• Title
  Item 0640: Lismore Agricultural and Industrial Society medal, between ca. 1885 and 1952
• Call number
  SAFE/DN/M 640
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  between ca. 1885 and 1952
• Type of material
  Medals
• Reference code
  1143711
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 medal - gold - diameter 23 mm
  
• Scope and Content
  Lismore Agricultural & Industrial Society. Obverse within branches, Lismore / A. & I. / Society / [Engraved] L.F. Hayden. / Life / Member; reverse horse and cow facing left with product around, in exergue, T. Wicks & Co / Lismore.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment - Due to security reasons this collection is not available for browsing
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:Public domain:
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  Numismatic and Philatelic Lists
• Variant title
  
  Awards, Agricultural, Lismore Agricultural & Industrial Society, Unknown Date.
• General note
  
  Forms part of Series 03 Part 02: Sir William Dixson medal collection : Australia : including award medals, celebrations and exhibitions etc.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1148153
  Australia, Medals.
  Awards, Agricultural, Lismore Agricultural & Industrial Society. Gold.
  Unknown Carlisle number.
  Condition Fine, round 23mm diameter; Obverse within branches, Lismore / A. & I. / Society / [Engraved] L.F. Hayden. / Life / Member; Reverse horse and cow facing left with product around, in exergue, T. Wicks & Co / Lismore.
• Date note
  
  Dated between founding of Lismore Agricultural and Industrial Society ca. 1885 and Sir William Dixson's bequest in 1952. Date of establishment of Lismore Agricultural and Industrial Society based on title Lismore Agricultural and Industrial Society, North Coast National Show; centenary issue, 1885-1985: supplement to The Northern Star, 12 October 1985, cited in Richmond River Historical Society catalogue of holdings (books), based on new classification / compiled by Margaret Henderson, 13 October 2007. Accessed at lib.convdocs.org/docs/index-231935.html?page=4 , 9/5/2014; and "Lismore Agricultural and Industrial Society's horse parade", Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 4 September 1885 p. 8, accessed via Trove, 9/5/2014. The SMH article refers to "the annual meeting ... held last night", implying that the Society was already in existence for a year.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Lismore Agricultural and Industrial Society
  
• Subject
  Agriculture--New South Wales--Societies, etc.
  
• Topic
  medals
  prizes & awards
  agricultural shows
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE799838

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