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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

  • Framed Photograph of Royal Humane Society medal awarded to Cornelius Westh 18th November 1891

    Image of Framed Photograph of Royal Humane Society medal awarded to Cornelius Westh 18th November 1891

Historical information

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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