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887890
  • Title
    Illuminated address presented to Sir Robert William Duff by the Scotsmen of Broken Hill, Hallowe'en 1893, 1893
  • Call number
    R 662
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1893
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    887890
  • Physical Description
    1 photograph, 1 drawing, 1 box - box 44.5 x 33.7 x 8.2 cm - sepia, illumination, wood
  • Scope and Content
    Box opens out into two leaves, one containing a photograph of mining activities in Broken Hill, and the other the address. The front of the box is decorated with inlay work
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • Description source

    Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
  • General note

    Part of the papers of Sir Robert William Duff at MLMSS 131 -
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Bolted to the centre of the box is a metal plaque in the shape of a thistle beneath which is the motto 'Truth and Reason'. 'Presented to Sir Robt. Wm. Duff K.C.M.G. by the Scotsmen of Broken Hill Hallowe'en 1893' engraved in centre of thistle
  • Conservation note

    One of the leaves of the thistle has broken away from the other
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