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Medal - Jubilee of Hawthorn, City of Hawthorn, Australia, 1910
Reg. No: NU 33033
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- Summary:
- Australia
Jubilee of Hawthorn 1910 (AD)
Mint: not recorded
Other Details: Medal issued by the City of Hawthorn in 1910 to commemorate the 60th jubilee of its establishment as a separate municipality, severed from the Boroondara Road District that included Kew and Camberwell. The medal names Cr D.H. Dureau JP as mayor. David Henry Dureau was Mayor of the City of Hawthorn from 1909 to 1910 and a councillor from 1906 to 1913. The Hawthorn township was surveyed in 1837 to 1843, and farm-size allotments were sold, which were subdivided in the following decades. Hawthorn became a city in 1890. On 22 June 1994 the Cities of Hawthorn, Kew and Camberwell were re-amalgamated to form Boroondara City Council. - Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 34 mm (Height), 30 mm (Width) |
| Weight: | 8.15 g (Weight) |
| Dimension Comment: | Height 38 mm. with loop extended |
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| Tagged with: | empire day, hawthorn jubilee 1910, rail transport, railways |
| Themes this item is part of: | Municipality of Hawthorn, Victoria, Public Life & Institutions Collection, Transport Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Commemorative |
| Tertiary Classification: | public events |
| Series: | Australian Commemorative Medals |
| DateEra: | 1910 AD |
| Obverse Description: | At centre a scene of a steam train crossing the Yarra river below the Royal arms; on cross arms, HAWTHORN JUBILEE EMPIRE DAY 1910 |
| Reverse Description: | 1860 / TO / COMMEMORATE / THE JUBILEE OF HAWTHORN / MAYOR, CR. D.H. DUREAU, J.P. / 1910 |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | (edge) (obverse) (reverse) |
| Shape: | cross |
| Material: | Copper |
| Issued By: | City of Hawthorn, Australia |
| Commissioned By: | City of Hawthorn, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 1910 |
| Person Named: | Mr. David Dureau - City of Hawthorn, 1910 Named as Mayor on medal |
| References: | Car. 1910/3 |
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