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A7807 Presentation mallet, made from wooden girder of the old Sydney Commercial Exchange Building, wood / metal, maker unknown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1900. Click to enlarge.
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Presentation mallet made with wood from Sydney Exchange Building

Made
This wooden mallet was made out of ironbark wood from a girder in the Sydney Exchange Building in 1900. However its legacy goes back to a similar mallet presented, along with a golden trowel, to the Governor General at the laying of the buildings foundation stone on 25 August 1853.The first mallet was formed out of a piece of iron bark timber found embedded in this site during the excavations and although submerged for more than 30 years, showed not sign of decay. For this reason it was chosen …

Summary

Object No.

A7807

Object Statement

Presentation mallet, made from wooden girder of the old Sydney Commercial Exchange Building, wood / metal, maker unknown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1900

Physical Description

Presentation mallet, made from wooden girder of the old Sydney Commercial Exchange Building, wood / metal, maker unknown, Sydney, 1900

Short URL

https://ma.as/194451

Dimensions

Height

200 mm

Width

99 mm

Production

Made

History

Notes

This presentation mallet was acquired by the Museum as part of the Royal Australian Historical Society Collection in 1981 (RAHS #274). It was donated to the Royal Australian Historical Society by Dr J. A. Dick.

Source

Credit Line

Gift of Royal Australian Historical Society, 1981

Acquisition Date

22 June 1981

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