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Hobby's Outreach, Vol 21 No 3 HOBBY'S OUTREACH Newsletter of BLUE MOUNTAINS HISTORICAL SOCIETY Inc. P 0 Box 17, WENTWORTII FALLS, NSW 2782 ISSN 1835-3010 Hobby's Reach, 99 Blaxland Road, Wentworth Falls, NSW Telephone: (02) 4757 3824 Web: www.bluemountainshistory.com Email: [email protected] IVolume 21 Number 3 August - September 20091 Commemorative Medals, Tokens and Badges of the Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia by Peter Atherden jenolan Caves 8fae ;tft;Mfa!ffif cf TowKif +- TO BATHURST MegalongQ @ BiueMountains.t\ustral«:i com INTRODUCTION The history of an area is often preserved through its medals and badges and to a lesser extent its tokens. Medals are military and non-military (also referred to as commemorative medals). The medals discussed here are ofthe commemorative type which are usually made to mark an event or achievement. Medals have features in common with coins but differ widely from them in status and use. Like coins, medals are usually made of metal; either a precious one or more commonly, a base metal like copper or aluminium. Alloys, which contain two or more metals, are commonly used e.g. bronze, which comprises copper, tin and other elements. Three of the Blue Mountains medals are of bronze. A variety occurs when a medal (or badge) differs from a similar one produced for the same town for the same event; the difference may be in a design feature or in a departure from it. Towns that commemorate the same important event may issue medals that have a common obverse (the more important side) featuring an image of the person and/or reference to the event but the reverse side often depicts an aspect of the particular town or city issuing the medal. Thus about ninety towns throughout Australia produced a medal in 193 7 for the coronation of King George VI but Katoomba was the only one in the Blue Mountains. Hobf?y's Outreach 1 August - September 2009 Whether or not a medal is produced for an event depends to a large extent on the inclination of those in office at the time. A case which illustrates this occurred not in the Blue Mountains but in Portland, Victoria, where medals for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee were produced in both gilded bronze and in silver and inscribed with the Mayor's name (W.T. Pile). But by the time her Diamond Jubilee came around (in 1897) Pile was no longer Mayor of Portland, so he personally funded the production of a small gilded bronze medal and the reverse was inscribed 'PRESENTED BY W.T. PILE ESQ. EX MAYOR PORTLAND'! t LOCATION OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS The Blue Mountains area comprises an elliptical area of about 1400 square kilometres, 70kms to 120kms west of Sydney. Towns comprise Blaxland to Mount Victoria, on the Great Western Highway and the Western City rail line plus some settlements along the Bells Line of Road from Mount Victoria east to Bilpin. (Lithgow and Penrith are outside the area covered in this article.) CHRONOLOGY OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS MEDALS Obverse Reverse The earliest Blue Mountains medal seems to be that issued in 1902 at Mount Victoria for the coronation of King Edward VII. It was produced in bronze by an unknown mint. 1902 Mt Victoria, Edward VII Coronation. C. 1902141, shield shaped, 22mm x 25mm, bronze. Mint: Not known, only issued in bronze. The next was the 1913 medal commemorating the Centenary ofthe 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains by Gregory Blaxland, William Wentworth and William Lawson. It was produced by Amor of Sydney and was elaborate, having a red, white and blue ribbon between two gold-plated bronze bars which carried the words 'FEAR GOD AND HONOR THE KING'. The medal came in three metals: silver, gilt (gold plated) bronze and gold. 1913 Blue Mountains, Centenary of Crossing C. 191312, diameter 23mm, metal: bronze - gilded Mint: Amor, also issued in gold. The third medal to be issued in the Blue Mountains (Katoomba) commemorates the coronation of King George VI. Two varieties, both in aluminium, were minted by Millers of Sydney and had a common reverse. 1937 Katoomba, George VI Coronation, (obv. 1). C. 1937137, diameter 3lmm, aluminium. 1937 Katoomba, George VI Coronation, (obv. 2). C. 1937/37a, diameter 3lmm, aluminium. 1937 Katoomba, George VI Coronation, reverse common to obv. 1 and obv. 2. Mint: Millers, only issued in aluminium. Hoblry} Outreach 2 Augu.rt - Septcmbcr 2009 Surprisingly, it seems that no medal was produced for the Obverse Reverse 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II nor for her visit to Australia in 1954 (See Introduction for a possible reason for the absence of medals). Hence the fourth medal came in 1963 when the Council ofthe City ofthe Blue Mountains, marked the 150th Anniversary of the crossing of the Blue Mountains. 1963 Blue Mountains, 15(Jh Anniversary of Crossing. C. 196318, diameter 31 mm, bronze. Mint: Amor, only issued in bronze. The fifth medal relating to the Blue Mountains occurs within a set of sixty issued as the 'Medallic History of Australia' The set documents significant events in Australia's history and the people concerned with them. The medals are in proof finish (specially struck to a high standard from polished dies) and were made in both sterling silver and gilded sterling silver and they were housed in a red leatherette album. They were produced in 1977 by Stokes of Melbourne. Medal No.7 commemorates the Blue Mountains Crossing, the reverse describing the Crossing as \.._,., 'the first great Australian inland exploring feat'. 2 1977 Blue Mountains, Crossing ofBlue Mountains. Diameter 44mm, sterling silver. Mint: Stokes Australasia Ltd, also issued in gilded silver. The sesquicentenary (150th anniversary) of Victoria Pass in 1982, was commemorated with a large (58mm diam.) copper plated, pewter medal issued by Amberlight. 1982 Mt Victoria, sesquicentenary of Victoria Pass. C. 1982115, diameter 58mm, pewter - copper plated. Mint: Amberlight, only issued in pewter - copper plated A short time later in 1985, Blackheath celebrated their Centenary and that of their school by issuing a bronze, '-----' uniface medal (3 lmm diam.) featuring the original school building. 1985 Blackheath, Centenary of Village and School. C. 19851122, diameter 3lmm, bronze. Mint: Perfection Sydney, only issued in bronze. In Australia's bicentennial year a set oftwenty plated steel medals featured some historical landmarks and people in Australia's journey to 1988. One of these medals (308 in Carlisle 1988)3 commemorated the 1813 Blue Mountains Crossing and featured Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson. 1988 Blue Mountains, in set oftwenty medals, Blue Mts. Crossing. C. bicentennial 308, diameter 27mm, steel, nickel plated Mint: Pobjoy Mint, only issued in steel, nickel plated. Hobf?y'.r Outreach 3 August - September 2009 RECENT MEDAL ISSUES 'Coin' or medal dispensing machines were installed at Katoomba in the Visitors' Centre at Scenic World in 200~. There are about thirty of these machines in NSW and another thirty in WA (Auscoins, personal coil1Illent). At least two companies (Auscoins and Coinco Promotions) supply dispensing machines and tourist coins which in one case are all produced in-house. Lithgow has machines but Katoomba is the only source of the recent issues in the Blue Mountains area. Obverse Reverse 2005 Blue Mountains, Scenic World Scenic Railway, plastic capsule. No Carlisle number, diameter 30mm, gilded brass in plastic case. Mint: unknown, only issued in gilt finish, in plastic case. 2005 Blue Mountains, Scenic World Scenic Skyway. No Carlisle number, diameter 30mm, brass. Mint: Coinco Promotions, issued in brass, dispensed from vending machine. 2005 Blue Mountains, the Three Sisters. No Carlisle number, diameter 30mm, brass.. Mint: Auscoins, issued in brass, dispensed from vending machine. The writer invites readers to contribute their knowledge of badge, token or medal issues of the Blue Mountains area. References: 'B. Wallace, 'Messages in metal- Portland's medals over time', The Portland Observer, 1998 2 L.J. Carlisle, Australian Historical Medals 1788-1988, Sydney, 2008 p. 668 3 L.J. Carlisle, 'Australian Medals Bicentenary', The Metropolitan Coin Club of Sydney, 1988 Acknowledgements: Les Carlisle's Australian Commemorative Medals and Medalettesfrom 1788, 1983, has been my main reference source and I am grateful for permission to use his listing of known medals of the Blue Mountains. Les also supplied a photocopy of the Scenic Railway tokens and further assisted by providing many of the Blue Mountains medals for me to photograph. Dr Peter Rickwood (President ofBMHS) encouraged me to prepare this article and provided access to the medal and badge collection of the Blue Mountains Historical Society. He also contributed text and provided ideas which enhanced the article. Margaret Edwards (BMHS member) spent a considerable time on the layout of the article and on preparing it for publication in Hobby s Outreach - the newsletter of the Blue Mountains Historical Society. Her editorial skills and experience are much appreciated. The author is grateful to Blue Mountains Australia for permission to use their map of Blue Mountains Towns. To be continued ... Due to insufficient space, this article will be continued in future issues of the Newsletter. (Editor) Hob~'s Outread; 4 August- September 2009 THE LAST WARR/GAL Contributed by Brian Fox The story of the last Warrigal arose after a series of interviews I did with Harry Whaite over a period of three )1ears. Even in his 90s Harry is an inspirational person to meet and interview about bushwalking. He is a living icon ofbushwalking history and I felt privileged to have had the honour of meeting a man who has helped shape our bushwalking history. This bushwalking club, even though it lasted a very short time and had a small membership, left an indelible legacy on our geographical landscape near Wentworth Falls.
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