• Title
  Item 01: Geelong College medal awarded to G. E. Morrison for gymnastics, 1878
• Call number
  SAFE/R 644/Item a
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  1878
• Type of material
  Medals
• Reference code
  1195426
• Physical Description
  1 medal - silver - 3.8 x 2.1 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Morrison was educated at Geelong College, Victoria where his father George Morrison was headmaster.
• Scope and Content
  1 silver medal in the shape of a Maltese cross in a velvet and silk lined presentation box:
  Obverse : the legend '1st / Prize / E. Morrison / Gymnastics Senior / Class'.
  Reverse : the legend 'Geelong College / 1878 / HAR.'
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  Although the inscription on this medal clearly states ‘1st Prize’, the reason why George Ernest Morrison had this medal is a mystery. Three different sources, Morrison’s diary entry of 16 December 1878, The Geelong College Christmas 1878 newsletter, and The Australasian, all reported that he was awarded 2nd prize in Third Class Gymnastics. Charles Hedley Edols was awarded 1st prize in Third Class Gymnastics.
  
  References:
  The Australasian, 21 December 1878, p. 22. http://trove.nla.gov.au (accessed 9 December 2016)
  The Geelong College: Christmas 1878, p. 17 / Henry Franks. Geelong 1878.
  George Ernest Morrison Diary: 1 December 1878-30 April 1879, MLMSS 312/2/Item 03.
  
  General note contributed by Lisa Chavez, Intern, Research & Discovery Branch, December 2016
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1319130
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920
  
• Name
  Geelong College (Geelong, Vic.)
  
• Subject
  Medals--Victoria.
  
• Topic
  medals
  prizes & awards
  gymnastics
  
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