Summary

Australia
Cooerwull Academy, Dux Of School unissued bronze medal c. 1890 (AD)
Mint: not recorded
Other Details: Cooerwull Academy, Dux Of School medal, made around 1890. De La Salle College (originally Cooerwull Academy) in Rabaul St, Lithcow is an interesting two-storey Victorian Gothic building (c.1882) made of dressed stone with an unusual parapet. It was built by the valley's first European settler, Andrew Brown, as a training academy for prospective Presbyterian ministers. It closed when staff enlisted in World War I, converted to a private residence and became a Catholic High School in 1953.

Physical Description

An unissued bronze prize medal (31 mm diameter) to award to the school dux, featuring the college shield , a lion rampant left

Obverse Description

Lion rampant left witin a diamond; on ribbon above, COOERWULL ACADEMY on ribbon below, FLOREAT MAJESTAS

Reverse Description

Within open laurel wreath DUX OF SCHOOL

Edge Description

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Significance

De La Salle College (originally Cooerwull Academy) in Rabaul St, Lithcow is an interesting two-storey Victorian Gothic building (c.1882) made of dressed stone with an unusual parapet. It was built by the valley's first European settler, Andrew Brown, as a training academy for prospective Presbyterian ministers. It closed when staff enlisted in World War I, converted to a private residence, and became a Catholic High School in 1953.
Fairfax Walkabout Australian Travel web site http://www.walkabout.com.au/locations/NSWLithgow.shtml John Sharples 21 Nov 2003

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