An Australian full cedar pedestal sideboard, circa 1830, the scrolled back with carved fan and applied roundel decoration above a rectangular top with one long and two short half round drawers, the two pedestals with raised panels between carved feather decoration, enclosing single shelves, raised on bun feet, 171 cm wide, 53 cm deep, 131 cm in diameter. Provenance: Private collection, Canberra Other Notes: Several original pages/sections from The Maitland Mercury, dated December 6, 1848 were discovered within the sideboard and there are a number of photographs of the original newspaper along with more recent copies