Believed to have been made by Brush & MacDonnell, Sydney, from contemporary newspaper reports, ca. 1851.

Reproduced in Australian Silver 1800-1900 / John B. Hawkins. Sydney : National Trust of Australia (N.S.W.), 1973 (ML REF1/A927.37/1A1). It describes the Maker: Brush & MacDonnell, Weight: 5 ozs, Width: 15 cm, Date: circa 1851.

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Titled from inscription

Full inscription reads: "Presented by His Excellency Sir Charles Augustus Fitz Roy K.H., Governor of New South Wales, to Jackey Jackey, An Aboriginal Native of that Colony, In testimony of the fidelity with which he followed the late Assistant Surveyor E.B.C. Kennedy, throughout his exploration of York Peninsula in t...

Presented by J. E. Byrnes, Esq. 1966

Jackey Jackey was an Aboriginal person from the Merton district near Muswellbrook, New South Wales. He accompanied Edmund Kennedy, Assistant Surveyor, on an expedition to Cape York Peninsula in 1848. Jackey Jackey was with Kennedy when the latter was killed by natives at the Escape River. He then proceeded to Cape York and the waiting supply ship w...

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