Catalogue
China, a rectangular jade pendant in the form of a dragon and a bat among foliage, identically carved both sides with incised decoration in a grey green stone, 7.6 cm diameter, probably c.18th century. Very fine, rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $210
China, a rectangular shaped rounded corners jade pendant stone of a fish, the features fins and scales all lightly carved, in a white stone with brown inclusions, 9.6 cm long, probably c.18th century. Very fine, rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
China, a round bi disc jade pendant, decorated on one side with raised beads and borders, the other with incised scrolls and circled decoration in a green and russet stone, 6 cm diameter, probably c.18th century. Very fine, rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
China, 19th-20th century green jade charms rabbit on bell. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
China, jade amulets 18th century. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Primitive monies and decorative ornaments, including Admiralty Islands engraved dogs teeth, Torres Islands red shell money, Solomon Islands nose ornament, Manus Island shell money, Papua New Guinea pearl oyster pendant. Good - very fine. (25)
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Ticket of Leave, Police Office, Victoria 185-., unissued. Uncirculated.
Estimate $300
SOLD $300
Postcard, addressed to Capt Standish, Commissioner of Police, Melbourne, June 9th 1877 re a complaint from a resident of Richmond about a local Hotel. Some folds and pinholes, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
New South Wales, miner's right, No.60, issued to Charles Winter, 1st Jany 1873, to be in force until 31st December 1873, signed by Commissioner, uncertain signature. Nearly very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $250
Miner's Rights, collection of Victorian miner's rights, 1898-1920, one from each year except 1917, all issued at Ballarat, difficult toget such a complete set. Very fine-extremely fine. (22)
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Miners Rights, Ballarat, 1901 - 1925, assorted dates. Fine - very fine. (13)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Land Grant by Purchase, to Michael Loeman of Melbourne of ninety four acres in the County of Bourke, Parish of Bulla Bulla, signed and sealed by Lieutenant Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe, 9th September 1852.
Estimate $80
SOLD $110
Conveyance of Land, George McKnight to Charles Edmond Dean of land in West Melbourne, dated 8th December 1853; Another., Joseph Garnault Vaulier to John Richardson and Walter Gardiner in Trust for Mary McQuirk, of land at North Elwood, dated 1st September 1854; Another., Frederick Taylor to Jacob Odgers of land at Guildford, dated 15th September 1858. Handwritten on vellum. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Land Grant by Purchase, to William Wise of Albury a two rood allotment in the town of Albury, County of Goulburn, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Charles Augustus Fitz Roy, 15th September 1854. Seal loose.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Land Grant by Purchase, to John Elliot and Gilbert Elliot of Warrnambool one rood of land in the County of Villiers, Parish of Warrnambool, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Charles Hotham, 12th November 1855.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Land Grant by Purchase, to William Skene of Warumbeeck of ninety nine acres, one rood and eleven perches in the County of Dundas, Parish of Warrayure, signed and sealed by Governor Sir Henry Barkly, 4th October 1859.
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Land grant, N.S.W. grant of land purchased by conditional sale without competition, 62 acres at Camden in 1876, signed by Governor of NSW Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, with seal attached all on parchment; together with an attested copy of Conveyance 18th June 1819 between Mr. Joseph Underwood and Edward Riley of land in Surry Hills (NSW), registered in 1822. Both fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $120
Lease of an Agricultural Allotment (Mallee) under the Land Act 1901, to Sarah Vandepeer of Ardrossan, of land in the Mallee Border contining one thousand two hundred and eighty acres in the Parish of Marlbed, County of Karkarooc from 1st July 1903 for the term of thirty four years; Another., to Henry Howard Whitfield of Birchip, of land in the Mallee Border containing one thousand one hundred and eighty one acres and sixteen perches in the Parish of Jil Jil, County of Karkarooc from 1st January 1909 for the term of thirty four years; Certificate of Title for land in Clifton Hill, Parish of Jika Jika, dated 9th September 1895; Another., for land in North Melbourne, dated 1st June 1898; New South Wales, Improvement Lease of Crown Land, to Telford Mackenzie Young and Charles Mackenzie Young, of eight thousand eight hundred acres in the Parish of The Peak, County of Cooper, dated 14th August 1902; Another., to Albert Sydney Austin, of seven hundred and thirty acres in the Parish of Oxley, County of Cooper, dated 5th November 1908. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Electoral map of Ballarat, c.1930s (545 x 470mm) coloured in yellow and blue, issued by Tullogh & King Pty Ltd, undated. Ballarat Town written in ink on back of map. Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
Cook, James., Cook's Voyages around the World, Chapter XIV, pp.377-395, 1784 account of Cape of Good Hope c. March 1771, waterstained; Chart of Pitcairn's Island from Cook's Journal; George III, Act of Parliament, granting money from the Exchequer 1763 (5pp.); another for Accounts of England, 1786 (4pp.). Fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Gold Despatches, 1852, Copies of Despatches from His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor (C.J.La Trobe) to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 51pp., printed in 1853.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Documents relating to the Victorian Goldfields, including Petitions for Gold Export Duty Bill, Gold Diggers, Gold Discovery, Miners and Others-Dunolly, Castlemain Local Court, Edward Hammond Hargraves; and reports on Gold Deposited in the Hands of the Government; Passage of Baggage and Gold Across the Isthmus of Suez; Regulations for the Chinese on the Goldfields; Gold; Jordan Gold Fields; Rewards for Gold Discovery; Rewards for the Discovery of New Gold Fields; Gold-Fields Wardens-Jurisdiction; Mining Leases, Yield of Gold, Number of Miners; Prospecting Vote, 1887-8, all printed between 1852 and 1887. An interesting group of documents, seventeen in total.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Report from the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on the Claims for the Discovery of Gold in Victoria, together with Proceedings of Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix and Supplemental Evidence, 22pp., printed in 1853-4.
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Report from the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on Gold, together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence and Appendix, 56pp., printed 20th March, 1856.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Report of the Commissioners Appointed by His Excellency the Officer Administering The Government, to enquire into the Mining Resources of the Colony of Victoria, first and second reports, 17pp., printed 1856-57
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
A Bill for Gold Mining on Private Lands, 8pp., printed 1857.
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
Progress Report of the Select Committee, on the Petitions of John Mechosk and Edward Hill, together with the proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence and Appendices, 9pp., printed 31st July, 1857; together with Mount Blackwood Gold Diggings, 3pp., printed 27th February, 1857.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Report from the Select Committee, on Gold Prospectors; together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence and Appendix, 74pp., printed 1862-3.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Queensland Government, publications, 1881 Statistics of the Colony; 1873 Registered Stock Diseases Prevention act Victoria; 1873 Postal Serice of Queensland; 1873 Propasals for a New Postal Service with the Australasian Colonies; 1873 report of Gold Fields of Charters Towers, Broughton, The Cape River, Ravenswood and Normanby; 1873 Report from Agent-General for Emigration for year 1872; Report on Railway - Roma extention. All removed from a previous bound publication, otherwise fine. (7)
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Goldmining company records and documents, from 'The Belle of Wattle Flats Gold Mining Company', includes a selection of letters, documents, wages and other receipts some with duty (postage) stamps (28), progress reports for December 1872 and 2nd and 9th August 1873 (3), the first fourteen pay sheets from the company numbered 1 to 14 for fortnightly pay from the fortnight ending July 2nd 1872 (14), the company's share register, additional pages listing owners of the company's shares from 2nd December 1872 plus an accounts register with the City Bank (2). An interesting group of documents of one of Australia's early gold mining companies. Fine-very fine. 47 items.
Estimate $300
SOLD $400