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Vehicle number plate GH 4

c. 1920
Overview

green and red enamel paint on a metal background.

Historical information

A Greenough Roads Board vehicle number plate that possibly belonged to Emily Jane Hamersley of Georgina who had a Studebaker with license GH.4 between 1922-27.
Emily Jane Hamersley (nee Anderson) was born in 1860. She married George Hamersley, farmer at Greenough on 02/11/1880.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-72-GMOB1062
Themes
Social History
Material
Enamel Paint
Metal
Width
178 mm
Height or length
77 mm
Depth
2 mm
Contextual information

If this can be proven to have belonged to Emily Hamersley, it is an important indicator of early female ownership of motor vehicles.

Keywords
Greenough
Place made
Greenough, Western Australia, Australia
Year
c. 1920
Primary significance criteria
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Rare or representative
Last modified
Monday, 25 October, 2021
Completeness
88
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Greenough Roads Board number plate
Greenough Roads Board number plate

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