New Zealand Industrial Exhibition of Wellington medal

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Title

New Zealand Industrial Exhibition of Wellington medal

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

New Zealand Industrial Exhibition of Wellington medal awarded to Samuel Parnell in 1885. Samuel Parnell (1810-1890) emigrated from Britain, arriving in Petone on 8 February 1840. He was a carpenter by trade, and believed that people should only work eight hours a day, sleep eight hours, play for eight hours and get paid eight shillings a day. He outraged many by keeping this opinion. The first strike took place in 1840: men constructing the Wellington-Petone road put down their shovels when a...

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Image

Date created

1885

Creator

Siegfried Kohn

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/113220

Related subjects

Harbours / Wreaths / Shields / State seals / Wellington (New Zealand) / exhibitions / silver / medals / New Zealand

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