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COMMON SEAL STAMP - KELMSCOTT DISTRICT CEMETERY TRUST

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1905 - 1911

Overview

Black enameled cast iron leaver stamp. Gold decoration on top of stamps main body. Rectangle base with rounded ends. Curving up from the base is the main body of the stamp. It forms a quarter circle shape. At the top is a round pivot that the rabbit ear shaped handle sits on. Under this is a round metal plate over a round metal base.
The handle is pulled down towards the stamp body, pushing the metal plate down onto the base.
On the plate is a round indented pattern of text in a circle around other text. Text [KELMSCOTT DISTRICT CEMETERY / TRUST] inside text [COMMON / SEAL]
The base has the same pattern though this one is raised.

Historical information

The Kelmscott Cemetery Board (Trust) managed the Kelmscott Public Cemetery from 1905 to 1911. In 1911 the Armadale Kelmscott Roads Board took over the management of the cemetery.
The cemetery was located on Third Avenue in Kelmscott, today John Dunn Memorial Park. The cemetery closed in 1955 with 11 individuals buried there. With its closure most of the bodies were relocated to other cemeteries. The land though is still gazetted as a cemetery and native bush has been allowed to grow on the land.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2009.45

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Cast Iron

Metal

Width

61 mm

Height or length

178 mm

Depth

280 mm

Keywords

John Dunn Oval

ST MARY'S in the Valley Kelmscott

Kelmscott District Cemetery Trust

THIRD Avenue Kelmscott

Year

1905 - 1911

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection associated with significant buildings and places in the City of Armadale. These buildings or have played a role in the social, economic and or spiritual development of the district. They can also be aesthetically and architecturally significant. The building or places can also be associated with significant people, organisations or businesses who have all had an impact on the City of Armadale. This is the only know item relating to the establishment of a public cemetery in the region.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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