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Grave Marker, wrought iron

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Marked grave at Smithfield Cemetery, consisting of a badly damaged wrought-iron fence surrounding a rudimentary iron grave marker. There are no identifying marks to determine whose grave it is. Mulgrave Shire Council built a timber picket fence…

Grave Marker, cast iron

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Decorative cast-iron grave marker (a tablet or stele) which contains the embossed inscription: "In Affectionate Remembrance of". There are no further details or identifying marks to determine whose grave it was erected over.

Finney, Isles & Co. Button

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Small, copper alloy, sew-through four-eye button with dished centre and raised rim, stamped with the words: 'FINNEY & ISLES' / 'BRISBANE'

Escutcheon

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Brass escutcheon / keyhole cover / keyhole plate.No diagnostic markings.

Escutcheon

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Brass escutcheon / keyhole cover / keyhole plate.No diagnostic markings.

Decorative Two-hole Button

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Two piece copper alloy button with iron back and two, sew-through eyes set in an oval-shaped centre.Button had embossed words or a decorative marley, which is now corroded and illegible.No diagnostic markings.

Dark Brown Stoneware Stout/Porter Bottle

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Stoneware stout or porter bottle with wired cork top (the cork would have been secured in the bottle top with a wire wrap and then covered with a lead seal wrapper).Single tone, vitreous dark brown salt glaze or Bristol glaze (using zinc-oxide…

Crown Land Sales Register, Smithfield, May 1877

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Two-page extract of the Land Sales Register, a large hard-backed register book showing sales of Crown Lands in the Colony of Queensland. This particular register is Volume 4 which contained the 1877 sales for towns beginning with the letters C-H…

Crown Land Sales Register, Smithfield, February 1877

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Two-page extract of the Land Sales Register, a large hard-backed register book showing sales of Crown Lands in the Colony of Queensland. This particular register is Volume 4 which contained the 1877 sales for towns beginning with the letters C-H…

Cognac/Brandy Bottle

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26 oz., light green glass spirit bottle (cognac or brandy) with ring seal top.No identifying marks.