An Australian gold brooch, attributed to Hogarth & Erichsen, Sydney circa 1860, of oval openwork form depicting a kangaroo and emu within a surround of native flora including grass tree and banksia, 5cm wide, approximately 19.2gm, in a fitted case Provenance: By direct descent from Hugh Hamilton (1822-1900) a younger son of the Hamiltons of Sundrum in Ayrshire. He went to Australia as an early pioneer settler at the age of 19 in 1841, establishing the Tomanbil and Boyd stations on the Lachlan River in New South Wales. He lost most of his cattle in a severe drought in 1849. He took on the post of assistant gold commissioner at Ophir near Bathurst during the gold rush but eventually returned successfully to farming. Literature: 'Brilliant' edited by Eva Czernis-Ryl, 2011