Please be advised: this website contains the names, images and voices of people who are now deceased.

Collections WA has a responsibility to preserve and make accessible the history and culture of Western Australia in all its various forms. The intention of Collections WA is to support research, and to reveal actions of the past that have impacted upon communities, families, and individuals.

In doing so, Collections WA acknowledges the need to respond sensitively and appropriately in cases when accessing this material may be confronting to Aboriginal visitors and clients.

Please also note: Some historical materials within this portal may include language or opinions that today are considered inappropriate or even offensive. Collections WA does not endorse this language and apologises for any distress caused.

Continue

Continue showing cultural advice

Stop showing cultural advice

Collections WA brings together collections from libraries, galleries, museums, archives, historical societies, cultural organisations, community groups and other collecting organisations across Western Australia.

Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

order for a trowel from F. Allender

« Prev Item Next Item »

Francis Allender

1867

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand-written note on paper, punched hole in centre.

Historical information

Francis Allender (c1829-1900) was a tenant farmer at Central Greenough.
William Knight (1821-80) was convicted of larceny in 1856 and sent to WA two years later on the Lord Raglan (convict no.4962). He had a fractious life in the colony and died in the Fremantle Prison hospital.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1697

Item type

Material

Width

113 mm

Height or length

98 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

greenough flats June 14th 1867
mr maley please to give the bearer knight trowel
F allender
Entd 14/6/67 V Trew

Contextual information

This is the only note associated with William Knight in the Maley Mill & Store Archives, and provides evidence of him working at Greenough.
As the order is for a trowel, it is likely Allender was undertaking some building work at that time.

Keywords

Place made

Greenough, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Last modified

Saturday, 5 August, 2023

Completeness

100

Greenough Museum and Gardens

Greenough Museum and Gardens

Organisation details
View collection

More items like this

Search all items »

Search all items »

Other items from Greenough Museum and Gardens

order for a trowel from F. Allender

order for a trowel from F. Allender

Media reuse | View full size | Item feedback

Scan this QR code to open this page on your phone ->

Full size unavailable (you're already seeing this image in its highest resolution available on Collections WA)

Loading...