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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Promissory note from George Brand

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George Brand

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note on lined blue paper

Historical information

George Brand (1820-72) was a Scottish farmer convicted of theft and sent to this colony in 1855 on the "Stag" (no.3354). His wife and children joined him in 1859 and they settled at a farm at North Greenough that he named 'Balmoral" (later re-named "Ironbarks").
John Brophy (1834-?) was convicted of attempting to drown a prostitute and sent to the colony in 1857 on the "Clara" (no.4334). After working in the Greenough region he left the colony in 1869.

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Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1300

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

104 mm

Height or length

92 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Balmoral March 21/65
Mr Maley
pleas to let John Broffay have goods to the amount of one pound on my account
George Brand

Contextual Information

Notes like these are important indicators of who was living and working at Greenough.

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Greenough
Western Australia
Australia

Year

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