[Medal] Presented as a mark of esteem to C. De Boos, J.P., Gold Fields Warden from Chinese Miners in...
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[Medal] Presented as a mark of esteem to C. De Boos, J.P., Gold Fields Warden from Chinese Miners in...
[Medal] Presented as a mark of esteem to C. De Boos, J.P., Gold Fields Warden from Chinese Miners in the district of Braidwood, 1881
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Author / Creator
Date
1881
Call Numbers
SAFE/R 257
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Physical Description
Contents
Objects - medal 5 cm. (diam.), box 15.3 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm. (closed) - 1 gold medal attached to silk ribbon, inside velvet-lined wooden box
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Contents
Medal accompanied by newscuttings relating to the life and death of Charles De Boos.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Medal] Presented as a mark of esteem to C. De Boos, J.P., Gold Fields Warden from Chinese Miners in the district of Braidwood, 1881
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 823457...
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled from obverse of medal. Reverse is inscribed in Chinese characters.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented 1928
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Administrative / Biographical history
'In 1874 [De Boos] was appointed a police magistrate and mining warden...The Chinamen in the Braidwood district subscribed a piece of gold each, from which was designed and presented to him, a Chinese medal. Armed with this "passport" it would have been possible for him to have travelled all over China without molestation.'
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Identifiers
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Call Numbers
SAFE/R 257
Record Identifier
npAdVwX1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npAdVwX1
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Reference code
446263
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