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Medal - Hamilton Academy Prize, Victoria, Australia, circa 1875
Reg. No: NU 20196
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- Summary:
- Australia
Medal - Hamilton Academy Prize c. 1875 (AD)
Mint: Stokes & Martin
Other Details: Hamilton Academy prize medal issued around 1875. One section of St Mary's, Hamilton - known today as 'The Old Convent' - was the original 'Hamilton Academy'. The Hamilton Academy was a boys' school in Hamilton, Victoria. The first Catholic School was opened in Hamilton in April 1858 by Nicholas Flynn and his wife Margaret. They remained until 1865. The site of the school was where Monivae Junior stands today. In 1904 'The Academy' came on the market. Dean Shanahan purchased the Academy. The main building became the Convent for the Loreto Sisters who arrived in July 1905. The change over of the primary school children of St. Mary?s in Lonsdale Street to the Academy in Coleraine Road was effected immediately. The Loreto Sisters ran St. Mary?s School until December 1923. The Sisters of the Good Samaritan arrived to take over Catholic Education in Hamilton in January 1924. - Description:
- An unissued gilt prize medal (47 mm diameter) featuring the school shield within a laurel wreath, by Julius Hogarth. The shield features a large cross with the five stars of the Southern Cross, dividing it into four quarters containing a pine tree, bee, flag with the word EXCELSIOR and a wreath. The reverse has space to engrave a winner's details within a wreath.
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 47 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 56.26 g (Weight) |
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| Tagged with: | education |
| Themes this item is part of: | Hamilton Academy, Julius Hogarth, Jeweller & Medal Maker (1820-1879), George McArthur, Collector & Baker (1842-1903), Public Life & Institutions Collection, Hogarth, Erichsen & Co., Jewellers, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Civil |
| Tertiary Classification: | education prizes |
| Series: | Australian Prize Medals |
| DateEra: | circa 1875 AD |
| Obverse Description: | School shield within a laurel wreath, by Julius Hogarth. The shield features a large cross with the five stars of the Southern Cross, dividing it into four quarters containing a pine tree, bee, flag with the word EXCELSIOR and a wreath. Above, HAMILTON; below, ACADEMY PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERATin small letters below shield the artist's initials, J H |
| Reverse Description: | Space to engrave a winner's details within a wreath |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: HAMILTON ACADEMY PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT EXCELSIOR J H |
| Shape: | round |
| Material: | Gilt |
| Issued By: | Hamilton Academy, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, circa 1875 |
| Artist: | Julius Hogarth, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1875 |
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