• Title
  Billy, King of Myrtle Creek [Brass breastplate]
• Call number
  SAFE/R 5
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 1, Shelf 18
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  Between 1816 & 1930
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  446993
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Objects - 9 x 24 cm. - The plate is not flat, having undulations across its surface. A flourish is engraved between the lines of the inscription. A 23 cm. length of seven-ply brass wire is tied through the hole at each apex. - 1 crescent-shaped brass breastplate, engraved, with hole at each apex
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Digital order no:a928644
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Billy. / King of Myrtle Creek. -- engraved on front
• Date note
  
  Undated, however breastplates were conferred from 1816 until as late as 1930
• Conservation note
  
  Condition note: Tarnished, and corroded through in two places and along lower edge. Front and reverse surfaces oxidised, pitted; areas of discolouration and verdigris.
• Subject
  Politics and Government - National symbols and events - King plates
  
• Topic
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  kingplates
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Poignant Regalia: 19th century aboriginal breastplates & images
  Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3234647

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