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Government order for salt pork

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David Harrington

1870

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

blue paper with hand writing on both sides, yellow 2d stamp with hole punched through centre

Historical information

Daniel Harrington (1837-1927) was a warder of the Convict Establishment.

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1811

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

128 mm

Height or length

84 mm

Inscriptions and markings

On front - On Her Majesty's Service
Warder Harrington Dongarra
...Bay Depot 10.11.69 and a postmark - Champion Bay Western Australia Nov 10 1869
On reverse - Greenough Road Party 3rd June 1870
Reguired for the use of the above
Vassy Salt Pork lb 14.8.3/4
Daniel Harrington Warder
J.S. Maley Esq
3/6/70 W.A.

Contextual Information

This document provides evidence of the convicts working on the roads in the mid west of Western Australia, and of the financial benefits merchants received through the supply of those convicts with rations.

Keywords

Convict Establishment

Place made

Dongara
Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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Order for salt pork for the Greenough Road Party

Order for salt pork for the Greenough Road Party 3/06/1870

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