photographs). | $500 - $1000 | |
| 34 | 1911 Australian Parliamentary tour to Papua, photograph album with c74 original photographs of various sizes, many with type-written captions below the photographs, noted Cairns, Port Moresby, Boira, Yule Is, Samarai, Kwato, Milne Bay, Kulumadau, Nassai, Ubuia & Hombron Bluff. | $500 - $1000 | |
| 35 | 1912 Australian Parliamentary tour to Northern Australia, photograph album with c75 original photographs of various sizes, many with type-written captions below the photographs, noted Barron Gorge Qld, Thursday Island, Darwin, Brock's Creek, Edith River, Daly River, Bathurst Island, Melville Island. | $500 - $1000 | |
| 36 | 1912 Australian Parliamentary tour to Northern Australia, 20-page letter on "House of Representatives" letterhead from George Wise to his wife Mary, giving a diary of his trip from April 17 to May 15. Interesting contents, important original document. | $400 - $600 | |
| 37 | 1912 Trans-Australian Railway, group comprising "Trans-Australian Railway - Turning the First Sod" booklet, with compliments of Minister for Home Affairs, King O'Malley; plus original photographs (5) of the construction of the railway. (6 items) | $100 - $150 | |
| 38 | 1914 Sinking of German Cruiser Emden by H.M.A.S. Sydney, original photographs (2) of the wreck of the German Cruiser Emden on Cocos Island; plus photographs of S.M.S.Emden & H.M.A.S.Sydney. (4 items) | $100 - $120 | |
| 39 | c1918 WW1 Australian Forces in France, photograph album presented to Hon.G.H.Wise, M.P. from Senator G.F.Pearce, Minister for Defence, with 72 photographs (each 19x14cm), with printed captions. | $300 - $600 | |
| 40 | "Souvenir of the Grand Review by the Govenor General of Victorian Returned Naval Men and Members of the A.I.F., Melbourne Cricket Ground, 3rd May 1919", 8 page booklet with original protective cover intact, superb condition. | $100 - $120 | |
| 41 | 1925 Visit of American Fleet, menu "Banquet given by The Ministers of State for the Commonwealth to Admiral Robert E.Coontz and Officers of the United States Fleet, Federal Parliament House, 27th July 1925" with 4 signatures inside; plus Programme for Reception on 31st July. (2 items) | $200 - $250 | |
| 42 | c1930s cigarette & trade cards stuck down on pages, noted 1930s Hoadleys "Victorian Footballers" (46). Condition varies. (Total 78) | $100 - $120 |
