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- A Issued By Melbourne, Australia
- A Mint Melbourne, Australia
- B Awarded To Hawthorn, Australia
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Medal - Great Rawson Handover, Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works, Victoria, Australia, 1985
Reg. No: NU 42301
- Summary:
- Australia Victoria Shire of Narracan
1 January 1985 (AD)
Medal commemorating the "Great Rawson Handover" by the Melbourne Metropoolitan Board of Works to the Shire of Narracan. Rawson is a township built to house construction workers on the Thomson Dam project. It was named after the first European settler in the area.
Mint : Stokes (Australasia) Limited, Melbourne.
Awarded to : Raymond Marginson - Description:
- Gilt medal in black case with red velvet and white fabric lining.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Dr Raymond Marginson, 2005
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
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| Tagged with: | water supply |
| Themes this item is part of: | Public Life & Institutions Collection, Raymond David Marginson, Chairman, Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works (1923-?), Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales, Municipality of Narracan, Victoria, Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW), Melbourne, Victoria |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Commemorative |
| Tertiary Classification: | engineering |
| DateEra: | 1985 AD |
| Obverse Description: | Two clasped hands across centre. COMMEMORATING / THE/ 'GREAT RAWSON / HANDOVER ' / BY THE / MMBW / TO THE SHIRE OF / NARRACAN / 1 JANUARY 1985 |
| Reverse Description: | MMBW coat of arms on left and Shire of Narracan coat of arms on right. Above: Melbourne and / Metropolitan / Board of Works. Below: Shire of Narracan. |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: two clasped hands across centre. COMMEMORATING / THE/ 'GREAT RAWSON / HANDOVER ' / BY THE / MMBW / TO THE SHIRE OF / NARRACAN / 1 JANUARY 1985 Reverse: MMBW coat of arms on left and Shire of Narracan coat of arms on right. Above: Melbourne and / Metropolitan / Board of Works. Below: Shire of Narracan. Edge: Plain Case: inside lid : STOKES (A/ASIA) LIMITED / MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA / ESTD 1856 |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Shire of Narracan, Rawson, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 01 Jan 1985 |
| Issued By: | Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 01 Jan 1985 |
| Mint: | Stokes Australasia Limited, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1984 |
| Awarded To: | Dr Raymond Marginson, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 01 Jan 1985 |
| References: | Carlisle 1985/93. Dingle, Tony and Rasmussen, Carolyn. Vital Connections, McPhee Gribble 1991. p. 285. |
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