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Watch Key

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Watch key winder for a pocket watch, engraved:'F. RIECHELMANN OF MACKAY / WATCH MAKER'.

Prosser Button

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Small, undecorated, dish-shaped, Prosser button with four sew-through eyes.

Metal Button

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Undecorated copper alloy button, with dished centre and four sew-through eyes. No maker's marks.

Map S199.1, Smithfield, 1876

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Survey of Sections Nos. 1 + 2 (Lots 1-20, & 201-220), Town of Smithfield, County of Nares, Land Administration District of Cairns, District of Cook, Cat. S199.1.Signed and dated 'F.H. Warner, 76/1, 1st Decr 1876'.

Map S199.2, Smithfield, 1877

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Survey of Sections Nos. 3 + 4 (Lots 301-320, & 401-420), Town of Smithfield, County of Nares, Land Administration District of Cairns, District of Cook, Cat. S199.2.Signed and dated 'Arthur L. Chamberlin, 77/4, March 8th 1877'.

Plan of Cairns Harbour

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Hand coloured lithograph titled:'Plan of Cairns Harbour Trinity Bay Surveyed by Navg. Liet. E.R.Connor. R.N.'Also titled:'Australia - East Coast, Queensland : plan of Cairns Harbour, Trinity Bay, 1878' A hydrographic chart giving soundings in feet,…

Map C153.012, Cairns and the Barron River

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Plan showing approximate positions of the township of Cairns and Smithfield by F.H. Warner, Licensed Surveyor, dated 10 January 1877.Map shows Cairns, Dickson Inlet, False Cape, Barron River, Casuarina Pt (which was the mouth of the Barron River in…

Map C153.017, Tracks to the Hodgkinson Goldfields

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Tracing of a rough sketch of the Hodgkinson goldfields tracks leading to the coast, Sd. [sketched by] W.M. Mowbray, 31 January 1878.

Photograph (#1)

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Photograph of the northern section of Old Smithfield township during its heyday. The photograph was taken circa July 1877, early in the morning as evidenced by the long shadows from the east. The photographer (probably William True Bennett) was…

Photograph (#2)

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Photograph of a part of Old Smithfield township on the Barron River.