Photograph - Colour photograph, Framed copy of Award to Cornelius Westh from the Royal Humane Society of Australasia, 1940's
Framed copy of award presented to Cornelius Westh by the Royal Humane Society of Australasia
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Attribution
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Cornelius Westh was presented with this award for attempting to rescue John James who was buried by a fall of earth in the Imperial Mine Hiscocks on 23 June 1891
Significance
Record of an attempted mine rescue in the late 19th century by a prominent local citizen
Physical description
Coloured, framed copy of an award presented to Cornelius Westh by the Royal Humane Society of Australasia
Inscriptions & markings
Gift of Christine Westh to Buninyong and District Historical Society February 1995
