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Store order from Catherine Waldeck

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Catherine Waldeck

1874

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note

Historical information

Catherine Waldeck (nee Pearson, 1851-1934), was the wife of Joshua Waldeck. Dummy (c1837-1912) worked at times as a tracker for the local Police at Dongara.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1933

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

202 mm

Height or length

124 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Greenough Flats Nobr 10th/74
Mr Maley Please send by Dummey 1 bag of flour 1 box of hollays pills 1 packet of matches and you will oblige
Cath Waldeck

Contextual Information

This note provides information that Aboriginal people were being used by the settlers at Greenough and surrounding areas as messengers.

Keywords

Place made

Greenough
Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

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Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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