• Title
  A reward for merit to Charley of Tullungunnully [Brass or copper breastplate]
• Call number
  SAFE/R 250g
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 1, Shelf 18
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  Between 1816 & 1930
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  447017
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Objects - 1 crescent-shaped brass or copper breastplate, engraved, with hole at each apex - 10.9 x 13.6 cm. - Tarnished; mottled with extensive areas of pitting and verdigris. Inscription worn and indistinct. A sprig of foliage is engraved at each side and a motif of radiating lines at centre above inscription.
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  Titled from inscription
  Undated, however breastplates were conferred from 1816 until as late as 1930
  Material is identified as copper in Poignant regalia: 19th century aboriginal breastplates & images
  ""Found in Coolah Valley, NSW"" -- Poignant regalia: 19th century aboriginal breastplates & images
  Digital order no:a928650
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  A reward for merit to / Charley / of Tullungunnully -- engraved on front
  ""H G Irwin"" -- scratched on reverse
• Topic
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  kingplates
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Poignant Regalia: 19th century aboriginal breastplates & images - Hyde Park Barracks Museum (26 May - 4 July, 1993)
  Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection - State Library of New South Wales (April 2008-March 2009)

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