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The Leichhardt nameplate is a piece of brass 15cm x 2cm marked LUDWIG LEICHHARDT 1848. It was discovered attached to a partly burnt firearm in a bottle tree (boab) near Sturt Creek, between the Tanami and Great Sandy Deserts, just inside Western Australia from the Northern Territory border. The National Museum of Australia acquired the nameplate from the Bristow-Smith family in October 2006.

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Front view of the Leichhardt nameplate which is a piece of brass 15 cm x 2 cm marked LUDWIG. LEICHHARDT. 1848

Photo: Dragi Markovic

Back view of the Leichhardt nameplate. The greyish-brown surface of the nameplate appears uneven and there are two score marks at the bottom close to the centre and a fastening hole at the top in the centre.

Photo: Dragi Markovic

Close up image of a section of the greyish-brown surface of the Leichhardt nameplate.

Photo: Dragi Markovic

Close up image of a section of the back of the Leichhardt nameplate detailing the two score marks at the bottom close to the centre and the fastening hole at the top in the centre.

Photo: Dragi Markovic