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Medal Melbourne & Hobson`s Bay Railway
| Location | Australia |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | MELBOURNE & HOBSONS BAY RAILWAY STATION FLINDERS STREET. |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays an entirely inscribed field with multi-line commemorative text in raised relief, recording the opening of the first steam railway in Australia and listing early Victorian railway routes with their respective opening years. The plain field carries no pictorial elements. |
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| Reverse lettering | TO COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF THE FIRST STEAM RAILWAY IN AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE TO SANDRIDGE 12TH SEPT. 1854 AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE USED IN AUSTRALIA ALSO EARLY VICTORIAN RAILWAYS MELBOURNE TO GEELONG, 1857 MELBOURNE TO ST. KILDA, 1857 MELBOURNE TO WILLIAMSTOWN, 1859 MELBOURNE TO ESSENDON 1860 |
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