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The Kirk Collection of Australiana — Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers

Auction House:Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:129
Sale Title:The Kirk Collection of AustralianaLots with images:129
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:102
Date:28-Oct-2023
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Lesueur, C.A. Terre De Diemen et Nouvelle-Hollande, handcoloured stipple engraving printed in blue, c.1807, (Plate III) good condition, five early coastal profiles, including one of Melbourne, published in Baudin's account of his expedition to chart the coastline of Australia, mounted and framed, 24 x 32 cm, frame 41.5 x 51 cm
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Lesueur, C.A. Nouvelle-Hollande: Terre de Witt, Nos. 1 a, 5. Terre de Diemen du Nord, Nos.6 et 7, handcoloured stipple engraving printed in blue, c.1807 (plate VII) good condition, seven early coastal profiles of Western Australia and Tasmania, published in Baudin's account of his expedition to chart the coastline of Australia, mounted and framed, 21 x 27 cm, frame 45 x 50 cm
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Bonne, R. Carte De La Terre Van-Diemen, handcoloured French chart of the coast of Tasmania based on Cook's 3rd Voyage, c.1788 (Plate 138), inset chart of Adventure Bay & large compass rose, mounted & framed, 26 x 36 cm, frame 42 x 53 cm
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Bowen, T. Chart of Van Diemen's Land, engraved chart, London, Published by Alex Hogg c.1785, a copy of Cook's chart published by A Hogg in Andersons collection of Voyages Round the World, which included Cook's voyages, mounted & framed, paper browned particularly around the edges, 24 X 35 cm, frame 42 x 52 cm
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Bowen, T. Plan of Adventure Bay on Van Diemen's Land, View of the South Side of Adventure Bay, engraved chart, London, Published by Alex Hogg c.1785, taken from Cook's voyages, mounted & framed, good condition, 35 x 22 cm, frame 55 x 40 cm
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Arrowsmith, A. New Holland, engraved map by S.T.Hall, London, 1817 (Plate Xliv), good condition, mounted & framed, 20 x 25 cm, frame 47 x 50 cm
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A Chart of the Three Harbours of Botany Bay, Port Jackson & Broken Bay, Shewing the Ground Cultivated by the Colonists... Neapean &c, handcoloured engraved chart published by Mackenzie & Dent (1818 Newcastle upon Tyne), good condition, mounted & framed, 12.5 x 20.5 cm, frame 40 x 46 cm
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Bradley, W. Norfolk Island, S.End of Norfolk Island, engraved chart, London, Stockdale, 1789, some loss and repairs, mounted & framed, 46 x 41 cm, frame 73 x 70 cm
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Bellin, J.N. Carte Reduite Des Terres Australes, facsimile of 1753 chart, mounted & framed, frame 38 x 45 cm
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Australasie et Polynesie, engraved map, (Paris, Herisson, 1806) mounted & framed, 18 x 22 cm, frame 40 x 41 cm
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(Stubbs, G Aft.) A Singular Animal called Kanguroo found on the Coast of New Holland, engraving, c.1820, some foxing & marks, mounted and framed, image 12.5 x 17.5 cm, frame 37 x 42 cm
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Prout, S. Port Jackson, New South Wales, handcoloured steel engraving from Booth's Australia, London, 1874, mounted & framed, 13 x 18 cm, frame 41 x 47 cm
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1845 Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday, September 20, 1845 framed front page, 71 x 56 cm
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Colonial Tasmanian Newspapers, three newspapers framed together, Colonial Times December 9,1825 + Launceston Examiner December 5, 1857 + The True Colonist, July 10 1840, fold creases & stains, some damage, frame 75 x 53 cm
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(Medieval) Oxford Bible, Illuminated Page on Vellum, (1230-1240 Ad Workshop of William De Brailles), double column, red initial, red & blue pen work, framed, 9 x 13 cm, frame 34 x 26 cm
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King, M.E. Signal Station, (Mount Arthur semaphore signal Station 1890) b/w print, hand coloured, laid down, mounted & framed, frame 33 x 28 cm
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Freycient, L. Carte Particuliere De La Cote Sud-Est De La Terra De Diemen, (Paris, 1812), engraved chart of the southeast portion of Tasmania, surveyed during the Baudin expedition and published by Freycinet, five inset charts, center fold, good condition framed, 85 x 58 cm, frame 114 x 85 cm
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Beautemps-Beaupre, C.F. Carte De La Partie Meridionale De L'Archipel Des Iles Salomon, (Paris c.1807) engraved chart of Solomon Islands showing the tracks of Recherche and Esperance in 1792-1793 from the official account of D'Entrecasteux's voyage, fold crease, some foxing & browning, mounted & framed, 50 x 77 cm, frame 78 x 106 cm
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(Cook, James) Carte de L'Hemisphere Austral, montrant les Routes des Navigateurs les plus Celebres, engraved chart, French edition (1778) of Cook's chart showing tracks of Cook's three circumnavigations, good condition, mounted & framed, 56 x 56 cm, frame 92 x 89 cm
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Homann, Johann, B. Accurater Prospect und Grundris der Konigl: Gros Britanisch: Haupt und Residentz Stadt London, handcoloured copperplate engraving, Nuremberg, c.1740, a scarce decorative & detailed plan of London with panorama below, fold crease, mounted & framed, 48 x 57 cm, frame 80 x 87 cm
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Clarke, W.B. Plan of Ancient Rome, [with] Plan of Pompeii, pair of handcoloured engravings published by Baldwin & Cradock 1830 & 1832, mounted & framed together, each 32 x 38 cm, frame 98 x 67 cm
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Port Arthur - Architectural Plans, three large plans on drafting linen by the Tasmanian Public Works Department, each stamped & dated 2nd February 1917, 'Model Prison Port Arthur As Designed After 1842' + 'Port Arthur Plan of Penitentiary Sections and Elevations' + 'Penitentiary Port Arthur General Ground Plan', few creases, each mounted & framed [3], frames 80 x 117 cm, 80 x 100 cm, 83 x 118 cm
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Jouvency, Miroir de & Beautemps-Beaupre, Charles. Plan de la Baie de l'Adventure (Adventure's Bay), decouverte par le Cap. Furneaux en 1773. [Paris, Depot de la Marine, 1807] [with] Title page from 'Atlas Du Voyage De Bruny-Dentrecasteaux...' Paris 1807, handcoloured engraved chart (Plate 306), good condition, title page some discolouring, mounted together & framed, plates 51 x 38 cm, frame 87 x 120 cm
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Arrowsmith, J. Van Diemens Land, London, 1834, handcoloured engraved map [37], center fold, good condition, mounted & framed, 60 x 48 cm, frame 97 x 83 cm
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Two green glass Gin bottle, one with makers initials, c.1890, height 27-29 cm
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Four dark green beer bottles, late 19th century, 21-30 cm
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Four dark green beer bottles including a Torpedo bottle, late 19th century, height 27 cm
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An Indian issued British model 1813 new land pattern tower flintlock pistol, .69 caliber, 9 inch barrel marked at breech with crown proofs, T, V, 6&7, flintlock marked 1813, rampart lion, crown, walnut & brass, swivel ramrod, length 41 cm
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Two powder & musket ball flasks, length 15-20 cm
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A "Her Majestys convict Departments" Pike hat badge, c.1,850, with comments from Powerhouse Museum Curator - very rare, diameter 11 cm
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A convict love token, English coin, engraving to reverse, diameter 3.25 cm
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Three Hobart, Tasmania Australian shop tokens including Lewis Abrahams & R. Andrew Mather, family Draper
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Three Queen Victoria medals including Deloraine, Tasmania, June 1887, Zeehan, West coast Tasmania, 1897, Launceston, Tasmania & two shop tokens 1855, Lewis Abrahams, Hobart town
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An Irish bank token, 1806 & a Britannia coin 1797
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Two Tasmania, Australia leather money bags, one with lock, Jacksons makers, Launceston, possibly chain gang or Tasmanian Railways, length 33-35 cm
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A convict era handmade outdoor hat, pre 1880, cloth hat found under floorboards of 1833 "Hill House", near Oatlands-with comments by Tmag conservator
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Two small pewter tankards, a Cohen's Duke of Brunswick Hotel glass & a Port Arthur officer's mess fork
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Two clay pipes, Excavated at coal Mines, Tasman Peninsula, length 10-14 cm
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Two Aerated water bottles including a Torpedo bottle & a weaver & Co, Hobart, length 24 cm
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A pair of Lemaire, Paris mother of pearl opera glasses, with case
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A Colonial era timber painted drum, Colonial drum made from hollowed log with animal skins and hand painted decoration, 21 x 20 cm. Provenance: purchased in Longford, Tasmania, 1960's
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A copper gallon jug & a A.E Williams pewter jug, height 29-32 cm
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A pair of Colonial Police handcuffs, possibly from Berrima or Dubbo jails, with colonial markings 216 & 2 bird feet mark, length 23 cm
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A pair of Colonial era hand irons with key, length 27 cm
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A set of Colonial era iron keys
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An antique lock, from Launceston, length 11.5 cm
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A pair of Colonial era hand irons with key, length 29 cm
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A pair of Colonial era leg irons, from Hobart house, appear to have been escaped from, one side ovalled (a flogging offence) & rivet removed from other circular side, length 60 cm
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A pair of Colonial era leg irons, length 24 cm
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A pair of Colonial era leg irons, found under floor boards of house in Hobart, length 80 cm
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A timber leather clad Police baton, 19th century, length 48 cm
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A Hobart town brick, c.1830 & a Tasmanian handmade brick, c.1,850, Hobart town Brick- one of the first machine made bricks, after a small run the machine broke & the project was abandoned, length 21-24 cm
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An Australian glass fly catcher, height 18 cm
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An antique metal foot warmer, length 26 cm
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An iron bolt from the rocky hills Probation station, length 49 cm
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Two copper & iron handle Skillets, diameter 33-38 cm
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A Midlands wrought iron & timber yoke, possibly convict era, Man-sized yoke with hand formed fittings, likely for convict-pulled agriculture, length 40 cm
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A convict era circular Grindstone, broad arrow mark, Tasman Peninsula, diameter 19 cm
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Three fragments of convict bricks, Government broad arrows, height 6 cm, 11 cm & 13 cm
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A Tasmanian board of Ordinance weight, height 15 cm
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A convict era iron leg ball, from Campbell Street Gaol-cell block number 3, height 20 cm
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A Government issued set square
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The gentleman's magazine 1789, London, John Nichols, Vol.Lix, January to June 1789 bound in the one volume, engraved plates, original calf, red spine label, bookplates of William Cumming & J. Alexander Pierson, mentions Tench's account of the arrival of the first fleet, also a Capt cook memorial, 22 x 14.5 cm
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Van Dieman's land convict Discipline, 1846, British Parliamentary paper 29 January 1846, 70pp, folding map of van Diemen's land, colour outlines, showing penal establishments, small tear at join, housed in spring back binder, some foxing & browning, edges worn, 34 x 21 cm
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Colonial Times, the Tasmanian, Tuesday June 10, 1851, 1 issue, 4pp, fold creases, several repaired with tape, few marks, 57 x 44 cm
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The Hobart town Gazette 1846, two issues No.1591, Tuesday October 27 1846 + No.1597 Tuesday December 8 1846, 24pp & 20pp respectively, few marks & stab holes [2], 29 x 23 cm
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Victorian Government report - Penal Establishments 1854, a return from the Inspector general of Penal Establishments... 1853, John Ferres, Melbourne, 18pp, light foxing, the report is by John price the Inspector general of penal establishments who was notorious for his brutality as Commandant on Norfolk Island, 34.5 x 22 cm
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1838 Derwent bank Cashiers Cheque, rare handwritten cheque drawn on the Derwent bank, van Diemen's land, the Derwent bank operated in Hobart from the 1820's and was selected to run the first convicts savings bank for the government, 11 x 20 cm
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Convict Probation Pass c.1840's, from the convict Department, unused, this pass is handed by the bearer to his master who hands it on to the chief Constable of the District, 15.5 x 20.5 cm
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Earnshaw, J. Select letters of James Grove, Hobart, 1959, 22pp booklet, printed wrappers + facsimile 'A Description of Sydney, Parramatta, Newcastle & Settlements in New South Wales.... In a letter from John Slater, 1819', Canberra National library of Australia, 1988, 12pp, printed wrappers [2]
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1861 Tasmania Numerical list of all persons who have Received Indulgencies, from the Crown since May 1860; with their Police characters, 95pp Government report, 33 x 21 cm
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1871 Queen's Asylum Tasmania, indenture of a Servant, indenture form from the Queen's Asylum for Destitute children that indentures 13 year old Mary Rogers as a general Servant (apprentice) to Daniel O'Brien for 10 years, 4pp, printed with details & signatures in ink, 35 x 22 cm
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1842 van Diemen's land Request to Marry, handwritten request addressed to Lt Governor by Mary Hackett (transported for 7 years) and Joseph garland (transported for life), 4pp of manuscript includes references, statements & comments, the pair married December 13, 1842, 33 x 20 cm
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1833 suspension of ticket of Leave, manuscript document suspending George Beavis's (phoenix ship) ticket of Leave for 9 months due to insolence to his master, signed by Principal Supt 17th April 1833, Richmond, 32 x 20 cm
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1854 Request to Marry, District of Brighton, van Diemen's land, printed document requesting consent of the Governor for Thomas bull and Mary Ann Coleman both of the tea Inn in Brighton, van Diemen's land to marry, dated May 20 1854 + form No.22 approving the marriage by the convict Department Controller-General's office [2], 34 x 22 cm
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John Woods - 1833 convict official Criminal record, manuscript vellum document, John Woods was convicted at Norwich in December 1833 for stealing fowls and transported to New South Wales, arriving at van Diemen's land, February 1835. The document describes John woods as trade Brickmaker and gives his physical appearance, it suggests he was in constant trouble with the authorities as numerous charges have been added, including being put in chains, given hard labour and lashes, the last entry is dated…
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Aborigines of South Australia, a page from the illustrated London news, article and wood engraving, dated Feb.14, 1846, the article discusses Mr Eyre introducing 'Two little boys' to the Queen and Prince Albert at Buckingham Palace
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An early Australian 9ct yellow gold amethyst Southern cross & map of Australia brooch, five round amethyst, 0.60-1.20ct, Wt 3.1 grams
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An early Australian 9ct yellow gold imitation ruby Southern cross brooch, Wt 3.9 grams
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An early Australian 9ct yellow gold imitation ruby & seed pearl bar brooch, two round rubies, 2.5 mm, five seed pearls, 0.5 mm to 2.5 mm, Wt 3.6 grams
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An Australia 9ct yellow gold Sard onyx cameo & seed pearl pendant, one sard onyx carved cameo of a classical bust 20 x 14.5 mm, thirteen seed pearls, 3 mm, Wt 8.4 grams
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An early Australian 9ct yellow gold map of Tasmania pendant & a matching bar brooch
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An Australian 9ct yellow gold blue enamel map of Australia pendant, Wt 4.2 grams
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An early Australian paua shell & map of Tasmania brooch, Wt 2.5 grams
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An early Australian 9ct yellow gold "Best Wishes" map of Australia bar brooch, Robert Robertson, Melbourne, Wt 2.4 grams
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An early Australian 9ct yellow gold diamond, sapphire & ruby shield bar brooch, Aronson & Co, Melbourne, Wt 4.9 grams
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An early Australian 9ct yellow gold opal chip specimen bar brooch, J.M Wendt, Adelaide, Wt 4 grams
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An Australian 9ct yellow gold map of Australia & emu stick pin, Wt 3.1 grams
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Two Australian map of Tasmania stick pins with seed pearl & imitation ruby, Castley & Stewart, Wt 4.5 grams
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An Australian 9ct yellow gold map of Tasmania, gemstone Southern cross, wishbone brooch, gemstones include a diamond, sapphire, peridot, garnet, Wt 2.4 grams
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An Australian 9ct yellow gold blue topaz Southern cross brooch, five round topaz, 5 mm to 8 mm, Wt 4 grams
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An Australian 9ct yellow gold paste gemstone Southern cross brooch, Wt 2.3 grams
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Two Australian Wish bone brooches, one with the map of Tasmania, the other with the map of Australia, three round imitation rubies & two seed pearls, Wt 3.5 grams
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An Australian 9ct yellow gold goldfields brooch with pick, shovel, bucket & gold nugget, Wt 5 grams
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An Australian 9ct yellow gold goldfields pin with pick, shovel, bucket & gold nugget, Wt 1.7 grams
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An Australian 9ct yellow gold map of Australia brooch & matching pendant, Wt 3.8 grams
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Two Australian map of Tasmania brooches, Willis & Sons, Melbourne & Robert Robertson, Melbourne, Wt 4.7 grams
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Two Australian map of Tasmania brooches, one with boomerang, Duggin, Shappere & Co, Wt 5.4 grams
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An Australian 9ct yellow gold map of Australia pendant & chain, Robert Robertson, Melbourne, southern cross engraved detail with garnet gemstones, Wt 3.1 grams
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An Australian 9ct yellow gold green paste gemstone & seed pearl pendant/brooch, Willis & Sons, Melbourne, Wt 4.2 grams
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