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Ballarat Exhibition medal, 1878

This is an un-issued bronze prize medal struck for the Australian Industrial Exhibition of 1878 held in Ballarat. It is the work of the Melbourne artist EA Altmann.

Ballarat Exhibition medal, obverse.
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 Ballarat Exhibition medal, reverse.
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Obverse – A woman representing Ballarat standing before the exhibition building crowns a youth who kneels before her presenting a steam engine. Below is the word INDUSTRIA and the artist's name E.A. ALTMANN MELBOURNE.

Reverse – At the centre are the words BALLAARAT 1878 surrounded by AUSTRALIAN JUVENILE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.


Transferred from National Gallery of Victoria, 1976


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