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Medal - Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition, Commemorative, South Australia, Australia, 1887
Reg. No: NU 34809
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- Australia South Australia Adelaide
Medal - Adelaide Exhibition 1887 Commemorative
Other Details: A gilt commemorative (19 mm diameter) meadl featuring a profile head purporting to be Queen Victoria crowned and wearing a long veil facing left, and a commemorative legend. As Adelaide's first international exhibition, the Jubilee International Exhibition opened to great fanfare at noon on Tuesday 21 July 1887. The Governor, Sir W.C.F. Robinson, arrived to a flourish of trumpets. A prosession of dignitaries entered the hall to the national anthem. Addresses were read, a choir sang, the Queen was cheered and the national anthem was sung again. The exhibition was now open to the general public, who were charged 1s to enter, with children under 14 half price. Season tickets were also available. The exhibition included 296,720 feet of floor space and 73,893 feet of wall space. 200 jurors assessed the entries, under the superintendence of Dr Rennie, Professor at the University of Adelaide. Awards were presented to prize winners at an evening ceremony on 30 November. Rolls of awards were presented to the representatives of each country, rather than to the large numbers of individual winners. On-going entertainments were offered to visitors during the course of the exhibition. 789,672 people visited the exhibition, more than twice Adelaide's population of 309,820. The exhibition closed on 6 January 1888, again to rousing renditions of the national anthem. - Description:
- A gilt commemorative (19 mm diameter), it features a profile head purporting to be Queen Victoria crowned and wearing a long veil facing left, and a commemorative legend.
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 19 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 2.59 g (Weight) |
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| Tagged with: | celebrations, exhibitions, queen victoria golden jubilee 1887, royal anniversaries |
| Themes this item is part of: | Public Life & Institutions Collection, Wannenmacher Collection, HM Queen Victoria (1819-1901) |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Commemorative |
| Tertiary Classification: | exhibitions |
| Series: | Australian Exhibition Medals |
| DateEra: | 1887 AD |
| Obverse Description: | Head of Queen Victoria wearing coronet and veil facing left |
| Reverse Description: | STR[UC]K IN / COMMEMORATION / OF THE / INTERNATL. JUBILEE / EXHIBITION / ADELAIDE / 1887 |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Reverse: STR[UC]K IN / COMMEMORATION / OF THE / INTERNATL. JUBILEE / EXHIBITION / ADELAIDE / 1887 |
| Material: | Gilt |
| Issued By: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1887 |
| Person Depicted: | HM Queen Victoria |
| References: | Several publications were issued in association with the Exhibition. The following are held by the State Library of Victoria: Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition, 1887; South Australia in 1887: a handbook for the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition; Report of the Royal Commission for the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition of 1887 to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty; Official catalogue of exhibits from the colony, forwarded to the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition, Adelaide, 1887; Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition cantata; Ceremonial to be observed on the occasion of the opening of the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition, 21st June, 1887. |
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