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MOBILE MEALS CHEQUE BOOK

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2016

Overview

A rectangular Commonwealth Bank cheque book. The front cover white with a yellow banner running through the bottom half, with a small bar of white underneath. In the centre of the banner is a diamond shape formed by an absence of yellow. The Commonwealth Bank logo is printed on the top left side and the word cheque book is printed on the top right side. There are another two decorations on either side of the diamond made with a gradual colour gradient.
It has 43 unused cheques available for [ARMADALE-KELMSCOTT MOBILE MEALS INC.]. The back cover has the address of Mobile Meals beneath a barcode.

Historical information

Armadale Kelmscott Mobile Meals Inc ran a food delivery service in the Armadale-Kelmscott area from 1965 until 2016 when it came under the broader state Meals on Wheels network. In 2016 the food delivery service was taken over and run by the Rise Network.
Meals on Wheels started in Western Australia in the 1960s. Today the organisation delivers around 930,000 meals to about 10,000 clients in a year through Community Care Centres. The majority of clients who receive Meals on Wheels age aged between 50 and 99. Volunteers cook and deliver the food to the organisations clients.
This cheque book was issues to the local Meals on Wheels organisation by the Commonwealth Bank.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2017.42

Item type

Documents

Themes

People
Social History

Width

69 mm

Height or length

234 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Cover text [Commonwealth Bank / Commonwealth Bank of Australia] & [Cheque Book]

Keywords

Armadale Kelmscott Mobile Meals Inc

Meals on Wheels

ARMADALE

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Year

2016

Statement of significance

MEDIUM
The cheque book was issues in the 2000s by the Commonwealth Bank to the Armadale Kelmscott Mobile Meals branch who had an account with the bank.
The Armadale Kelmscott Mobile Meals started in 1965 and was a part of the Meals on Wheels network where volunteers made and delivered meals to vulnerable members of the community. The passbook represents the role volunteers and community members play in caring for vulnerable members of the community.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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