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- B Commissioned By Kew, Australia
- B Person Named Kew, Australia
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Medal - Jubilee of Town of Kew, Victoria, Australia, 1910
Reg. No: NU 33021
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- Australia
Jubilee of Town of Kew 1910 (AD)
Mint: not recorded
Other Details: Medal issued to commemorate the 50th jubilee of the Town of Kew. It names J.F. McCrea as Mayor. John Falding McCrea was Mayor of Kew 1910-11. Kew was proclaimed a municipality on 22 December 1860, seceding from the Boroondara Road Board District, then comprising Kew, Hawthorn and Camberwell. It was proclaimed a town on 8 December 1910, the year this medal was issued, and a city on 10 March 1921. On 22 June 1994 Kew city was united with Camberwell and Hawthorn cities to form Boroondara city. - Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 34 mm (Height), 30 mm (Width) |
| Weight: | 7.12 g (Weight) |
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| Tagged with: | celebrations |
| Themes this item is part of: | Municipality of Kew, Victoria, Public Life & Institutions Collection, Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Commemorative |
| Tertiary Classification: | public events |
| Series: | Australian Commemorative Medals |
| DateEra: | 1910 AD |
| Obverse Description: | shield of six wheat-sheafs above motto CRESCO on ribbon; above shield is the Royal coat of arms with lion and unicorn supporters and, on ribbon DIEU ET MIN DROIT; on arms of cross top, TOWN / OF, bottom, KEW, left TO COMMEM / -ORATE, right, ITS JUBILEE / 1910 |
| Reverse Description: | Within line circle set at centre of cross shaped flan, CR. J.F. McCREA / J.P. / MAYOR on arms of cross, top, KEW bottom, JUBILEE, left 1860, right, 1910 |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | (edge) (obverse) (reverse) |
| Shape: | cross |
| Material: | Gilt |
| Issued By: | Victoria, Australia |
| Mint: | Stokes & Sons, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1910 |
| Commissioned By: | City of Kew, Kew, Victoria, Australia, 1910 |
| Person Named: | Mr. John McCrea - Town of Kew, Kew, Victoria, Australia, 1910 Named as Mayor on Kew Jubilee medal 1910 |
| References: |
Not listed by Carlisle A publication was issued to commemorate Kew's jubilee: Barnard, Francis George Allman, The Jubilee History of Kew, Victoria: its Origin & Progress, 1803-1910. 1910. It is held by the City of Boorondara library service. -D. Tout-Smith 28/1/2004. |
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