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Scientific analysis of the Leichhardt plate
David Hallam, National Museum of Australia
Ludwig Leichhardt series, 15 June 2007
Conservator David Hallam outlines the metal and corrosion analysis which helped to authenticate the Leichhardt nameplate. The plate is the only known artefact from Ludwig Leichhardt’s lost 1848 Australian expedition with a corroborated provenance.
Ludwig Leichhardt series
- Overview of the National Museum of Australia’s purchase of the Leichhardt nameplateMatthew Higgins, National Museum of Australia
- He nearly made it: Leichhardt’s ‘grand plan’ of 1848Dr Darrell Lewis, Australian National University
- Scientific analysis of the Leichhardt plateDavid Hallam, National Museum of Australia
- Leichhardt: the motivations of an explorerProfessor Rod Home, University of Melbourne
- Leichhardt as scientist and diaristDr Tom Darragh, Museum Victoria
- Ludwig Leichhardt: a loss to science and Australian cultureProfessor Henry Nix, Australian National University
- Deepening the mystery: the 1938 South Australian government Leichhardt search partyDr Philip Jones, South Australian Museum
- ‘A very tolerable addition’: Leichhardt’s mapping of the Balonne RiverDr Martin Woods, National Library of Australia
- Leichhardt in Australian literatureDr Susan Martin, La Trobe University
- Leichhardt panel discussionDr Tom Darragh, David Hallam, Matthew Higgins, Professor Rod Home, Dr Philip Jones, Dick Kimber, Dr Darrell Lewis, Dr Susan Martin, Professor Henry Nix and Dr Martin Woods
