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| Burnie Sesquicentenary Medallions 1977 |
According to Wikipedia
two hundred silver and 4,000 anodised aluminium medallions were
created to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the town/city of
Burnie in 1977. The 1827 settlement on the site of Burnie was
established by the Van Diemens Land Company and was known as “Emu
Bay” until it was renamed after a director of the VDL company in
1842, when the town was formally surveyed and blocks made available
for sale to free settlers.
There were no known
existing portraits of Henry Hellyer who is featured on the medallion,
so one was created by Casey McGrath, from contemporary descriptions.
Henry Hellyer, who is buried at Stanley was the first European to
climb Cradle Mountain, but is best known for his exploration of
North-Western Tasmania, as an employee of the VDL company. He had a
fascinating life and if you are interested it is well worth checking
out the Wikipedia entry. If you're a local you might be especially
interested in following the links to some of his early maps.
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