This week the museum received a very interesting artefact in the mail. Julia Dickson from Queensland sent a family history book of her grandfather, John Stamm, and a couple of wonderful artefacts including some first place and second place cards from the Pastoral and Agricultural Society of Nyngan between 1900 and 1910. A little green ring box contained a sliver medallion with an engraved yellow gold shield for A.STAMM. On the back of the medallion we find 'CONVENT SCHOOL NYNGAN 1905'.
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Aimee was the youngest of ten children to John and Mary Stamm. In 1890 they, along with their eldest daughter Elizabeth (21) and son Henry (20), won three adjoining selections of land in the ballot, on the Milmaland Creek, between 'Buckinguy' and 'Canonba' Stations. One of the conditions of selections was that each recipient had to live on their property for a minimum of three months each year for three to five years. As a result, the house was built on the intersection between John and his daughter Elizabeth's selections and Elizabeth actually slept on her property. Henry had to sleep in a hut on his as it was around a ben in the Milmaland Creek. When the family arrived, John wanted mary and the youngsters to stay in Nyngan until he could provide some suitable accommodation on the property. Mary insisted on going out at once. Aimee was born in 1890.
Seven years later, John purchased 'Lohn', five miles east of Nyngan, near 'Warrigal'. They employed governesses at' Milmaland' and also at 'Lohn', although the records show that Aimee, Edith, Mabel and Edmund had been sent to a private school in Nyngan for six months.
The family moved to Orange for a time, and when Aimee returned to Nyngan she continued at the Convent here and was attending in 1905, at the age of 15, when she received the medallion.
One of the Hall Marks on the back of the medallion 'W.J.D.' shows that it was made by William James Dingley, Birmingham a renowned medallist. The mark for 'FINCKH' also appears on the back of the medallion. Hermann Finckh immigrated from Germany in 1853 and became a watchmaker and jeweller in Sydney. Finckh exhibited a bracelet he made from Australian gold, in the Great Exhibition in London in 1862 and was awarded medal for his work of art.
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