Summary
Australia
Jubilee of Hawthorn 1910 (AD)
Mint: not recorded
Other Details: Medal issued by the City of Hawthorn in 1910 to commemorate the 60th jubilee of its establishment as a separate municipality, severed from the Boroondara Road District that included Kew and Camberwell. The medal names Cr D.H. Dureau JP as mayor. David Henry Dureau was Mayor of the City of Hawthorn from 1909 to 1910 and a councillor from 1906 to 1913. The Hawthorn township was surveyed in 1837 to 1843, and farm-size allotments were sold, which were subdivided in the following decades. Hawthorn became a city in 1890. On 22 June 1994 the Cities of Hawthorn, Kew and Camberwell were re-amalgamated to form Boroondara City Council.
Obverse Description
At centre a scene of a steam train crossing the Yarra river below the Royal arms; on cross arms, HAWTHORN JUBILEE EMPIRE DAY 1910
Reverse Description
1860 / TO / COMMEMORATE / THE JUBILEE OF HAWTHORN / MAYOR, CR. D.H. DUREAU, J.P. / 1910
Edge Description
Plain
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
1910 AD
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Issued By
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Commissioned By
City of Hawthorn, Hawthorn, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1910
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Person Named
Mr. David Henry Dureau JP - City of Hawthorn, 1910
Named as Mayor on medal -
Inscriptions
(edge) (obverse) (reverse)
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Series
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Material
Copper
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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
30 mm (Width), 34 mm (Height), 8.15 g (Weight)
Height 38 mm. with loop extended
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Shape
cross
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References
Car. 1910/3
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Keywords
Empire Day, Hawthorn Jubilee, 1910, Rail Transport, Railways
