Australian Historical Medals

Sale 128    23–25 Nov 2021   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 517    SESSION 3 (2.30PM TUESDAY 23RD NOV)    Australian Historical Medals

Estimate $600
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $700

COMMONWEALTH CELEBRATIONS, Victoria, May 1901, fob in voided gold (15ct; 7.04g; oval 19x25.5mm), no maker, scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'J.Cullen. M.L.A'. Good fine and scarce.

John Cullen, was born at Kerang, Victoria in 1856 and died in 1916. He succeeded his father as publican of the Kerang Hotel. He also served at various times as a councillor at Swan Hill Shire, as president for a number of years, and at Kerang Shire. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1901-1911. He was then licensee of the Imperial Hotel at Carlton, chairman of the Irrigation and Water Works Trust Association and a member of the Kerang Rifle Club and Mounted Rifles and a supporter of the cadet movement.

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