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Store order from Francis Ventura

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Francis Ventura

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

Hand written note

Historical information

Francisco Pablo Juan Ventura (1834-1927) arrived per "Ferrolana" on 30/12/1849 with the Benedictine monks. He later moved to Greenough and married Catherine Sheehy (1836-1881, widow of John Keefe a sea captain) on 7/08/1862. Ventura farmed at Greenough.
Charles Elliott (alias Carlos Lopez) was described as ‘a man of colour’ when he was convicted In England of obtaining money under false pretenses. He arrived on the "York" in 1862 (no.6579), and worked for many men in this region. He was also frequently brought before the magistrate on a wide range of charges.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1399

Item type

Letters

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Ink

Writing Paper

Width

180 mm

Height or length

112 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

July 5th 1865
Mr J. Maley
Sir please to let me have by the Bearer C. Elliott 12lbs Sugar, 1lb tobacco 12 boxes maches 1 cumb & a ankerchief & place the same to my account
Francis Ventura

Contextual Information

This note is a reminder that not all settlers at Greenough were from the British Isles, nor were they all Caucasian. Greenough at that time was more ethnically diverse than it is today.

Keywords

Francis Ventura,

Place made

Greenough
Western Australia
Australia

Year

1865

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced