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Death mask of bushranger William Westwood
Unrecorded1920-1935
University of Sydney Library
Camperdown, Australia
Two photographs of the death mask attributed to William Westwood (1820-1846). One image is in front profile and one is in side profile.
Westwood was a convict and bushranger, and was sentenced to life in prison on Norfolk Island in 1845. By October of 1846, Westwood led a prison mutiny due to the cruelty and poor conditions of the prison colony. Westwood and the other people identified as leaders were all hanged. Westwood was only 26 years old.
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- Title: Death mask of bushranger William Westwood
- Creator: Unrecorded
- Date Created: 1920-1935
- Provenance: Formerly owned by Colin Berckelman (1907-1965). Berckelman was a passionate collector of books, manuscripts and bookplates. He was an active member of the Society of Australian Genealogists, the Royal Australian Historical Society, and a founding member of the Book Collectors' Society of Australia. Following Berckelman's death, his collection was purchased by the Library in 1966/67. Most of the collection was dispersed throughout the University's libraries but the rare and significant works, manuscripts, personal archive, photographs, printing blocks, and his collection of bookplates remain in Rare Books and Special Collections.
- Subject Keywords: Bushrangers, Australian history, Convicts, Colonialism
- Type: Glass lantern slide
- Original Source: University of Sydney Library, Berckelman glass plate negatives Box 16, no. 1-no. 10
- External Link: View this page in the digitised version
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