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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial - Antique & Historical
• Sale Date:
  06 Nov 2014 ~ 1pm
• Lot #:
  122
• Lot Description:
  Two boomerangs from the private collection of renowned explorer & anthropologist ALFRED HOWITT
  Western New South Wales (74cm) & South Eastern Australian (45cm) origins, 19th century.
• Provenance:
  Direct family descent
• Notes:
  Howitt was appointed leader of the Victorian Relief Expedition in search of the ill fated Burke & Wills party where he discovered King the only survivor. He returned a year later to retrieve their bodies that he had buried on his first trip to the Cooper creek. Howitt had an esteemed career from geologist to Gold Warden in Northern Gippsland to Secretary of Mines Department.
• Estimate:
  A$1,000 - 2,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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