Farrer Medal
In 1935 Frank Gallagher formed a committee to create Farrer Memorial Oration, this was to be given by a person with an agricultural background. The first oration was by Tasmanian farmer and Australian Prime Minister Joseph Lyons at the Star Theatre, Queanbeyan, on 3 April 1936 the birthday of William Farrer. At the end of the oration children from the Queanbeyan Intermediate High School presented Lyons with a silver medallion, this medallion is on display at Adolph Basser Library, Canberra. In 1941 Gallagher handed over the organisation of the Farrer Memorial Oration to the Farrer Memorial Trust.
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