rubbish tip finds
Jubilee Exhibition
Held in Adelaide in June 1887
(Actual size 30mm)
Front: The medallion was issued for the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition held in Adelaide, South Australia, commencing in June 1887 and ran until January 1888 to celebrate the state's 50th birthday. The spectacular building displayed on the medallion was located off North Terrace, Adelaide, and was demolished in 1963, (Adelaide University Grounds.) There was railway track laid to haul materials, equipment and exhibits, to the exhibition directly from the Adelaide Railway Station. The tunnel for the railway tracks under King William Road, was unearthed during the building of the Festival Theatre in the 1970s. The medallion was rescued from a rubbish tip 100 years after the close of the event
Rear: Besides being a celebration of 50 years of white colonization, it was also Queen Victoria of England's 50th year as monarch. Victoria was the daughter of Edward, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg. She was born in Kensinton Palace in London on May 24, 1819. After the death of her Uncle William 1V in 1837, she took her place as Queen. Victoria died on January 22, 1901..