Watch List notes:

Agricultural Society Of New South Wales, in silver (51mm), by Hardy Brothers, Sydney, reverse inscribed, 'Mrs S.Emanuel,/Brahmapootra/Dark/Best Coop./Sydney, 1879.'. Contact marks and small edge nicks, otherwise toned very fine and scarce small type medal for period.

Mrs S.Emanuel of Goulburn won a total of seven awards at the show. The Brahma Pootra was a chicken breed that originated in the area of the Brahmaputra River that flows from Tibet through India to Bangladesh.