Summary
Australia Victoria Tarraville
Medal - Tarraville State School Prize 1882 (AD)
Mint: Stokes & Martin
White metal Tarraville State School prize medal, dated 1882. Located 236 km south east of Melbourne Tarraville was once a booming stopover point for the gold prospectors making their way across country from Port Albert to the Omeo goldfields. At the height of the goldrush it has a population of 219 which, remarkably, was the largest stable population in the area. Today Tarraville includes Victoria's second-oldest timber building.
Physical Description
A white metal prize medal (38 mm diameter) awarded to students who passed in all sublects in 1882 under the guidance of the teacher A. Liddelow. It has a Stokes & Martin standard "The Victoria Medal" obverse with a crowned and veiled head of Queen Victoria facing left.
Obverse Description
Crowned and veiled head of Queen Victoria facing left, around on broad rim, THE VICTORIA MEDAL + STOKES & MARTIN MELBOURNE
Reverse Description
Around on broad rim,TARRAVILLE STATE SCHOOL No. 615 * 1882 * at centre, PASSED / IN ALL / SUBJECTS / A. LIDDELOW / TEACHER
Significance
Located 236 km south east of Melbourne Tarraville is a quiet little town which was once a booming stopover point for the gold prospectors making their way across country from Port Albert to the Omeo goldfields. At the height of the goldrush it has a population of 219 which, remarkably, was the largest stable population in the area. Today there is little of importance left at Tarraville. It is a sleepy town which attracts visitors curious to see Victoria's second-oldest timber building.
Source: Fairfax Walkabout http://www.walkabout.com.au/locations/VICTarraville.shtml - John Sharples 24/11/2003.
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), George McArthur, 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
1882 AD
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Issued By
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Mint
Stokes & Martin, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1882
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Commissioned By
Tarraville State School, Tarraville, Victoria, Australia, 1882
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Person Depicted
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Person Named
A. Liddlelow - Tarraville State School, Tarraville, Victoria, Australia, 1882
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Inscriptions
Obverse: THE VICTORIA MEDAL STOKES & MARTIN MELBOURNE Reverse: TARRAVILLE STATE SCHOOL No. 615 * 1882 * OASSED IN ALL SUBJECTS A. LIDDELOW TEACHER
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Series
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Material
White Metal
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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
38 mm (Outside Diameter), 21.45 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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