Aust. Historical Medals
Lot 192 Session 1 (4:30pm Monday 25th July) Aust. Historical Medals
Estimate $200
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SOLD $250
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, undated (1877), Practice with Science, in bronze (90mm) by Hardy Brothers London & Sydney, inscribed on reverse 'T.C.Just/Launceston/Collection Iron/Sydney 1877'. Much mint red, one small area of oxidation, otherwise nearly uncirculated.
Mr T.C.Just was the publisher/editor of the Cornwall Chronicle in Launceston until it was taken over by the Examiner in 1880. During the 1870s he established and became Managing Director of the British Tasmanian Charcoal Iron Co at Beauty Point in the mining area of Beaconsfield. This company, the biggest industrial complex in Australia at the time, was also Australia's first hot-blast iron smelter. Just also established the Brandy Creek Quartz Gold Mining Co in 1876. He later entered parliament and was an advocate for Federation in 1901.
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