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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Historical
• Sale Date:
  28 Nov 2020 ~ 11am (AEDT) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 617
  29 Nov 2020 ~ 11am (AEDT) - Session 2: Lots 618 - 1216
• Lot #:
  423
• Lot Description:
  HENRY ROOKS (Doncaster, 1864 - Camberwell,1930) ornate silver-gilt badge
  (by P. Blashki & Sons, Swanston St.,) with Eastern Hemisphere map on front, engraved “M.U.I.O.F” and on reverse “Presented to Bro. HENRY ROOKS P.P.G.M. by the officers of the Loyal Camberwell Lodge No.1584. M.U.I.O.F. as a token of esteem and for the services rendered to the Lodge during the TWO YEARS OF HIS OFFICE. 3rd Dec. 1895”. In original silk-lined box of presentation.
• Notes:
  Henry Rooks was a Councillor for Centre Riding on Boroondara Shire Council, Mayor of Camberwell on 3 occasions and Councillor for South Ward on Camberwell Council and a prominent resident of Camberwell. He was a member of the Fire Brigades Board and Swinburne Technical College Council. Professionally, he had been a coachbuilder in Camberwell (on the site that is now Camberwell Market), in partnership with his brother, Edward.
• Estimate:
  A$200 - 300
• Realised Price:
  $0.00
• Category:
  Memorabilia

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