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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

note from Olivia Whitehead

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Olivia Whitehead

c. 1870

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note on blue-grey paper

Historical information

Olivia Woolnough (1821-1885) married former convict Robert Whitehead at Gwalla in 1867. Between 1868 and 1872 they were living at Greenough.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1815

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

160 mm

Height or length

100 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Mr Maley will you be kind enough to let me have ten shillings it is for the repair of some Boots and I do not like the man should to ask for so small a sum
I am respectfully Olivia Whitehead

Contextual Information

John S. Maley acted unofficially as a banker at Greenough. This note provides evidence of the financial difficulties experienced by many women at that time.
This is the only note from Olivia Whitehead in the collection.

Keywords

Place made

Greenough
Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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