• Title
  Three spades presented to the Hon. E.W. O'Sullivan on the occasions of turning the first sod of the Temora to Wyalong Railway, 17 May 1902, the Manly Pittwater Tramway, 1901, and the extension of the tramway to Watson's Bay, 1901
• Call number
  LR 26/Item a
  LR 26/Item b
  LR 26/Item c
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 2, Shelf 38. Applies to: LR 26/Item a; Item b; Item c
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1901-1902
• Type of material
  Objects
• Reference code
  888458
• Physical Description
  3 spades - 2 gold, 1 gilt silver
  
• Scope and Content
  a. Temora to Wyalong Railway, 17 May 1902
  Solid gold spade made in the shape of a miner's shovel by a Wyalong jeweller, R. Spiers of Wyalong gold, with handle made of Wyalong wood, presented to E.W.O'Sullivan by the Wyalong & District Railway League.
  
  b. Manly Pittwater Tramway, 1901
  Solid gold with train in enamel, and enamel inscription 'Manly' on handle made by W. Farmer & Co., Hunter Street. The enamelling is said to have been the first piece of this class of work to have been made in Sydney. .
  
  c. Extension of tramway to Watson's Bay, 1901
  Gilt silver, originally had a medallion in gold and enamel with a lighthouse design. Presented to E.W. O'Sullivan by the residents of Vaucluse.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Description source
  
  Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
• Name
  O'Sullivan, E.W. (Edward William), 1846-1910
  
• Topic
  spades
  railways
  tramways
  presentation pieces
  
• Place
  Temora (N.S.W.)
  Wyalong (N.S.W.)
  Manly (N.S.W.)
  Pittwater (N.S.W.)
  Watsons Bay (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20792839

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