Summary
Medal issued in 1919 by the Mt Gambier Old Residents Association to commemorate the 'discovery' of Mount Gambier by Lieut. James Grant on 3 December 1800 and the exploration by Stephen George Henty in June 1839. Grant was a career British naval officer who commanded the Lady Nelson, a surveying ship he was supposed to deliver in 1800 to the more experienced surveyor Matthew Flinders, waiting in Sydney. Flinders had left Australia by the time Grant arrived, however, and it fell to Grant and his colleagues to undertake a preliminary survey of the Bass Coast, as well as the Hunter Valley region. Stephen George Henty was a member of the Henty family and brother to Victoria's first settler, Edward Henty. Stephen Henty had migrated to the Swan River Colony in 1829 and was an enterprising explorer, merchant, trader, shipowner, whaler and magistrate, and active in civic affairs. From 1856 to 1870 he was also a member of the Legislative Assembly.
Mint: unknown.
Obverse Description
View of Mt. Gambier; above, MT. GAMBIER ;below, DISCOVERED BY / LIEUT. GRANT / 3RD. DEC. 1800 / ... / EXPLORED BY / S.G. HENTY JUNE 1839
Reverse Description
MT. GAMBIER / . OLD . / RESIDENTS / ASSOCIATION / . 1919 .
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Melbourne Branch of Royal Mint, 1978
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Date Issued
1919 AD
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Person Named
Mr. Stephen G. Henty, Australia, 1919
Named on medal as original explorer of Mt. Gambia area in 1839. -
Person Named
Lieutenant James Grant, Australia, 1919
Named on medal as discoveror of Mt. Gambia in 1800 -
Inscriptions
Bronze medal with ring and loop attached for wearing Mt. Gambier discovered by Lieut. Grant 1800; explored by S.G. Henty 1839 image of Mt. Gambier
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Series
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Material
Copper
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Dimensions
40 (Height), 32 (Outside Diameter), 13.31 g (Weight)
Height is with ring extended
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Shape
Round with loop
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References
Car. 1919/1
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