Historical information

This badge was produced in 1997 as a souvenir of the 150th anniversary of the founding of Warrnambool. Warrnambool was a planned town, established in 1847 as a port to service the squatters who had taken up large tracts of land in the Warrnambool area in the 1840s.The town was surveyed by the Government surveyor William Pickering at the request of Superintendent La Trobe and the first town lots of the new town were sold in Melbourne in 1847, with some settlers arriving at the new settlement soon after.

Significance

This badge is one of the many souvenirs of the 1997 celebrations in Warrnambool

Physical description

Circular concave metal badge with blue drawing of a sailing ship and text. There is a clip pin on the reverse.

Inscriptions & markings

WARRNAMBOOL ANNIVERSARY 150th 1847 -1997