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AA Co. [convict button]
AA Co. [convict button]
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1830+
Call Numbers
SAFE/R 6 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 1, Shelf 3
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Objects - 2 cm. (diam) - brass
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Level of description
Fonds
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Issue Copy
Digitised
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Brass button said to be from the uniform worn by convict servants of Australian Agricultural Company, found in Pit Row, Newcastle, 1922.
Alternative Titles
Full title
AA Co. [convict button]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Dated from the time of transfer of the Newcastle Mine from the Government to the Australian Agricultural Company. Reference: 'The Australian Agricultural Company 1824-1875' / Jesse Gregson. Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1907.
Digital order no:Album ID : 861485
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled from item
Mounted on card inscribed: "This brass button was found in the ruins of the Australian Agricultural Company's cottages in Pit Row off Darby Street, Newcastle. The A.A.Co. worked their mines from 1830 by convicts assigned to them by the Governor of N.S.W. These convict miners were housed in Pit Row and fed and clothed by the A.A....
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the Honorable Dr Martin Doyle, M.L.C., 1930
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/R 6 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 1, Shelf 3
Record Identifier
1xqZxyGY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqZxyGY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
404849
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