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Photograph - Framed Colour photograph, Framed Colour Photograph of Royal Humane Society medal awarded to Cornelius Westh 18th November 1891, eb 1995
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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
Framed colour photograph of Royal Humane Society medal awarded to Cornelius Westh by the Royal Humane Society of Australasia
Inscriptions & markings
Gift from Westh family to Buninyong and District Historical Society February 1995
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