Australia 1884 Gawler Agricultural, Horticultural, & Floricultural Society S.A. Silver Medal
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| Grade: | EF |
| Year: | 1884 |
| Metal: | Silver |
| Diameter (approx): | 48mm |
48mm, silver, Stokes & Martin Melbourne. Awarded in 1884 for beer making to Thomas Fotheringham.
Obverse depicts agricultural scene.
Reverse inscribed:
AWARD TO
THOS. FOTHERINGHAM
13TH MARCH 1884
Edge impressed:
BEST BOTTLED ALE
Thomas Fotheringham helped founded the Fotheringham Brothers Brewery in 1878 on Julian Terrace in Gawler, South Australia. The Brewery ran until 1898 when it was re-named Greyhound Brewery. There is a street in Gawler named Fotheringham Terrace after Thomas’s family who not only ran the brewery but also a cordial/aerated waters business. A significant medal for local South Australian history.
Supplied in an archival SAFLIP.
