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Medal - Dux of School, Cooerwull Academy, Australia, circa 1890
Reg. No: NU 20383
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- Summary:
- Australia
Cooerwull Academy, Dux Of School unissued bronze medal c. 1890 (AD)
Mint: not recorded
Other Details: Cooerwull Academy, Dux Of School medal, made around 1890. De La Salle College (originally Cooerwull Academy) in Rabaul St, Lithcow is an interesting two-storey Victorian Gothic building (c.1882) made of dressed stone with an unusual parapet. It was built by the valley's first European settler, Andrew Brown, as a training academy for prospective Presbyterian ministers. It closed when staff enlisted in World War I, converted to a private residence and became a Catholic High School in 1953. - Description:
- An unissued bronze prize medal (31 mm diameter) to award to the school dux, featuring the college shield , a lion rampant left
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 31 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 18.60 g (Weight) |
More information
| Tagged with: | education |
| Themes this item is part of: | Cooerwull Academy, Lithgow, New South Wales, De La Salle College, Lithgow, New South Wales, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Civil |
| Tertiary Classification: | education prizes |
| Series: | Australian Prize Medals |
| DateEra: | circa 1890 AD |
| Obverse Description: | Lion rampant left witin a diamond; on ribbon above, COOERWULL ACADEMY on ribbon below, FLOREAT MAJESTAS |
| Reverse Description: | Within open laurel wreath DUX OF SCHOOL |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: COOERWULL ACADEMY FLOREAT MAJESTAS Reverse: DUX OF SCHOOL |
| Shape: | round |
| Material: | Copper |
| Issued By: | Cooerwull Academy, Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, circa 1890 |
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