Australian Historical Medals
Lot 1090 SESSION 5 (4.30PM TUESDAY 21ST NOV) Australian Historical Medals
Estimate $250
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $160
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1880, in silver (51mm), by H.Stokes, with swivelling ring top suspension later fitted, edge impressed, 'George Cunnack, Castlemaine - Leather'. Some contact marks including a short scratch, otherwise good very fine.
George Cunnack was born at Cornwall, England in 1825 and died on 9 December 1903 at the age of 78 and was buried at Castlemaine General Cemetery. He arrived in Victoria 55 years earlier and was a resident of Castlemaine for 46 years being the proprietor of the Winter's Flat Tannery. The site of his tannery is now a progressive and nature-focused primary school. George Cunnack was also a member of the First Castlemaine Borough Council and the third Mayor of Castlemaine.
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