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Breast plates

State Library staff discuss the Library's collection of breastplates
Ronald Briggs, Senior Librarian, Indigenous Collections
Damien Webb, Manager, Indigenous Engagement
Produced by Abram Powell, Creative Producer

A dull brass crescent with engraved words

Karoo (Cora Gooseberry), Freeman Bungaree, Queen of Sydney and Botany, c 1816–52
Gadigal
Sydney, NSW
maker unknown
brass
SAFE/R 251b

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An ornate shiny silver crest with extensive text engraving

Galmarra (Jackey Jackey), c 1833–54, 1851 a young man from the Hunter region
Hunter region, NSW
given in recognition of bravery during Edward 
Kennedy’s doomed expedition to Cape York, 
1848/49
Brush & MacDonnell, Sydney, 1850
silver
presented by JE Byrnes, 1 September 1967
SAFE/R 453

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A crescent shaped piece of dull brass with words and images carved into it

Charley, Chief of Merri, 1848 Weilwan         
unidentified location, probably Merri Merri Station, Coonamble        
maker unknown         
brass         
SAFE/DR 204

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A crescent shaped piece of shiny brass with words and images carved into it

Mr Verge’s King Charlie c 1840–1860 
Dunghutti Ngaku 
Austral Eden, Macleay River, NSW
maker unknown 
brass 
by descent through the family of John Verge, acquired from Mr Errol Forgie, 2013 
SAFE/R 2132a

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A crescent shaped piece of shiny brass with words and images carved into it

Item 03: Mr Verge’s, King Michie c 1840–1860 
Dunghutti Ngaku 
Austral Eden, Macleay River, NSW
maker unknown 
brass  
by descent through the family of John Verge, acquired from Mr Errol Forgie, 2013 
SAFE/R 2132b

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