*** | 1901 Federation Invitation to The Royal Review at Flemington on 10th May 1901, small tape mark at top. | *** | |
*** | Municipal: 'Certificate of Competency/Municipal Clerks' (1949), Fellowship of the Insitute of Municipal Administration (1954) & 'Commission of the Peace Certificate of Assignment' as a Justice of the Peace (1963), all framed. No Reserve. | *** | |
*** | Victorian Politicians: Archive of letters to Northcote Council c1890-1937 with duplicated range of signatures including Sir Graham Berry (11th Premier of Victoria), John Cain Sr (34th Premier of Victoria), James Hume Cook, James Membrey, Henry Beard,… | *** | |
*** | Convicts: 1845 Convict Pardon, parchment (35 x 27 cm), [Royal Coat of Arms] 'By His Excellency Sir George Gipps Knight/Captain General, Governor in Chief in and over Her Majesty's/ Territory of New South Wales, .....George Jones alias Austin...Convicted… | *** | |
*** | 'Sydney Harbour Bridge, Report on Tenders', printed by Alfred James Kent, Government Printer (Sydney, 1924), grey boards, with 22 photo-plates & 22 plans (some folding). The most important document in the long history of the bridge, reviewing all the… | *** | |
*** | Convicts: 1842 Convict Pardon, parchment (32 x 20 cm), [Royal Coat of Arms] 'By His Excellency Sir John Franklin...Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Van Diemen's Land, .....James Walker...who arrived at Hobart Town in the Year 1831 by the Ship Lord… | *** | |
*** | Books 'An Historical List of Horse-Matches Run. And of Plates and Prizes Run for in Great Britain and Ireland' Volumes 1-18 1751-68 by Reginald Heber (London, 1752-69); continued as 'The Sporting Calendar' Volumes 1-4 1769-72 by Tuting & Fawconer (London,… | *** | |
*** | 'Tender of the The English Electric Company of Australia Limited for Sydney Harbour Bridge 1924' (Sydney, 1924), black boards, with colour frontispiece. | *** | |
*** | Military: 1868 commission in the NSW Volunteer Rifles signed by the Governor 'Belmore', central fold otherwise very fine; 1902 programme for Boer War Memorial at Stratford (Vic), quite fine; 1902 Bendigo Gunpowder Magazine invoices for storage of powder… | *** | |
*** | Australian Historical Documents in carton with Victoria Government reports on 1856 Immigration, 1857 Population Tables, 1864 Mining Surveyors, 1810-1910 mining information including Gold Find reports, also Ballarat related magazines and some Insurance… | *** | |
*** | William Wilberforce: 3pp letter headed 'London Feby 4th/1809' and signed 'WWilberforce'. (William Wilberforce (1759-1833) was a British politician best known for his ultimately successful Anti-Slavery Campaign) | *** | |
*** | World War II: Australian soldier Pte Sidney Isaac Gladstone Furphy correspondence & ephemera including covers sent home x20+ mostly from Egypt with letters enclosed, variety of postmarks including 'H.M. Transport' (sent from troopship) and 'Railhead P.O.'… | *** | |
*** | Accumulation in 4 cartons including Singleton World War I certificate (tear at base); 1913 'Laying the Foundation Stones... at the Federal Capital City, Programme' (poor condition); 1918-40s masonic ephemera (33 items); letter signed Sir William McKell… | *** | |
*** | Ephemera related to Charles Godfrey Boden, who emigrated to Australia in mid 1800s, includes 1890s-1920 photographs (44); postal cards (8) & covers (4); 1892 Melbourne Christian Endeavour Convention Member's Pass; 1898 Jolimont Cricket Club concert… | *** | |
*** | Military: 'Town of Kew' World War I Roll of Honour certificate - very colourful and attractive; plus 1893 watercolour of a house in Kew by R Clark, signed lower left. (Qty 2) | *** | |
*** | Tasmania: 1856-86 letters to a Tasmanian merchant ordering alcohol and other goods, from various small towns throughout Tasmania. (Qty 31) | *** | |
*** | Sir George Gipps: signature on 1840 land purchase document for 4 acres in Alexandria near Sydney. [George Gipps was the 9th Governor of NSW. Gippsland was named in his honour] | *** | |