DIE - ARMADALE KELMSCOTT ROAD BOARD COMMON SEAL

c. 1910
Overview

Base is rectangular non-ferrous metal with a mounting hole at either end. The body for the die is a squat, round piece of the same metal bronzed to the base. The die is round consisting of an outer annular ring with raised text [(W) ARMADALE * KELMSCOTT (A0 / ROAD BOARD]. The inner area has a Latin inscription [VITAS TUTAS CUPIMUS] over the image of the Southern Cross constellation above a swan flanked by wheat sheaves. Raised text under the swan [COMMON / SEAL].

Historical information

Used to make the Common Seal used by the Armadale/Kelmscott Road Board from 1910 to1961 when it became the Town of Armadale. The common seal was used to signify that the Armadale Kelmscott Road Board had legally signed a document.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-33-AK1990.11
Width
4.9000 cm
Height or length
7.6000 cm
Depth
1.3000 cm
Contextual Information

The common seal is the corporate signature of an organisation and signified the organisations authority or approval of an action, such as signing legal documents or authenticating official documents.
The common seal represents the legal authority of the local government to make decisions, impose fees, sign agreements and to create by-laws for their community.

Place made
Western Australia
Australia
Year
c. 1910
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
City of Armadale - History House

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Rectangle metal plate with raised circular disc. Text on disc around image of a swan under the Southern Cross constilation

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