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The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment Plaque

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The Devonshire & Dorset Regiment

1976

Overview

Shield-shaped wooden plaque with hand painted crest of The Devonshire & Dorset Regiment (scroll) presented to the Town of Albany

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2013.13.2

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

147 mm

Height or length

175 mm

Inscriptions and markings

"Presented by the 1st Bn The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment / (11th, 39th and 54th Foot) on the 150th Anniversary of the Founding / of a British Settlement in Western Australia by a detachment from their / Regiment in December 1826"

Keywords

Albany 150th Anniversary

Place made

United Kingdom

Year

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

Google Maps search term / URL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878
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Last modified

Friday, 19 September, 2025

Completeness

88

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