Australian Historical Medals (1788-1885)

Lot 881    SESSION 3 (John Chapman Collection, 2.30pm Tuesday)    Australian Historical Medals (1788-1885)

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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL & INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION OF QUEENSLAND, 1877, award medal in bronze (73mm) by R.Capner, inscribed on reverse 'D.Munro & Co / for / Victory W-Mill / 1877'; another., 1877, in bronze (73mm) by R.Capner, inscribed on reverse 'D.Munro & Co / for / Centre Pump / 1877'; another., 1878, in bronze (73mm) by R.Capner, inscribed on reverse 'D.Munro & Co / for / Single Horse Gear / 1878'; another., 1878, in bronze (78mm) by R.Capner, inscribed on reverse 'D.Munro & Co / for / Raising Water Apparatus'; The National Agricultural Society of Victoria, 1880, in silver (50.5mm) by J.Hogarth, inscribed on reverse '2nd Prize / D.Munro & Co / Collection / Agricultural Machinery / 1880'; another., 1880, in bronze (51mm), inscribed on reverse 'Presented / by the / Commissioners of the / Melbourne International Exhibition 1880 / to / D.Munro & Co / for / Earthscoop'; another., 1880, in bronze (51mm), inscribed on reverse 'Presented / by the / Commissioners of the / Melbourne International Exhibition 1880 / to / D.Munro & Co / for / Windmill'; Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880, in gold (38mm, 51.1gms) by H.Stokes, impressed around edge 'David Munro & Co. Melbourne - Patent Earth Scoop & Pumps'; another., 1880, in silver (51mm) by H.Stokes, impressed around edge 'David Munro - For Services'; Victoria's Jubilee, 1887, in silver (31mm) by Stokes & Martin, engraved on reverse 'Presented to Councillor Munro / By J.F.Hamilton / Mayor of Brighton; awarded to David Munro (albeit unnamed) Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition of Wine Grain Fruit & Co, 1884, uniface medal in gold (9.5gms, 32mm), small circle at top of wreath for piercing; another., 1884, in silver. Very fine - good extremely fine. (12)

David Munro (1844-1898) engineer, contractor and speculator, best remembered for his construction of the present Princes Bridge and Queens bridge (Melbourne). He was one of the colony's biggest employers. He patented many successful farm machines the most enduring being his `Victory Mill'. Munro served as President of the Chamber of Manufactures and Councillor of the national Agricultural Society. He was a close associate of Thomas Bent. His fortune was lost in the eighteen nineties crash.