Breastplate awarded by the Exploration Committee of Victoria to the Yandruwandha people of Cooper Creek in recognition of the care they had given to explorers Burke, Wills and King.
A shallow crescent-shaped brass breastplate with a hole at each corner, engraved with text that reads “Presented to / [blank] / by the Exploration Committee of Victoria for the / Humanity shewn to the Explorers / Burke, Wills & King / 1861”.
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