Historical information

Shield awarded at intercollegiate interstate tennis tournament 1974 - most probably Burnley students won as the shield resides at Burnley.

Physical description

Bronze shield with raised cast inscription and 5 coloured enamel and metal college emblems attached to the bronze. The word 'tennis' engraved on a small raised plate and 1974 into the bronze mount. Mounted on wooden block with integrated stand. Top Left 1. DAC (Dookie Agricultural College) 'Erudimur dum colinus';
Top Right 2 NAC New South Wales (NSW Agricultural College); Bottom Left 3 QAC (Queensland Agricultural College) 'Science with Practice'; Bottom Right 4 RAC (Roseworthy Agricultural College) 'Honor pax copia'; Bottom 5 Burnley Horticultural College. Previous control number B93.615

Inscriptions & markings

THE AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES TENNIS SHIELD 1974.
Emblem 1 DAC 'Erudimur dum colinus';
Emblem 2 NAC New South Wales;
Emblem 3 Q A C Science with Practice;
Emblem 4 RAC 'Honor pax copia';
Emblem 5 Burnley Horticultural College.