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Image: Silver trowel used by Sir Francis Forbes to lay the foundation stone of the Sydney College, 1830

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Description: This trowel was used by the first Chief Justice of NSW, Sir Francis Forbes, to lay the foundation stone of the non-denominational Sydney College on 26 January 1830. The stone was then '...allowed to lie alone like a solitary egg in a deserted nest for 18 months thereafter...' [Dow, 1974]. Sydney College closed in 1847, but was reconstituted as Sydney Grammar School in 1857. http://acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/itemDetailPaged.cgi?itemID=446675
Title: Silver trowel used by Sir Francis Forbes to lay the foundation stone of the Sydney College, 1830
Credit: State Library of New South Wales http://acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/itemDetailPaged.cgi?itemID=446675
Author: State Library of New South Wales
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