General
594
PENNY CARTWHEEL copper coin. 
Australia’s first penny when HMS 
Porpoise brought a shipment from 
Britain in 1800 to be used by the N.S.W. 
Governor to pay for supplies, the coin 
then going into general circulation.
$100–200 ❖
595
EDWARD HENTY INTEREST. Antique 
English leather covered single draw 
telescope with original lens cap and 
eyepiece with shutters, the barrel 
engraved “PARNELL HERMITAGE 
BRIDGE, LONDON”, 19th century,
accompanied with a hand-written 
note “Henty Relic. Brass Mounted 
Telescope. I declare that this is the 
original telescope owned and used 
by Edward Henty Pioneer” signed by 
William Poland. Purchased from the 
highly regarded antiquarian dealer 
Kenneth Hince.
83cm long when closed.
Edward Henty (1810–1878) was a 
prominent early pastoralist and politician 
recognized as the first permanent 
European settler in Victoria, Australia. 
In 1834, he established a farming 
and whaling station at Portland Bay 
before the Port Phillip District was 
officially settled.
$2,000–3,000
596
Nguzu Nguzu canoe prow, carved 
wood, inlaid with shell and decorated 
with later painted enhancement, 
Solomon Islands, 19th/20th century,
14.5cm high.
$600–1,000
597
[BURKE & WILLS INTEREST] Arrival of 
Burke, Wills and King at the deserted 
camp at Cooper’s Creek, Sunday 
evening, 21st April 1861, antique silver 
plated copper repousse panel after the 
original painting by JOHN LONGSTAFF,
housed in a Tasmanian oak frame, 
19th/20th century,
23 x 33cm, 31 x 41cm overall.
$600–1,000 ❖
598
ANDREW LENEHAN (attributed) rare 
antique Australian cedar lap desk with 
cedar and kauri tambour compartment 
and lift-out storage, fall front supported 
by single drawer beneath revealing 
fitted interior, Sydney, circa 1850,
maker’s stamp inside (illegible),
23cm high, 42.5cm wide, 41cm deep.
$1,500–2,500 ❖
599
EASTERN MARKET Melbourne coat 
of arms in cast iron with remains of 
painted finish,
82cm high, 82cm wide.
This piece is one of twenty-two known 
examples that decorated the famed 
Eastern Market which was located on 
the corner of Bourke and Exhibition 
Streets. The market operated from 1847 
until it was demolished in 1960 to make 
way for the Southern Cross Hotel.
Note: An incomplete example is held in 
the Museums Victoria collection.
$1,200–2,000
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