Summary
This token was excavated at the Commonwealth Block site between 1988 and 2003.
Cultural diversity in Little Lon.
Little Lon was home to a diverse population. Germans, Jews and Irish arrived in the mid 19th century; Chinese, southern Europeans and Syrians (Lebanese) in the 1880s; and Italians in the 1890s. Immigrants sometimes brought objects with them to remind them of home, or purchased new items that re-affirmed national loyalties. Pipes, vases or plates were decorated with flags, military heroes, an Irish lyre or English roses. The amount of foreign currency excavated also attests to diversity of the immigrants who frequented Little Lon.
Physical Description
This is a small trade token that has become encrusted.
Physical Description
Token (no date). Obv: SUGAR WORKS BY W. COOK, BAY ST. SANDRIDGE (r emainder illegible) Rev. Obscured
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Heritage Victoria, Industry Superannuation Property Trust, 03 May 2005
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Issued By
W C Cook - Oddfellows Store, Bay Street, Sandridge (Port Melbourne), Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1862
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Inscriptions
Obv: SUGAR WORKS/ BY/ W. COOK/ BAY ST/ SANDRIDGE (remainder illegible) Rev. Obscured
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Context Number
16/05
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Site
[CCS] Australia, Victoria, Commonwealth Block, Melbourne
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Type of item
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Exhibition Collection Management
35 mm (Width), 2 mm (Height)
width = diameter
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