Jewellery by Donovan & Overland (Perth) (1897-1931)

Donovan and Overland opened as manufacturing and wholesale jewellers in Perth in 1897. They supplied many of the retail jewellers on the goldfields and in Perth. Many of their goldfields brooches carry the name of a Western Australian gold mining town, town, presumably where the brooch was retailed to the miners by a local jeweller. For example, Donnybrook, is a small town in Western Australia, about two hours south of Perth. It was first settled about 1842 but it was not until 1897 that gold was discovered about 6 kilometres south of the town, resulting in a small gold rush to the town about two years later. However the exitement was short-lived and the most of the miners had left the area after about 3 years. Donovan and Overland, occupied a number of locations in Perth, but closed in 1921.