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Balance Of The Ben Barnett Collection: Travel Trunk, painted 'B.…
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Melbourne
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15-Dec-2008
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Balance Of The Ben Barnett Collection: Travel Trunk, painted 'B.A.Barnett' on lid, and with remains of 'Australian Cricket Team' label; containing 2 signed photos (dated 1936, and 1941 in military uniform); portrait photos (2); family photos (31); 1948-49 album of photos (c156) of trip to Singapore, Malaya & Siam; military uniform & badges; 'The Story of 'F' Force'; press clippings; cricket magazines with articles on Barnett; 'The Crisis in Cricket and the Leg Before Rule' by Lyttelton (signed) [London, 1928]; itinerary '1938- Australian x I Tour in Great Britain'; 1971 Icc dinner menu with 24 signatures; 1971 Australian Ex-Service Association dinner menu with hand-drawn cartoon; 1977 Order of Australia certificate signed by Governor- General Sir John Kerr; son's Doctor certificate & tribute photo album (tragically killed in a car accident 1972); cricket bat, tennis & squash racquets. [Ben Barnett played 4 Tests for Autralia 1938, and 173 First-Class matches 1929-61].
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Furniture: Trunks & Chests