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Medal - Port Phillip Farmers' Society, Silver Prize, Victoria, Australia, 1857
Reg. No: NU 20912
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- Summary:
- Australia Victoria
Port Phillip Farmers Association Silver Prize Medal 1857 (AD)
Mint: not recorded
Awarded to: Joseph Nicholson
Other Details: Prize medal awarded to Joseph Nicholson by the Port Phillip Farmers Society (now known as Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria) for a hay cart. 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
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from Melbourne Branch of Royal Mint, 1978
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 51 mm (Width), 51 mm (Diameter) |
More information
| Tagged with: | agricultural shows, agriculture |
| Themes this item is part of: | Public Life & Institutions Collection, Sustainable Futures Collection, Port Phillip Farmers Society, Victoria |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Civil |
| Tertiary Classification: | agricultural prizes |
| Series: | Australian Agricultural Prize Medals |
| DateEra: | 1857 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, HAY CART / FIRST PRIZE / to / Mr. Joseph Nicholson / 1857; around, PORT PHILLIP FARMER'S SOEICTY; below, INSTITUTED 1848 |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: PORT PHILLIP FARMERS ASSOCIATION INSTITUTED 1848 HAY CART / FIRST PRIZE / to / Mr. Joseph Nicholson / 1857 Reverse: ARNOLDI |
| Shape: | round |
| Material: | Silver |
| Issued By: | Port Phillip Farmers' Society, Victoria, Australia, 1857 |
| Artist: | Arnoldi German die-engraver who worked in the Kangaroo Office. |
| Awarded To: | Joseph Nicholson, Australia |
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