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Busselton Historical Society > Records

Holy Bible - owned by Annie Surfleet

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Overview

Small leather-bound case / cover. 796 pages of text inside. At the back of Bible, maps. Three sides of each page have gold gilded edges.
A floral verse on card was inside one of the pages.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2020.110

Item type

Objects

Themes

Material

Leather

Paper

Width

85 mm

Height or length

35 mm

Depth

25 mm

Inscriptions and markings

In gold lettering on front cover: "The Holy Bible"

Inside cover is a Certificate: "Grimsby & District. Sunday School Union. Industrial.
Exhibition & Eisteddfod, December 1899 presented to Annie Surfleet of Welholme Borough School as Second Prize for Pencil Shaded or Crayon Drawing.
Division IV Class 19"

Floral card: "Keep yourselves in the love of God. Jude 21"

Contextual information

Welholme Borough School, also known as Welholme Academy, is located in Grimsby, Western Australia.

Keywords

Religious Publication

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Last modified

Sunday, 15 February, 2026

Completeness

72

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