This is the official Melbourne and Victorian Centenary medal. It was struck in silver and bronze to help fund the events surrounding the Centenary celebrations. The designer was the noted artist Raynor Hoff, but the features of a sheep's skull and high voltage power lines proved unpopular. The dies used to strike the medal were defaced and placed in the Museum' collection to ensure that no extra medals could be struck.

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Obverse – A sheep's skull in front of an ear of wheat, with the legend VICTORIA MDCCCXXXIV MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA.		Reverse – High voltage power lines strung on a pylon with the legend VICTORIA MDCCCXXXIV CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS.t.

Transferred from National Gallery of Victoria, 1976