Physical description
.1 White metal medal with a tricolour ribbon of red, white and blue. Attached to a ring connected to the medal. One side depicts the scene of landing at Portland in 1834 and the other side depicts a pioneer on the south bank of the Yarra river looking across Melbourne.
Inscriptions & markings
On Reverse: Centenary of Victoria 1934 and Portland 1834
On Obverse: Centenary of Melbourne 1935 (AD)
References
- Stokes & Sons: 1856 – today Thomas William Stokes (1831-1910) came from Birmingham to Victoria to look for gold, arriving on New Year’s Day, 1854. Unsuccessful, he returned to his former trade and set up business as a die-sinker. He produced medals, tokens (unofficial pennies and half-pennies used due to a shortage of official coinage), buttons and silverware in Mincing Lane. This lane no longer exists, but ran between Flinders Street and Flinders Lane, probably continuing down to near Queens Wharf. He then moved to 115 Flinders Lane east...
