Receipt for forage supplies to Greenough Police Station

1865
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
Material
Width
200 mm
Height or length
140 mm
Depth
1 mm
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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.

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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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