Lot 643

Description

Victoria, New College, Box Hill, handcrafted fob in gold (9ct, 5.0g, 36x36mm) obverse inscribed 'New College/Box Hill' on centre raised shield within wreath, inscribed on reverse 'H.C.Petty/1st Junior Champion/35 points of 35 pts/1917'; St Columba's College, Essendon, Head Prefect's badge (9ct, 5.7g) by Stokes, inscribed 'Kathleen Laffan 1946' on back of pin mount. Nearly extremely fine. (2)

New College, Box Hill, established in 1890 by Arthur Stephenson as a boys school. It was re-named Box Hill Grammar in 1928 and Kingswood College in 1965.

St Columba's College, Essendon, established in 1897 by Mother Ursula Bruton, a Sister of Charity as a school for girls. The school celebrated it's 120th Anniversary in 2017.