Summary

Australia South Australia
Medal - Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia c. 1890 (AD)
Mint: Wyon, London
Other Details: In 1839 the South Australian Agricultural Society was formed "for the advancement of agricultural and pastoral knowledge, and to promote the development of the natural resources of our noble colony." The Society merged with an early horticultural organisation in 1844 and staged its first combined exhibition in a marquee in Botanic Park - this was the birth of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society. The Royal prefix was granted by Queen Victoria in 1869. Night shows at the Showground and the Jubilee Building on Frome Street, became very popular in the 1890s when electricity was introduced to South Australia. (RA&HS home page 2003)

Physical Description

A large gold plated medal (69 mm diameter) featuring a rural image of horse, bull, ram, ewe and lamb beside an early combined harvester with hills in the background together with the name of the Society set around a wreath of fruit, vegetables and grain surrounding the Southern Cross.

Obverse Description

THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA around a wreath of fruit, vegetables and grain surrounding the Southern Cross. At base of wreath in small letters, J.S. & A.B. WYON

Reverse Description

Rural image of horse, bull, ram, ewe and lamb beside an early combined harvester with hills; at lower left in small letters, J.S. & A.B. WYON

Edge Description

Plain

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