An important and rare set of twelve George III Australian red cedar collector's cabinets each enclosed by a pair of doors veneered in finely figured timber and with cut corner bandings in Australian rosewood within narrow ebony stringing, the spandrels inlaid with star motifs in ebony and lightwood, each interior fitted with five glass-top specimen drawers with numerical index stamps, lacquered brass D-handles and apparently contemporary index card frames, the doors locking top and bottom with a single full length lock, the cabinets now mounted in pairs in six cedar cases above a matching pair of cabinets enclosing shelves, the whole flanked by reeded canted corners, the Banks cabinets with paper label to top, 'Geological Department', one door replaced, 57 cm wide, 40 cm deep, 57 cm high. the cabinets overall: 129 cm wide, 45 cm deep, 134 cm high