Lot 93
Edge inscribed "The Right Honorable Thomas Hughes, First Lord Mayor of Sydney. 1902"
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Dimensions:
- Diameter 55mm : Weight 91.51gms Literature:
- 538 Medium:
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- Historical, Political & Space Notes:
- Thomas Hughes was born in Sydney in 1863, and fittingly as the son of a wealthy grazier was sent to England to be educated at Stonyhurst College. He returned to Sydney and with his elder brother John established a legal practice 'Hughes and Hughes' in 1887. They also entered the world of politics, and John being the more involved was eventually appointed the New South Wales Minister of Justice. It was not until 1898 when Thomas openly came out in support of Federation that he became more prominent in public affairs. As secretary to the NSW Premier George Reid, he attended the Federal Conference of Premiers in 1899 which was held to draft a Federal Constitution. Hughes died in 1930 but his name lived on in Australian politics. He was the great uncle of Tom Hughes the Attorney-General of Australia from 1969-71 in the Gorton Government and Robert Hughes the art critic and author of 'The Fatal Shore'. Continuing the family history, Lucy Turnbull, the daughter of Tom Hughes and the wife of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, was elected the Lord Mayor of Sydney in 2003.
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