Summary

Australia Victoria
Port Phillip Farmers Association Silver Prize Medal 1863 (AD)
Mint: not recorded
Awarded to: Mr. Thomas Aitken
Other Details: Prize medal awarded to Mr. Thomas Aitken for colonial made whisky by the Port Phillip Farmers Society (now known as Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria). The Society was formed in 1848 from a number of earlier farmers' societies in Victoria. The Society aimed to improve agricultural practices to meet the food needs of a growing population, and conducted ploughing matches in the area around Flemington. In 1855 it established showgrounds in Parkville, opposite the present site of The University of Melbourne. The current showgrounds in Ascot Vale were not established until 1882.

Physical Description

A silver prize medal (51 mm. diameter) featuring a rural scene of farm house, reclining cow, sheep, horse and tools below gum tree branch; in exergue in tiny letters, ARNOLDI and details of the prize engraved within open wreath below small Kangaroo

Obverse Description

Rural scene of farm house, reclining cow, sheep, horse and tools below gum tree branch; in exergue in tiny letters, ARNOLDI

Reverse Description

Engraved within open wreath below small Kangaroo, WHISKY Colonial Made / PRIZE / awarded to / Mr. Thos. Aitken / Annual Exhibition 1863; around, PORT PHILLIP FARMER'S SOCIETY; below, INSTITUTED 1848

Edge Description

Plain

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