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Receipt for forage supplies to Greenough Police Station

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Thomas Walsh

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand-written note on grey paper

Historical information

Thomas Walsh (1811-1883) came to the colony with his family in 1853 as an Enrolled Pensioner Guard. He later served as a police constable at Greenough, retiring in 1868 to become landlord of the Greenough Hotel.
John Patience (1819-1870) was convict no.2. At the time of this note he had a farm at Greenough across the road from John Maley's Mill and Store.
At the time of this receipt, the Greenough Police Station was located in a building leased from Thomas Clinch.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1256

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

200 mm

Height or length

140 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Police Station Greenough
1 November 1865
Received Mr John Patience for Mr Shenton the following supplies of forage for Police.
Hay 911lb
Barley 1397lb – 8 bags
Thomas Walsh
District Constable

Contextual information

This is the only note in the Maley Mill and Store Archives written by Thomas Walsh.

Keywords

Place made

Greenough, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Last modified

Thursday, 8 September, 2022

Completeness

100

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Receipt for forage supplies to Greenough Police Station

Receipt for forage supplies to Greenough Police Station dated 1st November 1865

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