Colonial mourning brooch inscribed on reverse 'John Hillas Died 21st June 1847 Aged 50' (front of brooch decorated with the words in Memory of) 23 mm x 20 mm, John Hillas (Jnr) Born 1797 Arrived with His Family in Sydney on 12th December 1801, having Sailed as free Settlers to the Colonies on convict Transportation Ship the 'Nile' the Hillas Family were Successful Farmers & Owned extensive Land Holdings At Benneby (near Goulburn NSW) and on the Murray River