Melbourne Exhibition Building Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony 1879
What happened to the beautiful solid gold trowel presented to his Excellency Sir George F. Bowen, K.C.M.G., Governor of Victoria, when he laid the foundation stone for the Melbourne Exhibition Building on 19 February 1879? Now worth over $44,000 (AU) for the gold alone. The trowel was designed and handcrafted by Messrs Walsh Bros, the fashionable…
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