Merchant Navy
White metal: Stokes & Sons. Gilt: Stokes & Sons Melb
Kitchener Sydney
Sydney Harbour Trust
no backmark
This was a New South Wales government authority from November 1901 until 1936. It had many responsibilties including regulated movement of vessels, handling of cargo, preservation and improvement of the port, removal of wrecks, dredging, licencing piers, maintainace of swimming baths, wharfage, fire fighting, and safety. Its scope included all forshores, lighthouses and tugs within the harbour.
After 1936 these duties were taken over by the Maritime Services Board. See http://www.austbuttonhistory.com/uniform-buttons-2/uniform-buttons/
Scouting button variation
A. J. Parkes Brisbane
West Australian Government Tramways
Stokes & Sons Melbourne.
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