Summary

Australia Victoria Colac
Medal - City and Shire of Colac Victorian Sesquicentenary1985 (AD)
Mint: Brim
Other Details: A gold-plated medal issued by the City and Shire of Colac to commemorate the sesquicentenary of Victoria in 1984-5. It features the seals of the City and Shire and the sesquicentenary logo. The Shire of Colac was located in Victoria's western district. The town of Colac, 148 km west of Melbourne, is one of the oldest inland towns in Victoria. The settlement at Colac developed around a coaching inn built in 1844 at the southern end of the Lake Colac. The fertile Colac area soon supported a range of agriculture and dairying activities, while timber harvesting became a significant industry in the nearby Otway Ranges. The district became noted for its onions, potatoes, cattle, pigs and poultry. Nine years after it issued this medal, in 1994, the Shire of Colac amalgamated with other regional shires to become in Council to form the Colac-Otway Shire Council.

Physical Description

A gold plated medal issued by the City and Shire of Colac to commemorate the sesquicentenary of Victoria in 1984-5. It features the seals of the City and Shire and the sesquicentenary logo.

Obverse Description

The Seals of the City (left) and Shire (right) of Colac; above, WITH COMPLIMENTS; below, COLAC

Reverse Description

Logo of the Victorian sesquicentenary; below, VICTORIA 150 / GROWING TOGETHER 1984-5 at rim in small letters the mint name, BRIM MELB

Edge Description

Plain

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