Is anyone interested in this?
Apparently worth a few dollars in UNC bit this one is well below that.
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10055/Medallion_1.jpg)
wagga wagga is cool
they made so many issues of these didn't they
sometimes the ones from certain towns etc are worth more
Yes, they did - dozens of cities, towns and shires commissioned medals like this to be made by Stokes & Son. This one is listed in the Carlisle catalogue as number C1897/72. We actually know the mintage for this one: 3,500 in gilded bronze. The 2008 price guide gives a price of $40 in "VF to EF", which is a typical price for these non-generic pieces.
I was wondering about the Latin motto, "Corvis causam habet" (the crows have a cause), until I saw on the local tourism website that "Wagga Wagga" means "place of many crows".
just a snippet from the Vic Museum
The Veiled head obverse was introduced on the gold and silver issues to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1893. It was introduced on the bronze Denominations in 1895 and remained in use until the death of the Queen in 1901.
Quotewagga wagga is cool
Speaking of cool; did you know Wagga has a nice sandy beach? No surf but a strong 'rip'. You have to be a good swimmer to make way against the current for more than a few minutes.
Images (https://www.google.com.au/search?q=wagga+wagga+beach&client=firefox-a&hs=8Y0&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=2fl7VIaYLMKNuATM9oGYAg&ved=0CDkQsAQ&biw=1680&bih=945)
PS. When I asked if anyone interested I meant in getting it.
1. never knew and drive through there so often - must stop in one hot summer's day and take a dip in the shallow end - not the rip end
2. thank-you but I have all sorts of those Queen Vic and Queen Mary medallions - enough for a life time
3. but I love the history behind them
I will be there Wednesday to Friday this week.
well watch the rips as the weather is a little bit all over the place at the moment
and the snakes loves a fresh water watering hole when it is hot
heaps of brown snakes out here at the moment
the even have a watch out for the snakes at the entrance where the hubby works
What about the 5 o'clock wave Jeff? When I was a young'un that was the supposed thrill in Wagga!
Pedro
I don't think the tidal bore makes it all the way up the Murray and Murrumbidgee to Wagga. Certainly I never saw it as a youngster swimming there.
The best spot was upriver, around the bend (behind the gasworks) where there was a big rope swing
Hello,
Wagga is about 150 meters elevation, and although not at the end the Murrumbidgee is 1600 Km long. Dams and other things are along the way. The mouth had been silted up for many years. It has flooded by over 10 meters at times, but a flood is water going out rather than in. Work out the speed of the water and the size of the tides. King tides up north are about 6 meters. To me this rules out tides although there still may be other causes of height changes.