Summary

Australia
1907 (AD)
A.N. A. Exhibition Medal
Mint: not recorded
Other Details: Australian Natives' Association exhibition medal, issued in 1907.

The Australian Natives' Association was established in Melbourne in 1871 as a non-partisan and non-sectarian friendly society for Australian-born, white men seeking to shape Australia's nationhood and identity. The ANA was a strong advocate for Federation and became an advocate for White Australia. It was a staunch supporter of trade protection and immigration restriction, and Prime Minister Alfred Deakin was a member.

Obverse Description

A.N.A. EXHIBITION / MELBOURNE

Reverse Description

AUSTRALIA / FOR THE / AUSTRALIANS

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