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Medal - Port Phillip Farmers' Society, Silver Prize, Victoria, Australia, 1863
Reg. No: NU 33515
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- Summary:
- Australia Victoria
Port Phillip Farmers Association Silver Prize Medal 1863 (AD)
Mint: not recorded
Awarded to: Mr. Thomas Aitken
Other Details: Prize medal awarded to Mr. Thomas Aitken for colonial made brandy by the Port Phillip Farmers Society (now known as Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria). The Society was formed in 1848 from a number of earlier farmers' societies in Victoria. The Society aimed to improve agricultural practices to meet the food needs of a growing population, and conducted ploughing matches in the area around Flemington. In 1855 it established showgrounds in Parkville, opposite the present site of The University of Melbourne. The current showgrounds in Ascot Vale were not established until 1882. - Description:
- A silver prize medal (51 mm. diameter) featuring a rural scene of farm house, reclining cow, sheep, horse and tools below gum tree branch; in exergue in tiny letters, ARNOLDI and details of the prize engraved within open wreath below small Kangaroo
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 51 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 63.08 g (Weight) |
More information
| Tagged with: | agricultural shows, agriculture, alcohol, beverages, distilled drinks |
| Themes this item is part of: | Public Life & Institutions Collection, Sustainable Futures Collection, Thomas Aitken, Brewer, Victoria Parade Brewery, East Melbourne, Victoria, Port Phillip Farmers Society, Victoria, Numismatics & Philately Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Civil |
| Tertiary Classification: | agricultural prizes |
| Series: | Australian Agricultural Prize Medals |
| DateEra: | 1863 AD |
| Obverse Description: | Rural scene of farm house, reclining cow, sheep, horse and tools below gum tree branch; in exergue in tiny letters, ARNOLDI |
| Reverse Description: | Engraved within open wreath below small Kangaroo, BRANDY COLONIAL MADE / PRIZE / awarded to / Mr. Thos. Aitken / Annual Exhibition / 1863; around, PORT PHILLIP FARMER'S SOCIETY; below, INSTITUTED 1848 |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: PORT PHILLIP FARMERS SOCIETY INSTITUTED 1848 BRANDY COLONIAL MADE / PRIZE / awarded to / Mr. Thos. Aitken / Annual Exhibition / 1863 Reverse: ARNOLDI |
| Material: | Silver |
| Issued By: | Port Phillip Farmers' Society, Victoria, Australia, 1863 |
| Artist: | Arnoldi |
| Awarded To: | Mr. Thomas Aitken - Victoria Parade Brewery, Australia, 1863 |
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