University & School Award Medals
Lot 3602 Session 13 (2.30pm Thursday 24 November) Leslie J Carlisle C University & School Award Medals
Estimate $250
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SOLD $480
WESLEYAN COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION, prize medal, 1869, in silver (44x46mm), with ornate edged frame of leaves with an open book at suspension, obverse inscribed, 'Junior/Public Examination at/Sydney University/Passed by/William J. Neill/December, 1869', reverse inscribed, 'Wesleyan Collegiate/Institution./Newington House/Parramatta River/N.S.Wales'. Toned good very fine.
The Wesleyan Collegiate Institution was established at Newington House on the bank of the Parramatta River at Silverwater and commenced operations on 16 July 1863. Because of a growth in the number of students, new school buildings were erected at Stanmore, an inner western suburb of Sydney. Students moved from Silverwater to Stanmore in July 1880 and the new school was called Newington College.
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