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An Australian 'Kalgoorlie' Goldfields Miner's brooch, by George…
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An Australian 'Kalgoorlie' Goldfields Miner's brooch, by George Richard Addis, 91 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, circa 1895, designed with arched gold lettering 'KALGOORLIE' above crossed pick axe, shovel with nugget and sledgehammer supporting a central windlass suspending a bucket through a gold nugget ground, marked 'GR.ADDIS/18Ct', mounted in 18 carat and pure gold. George Addis trained and worked as a jeweller in Melbourne and Launceston before opening his business in Kalgoorlie in 1895. Addis was well known for his Goldfield designed jewellery and was reputed to own the largest collection of gold nuggets in Western Australia. The collection was occasionally displayed in his shop. Other examples of Addis's 'Kalgoorlie' brooches are in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria and National Gallery of Australia
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Jewellery: Brooches