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City of Armadale - History House > Records

TIMBER BRANDING HAMMER

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1864 - 1939

Overview

Wooden cylindrical shaft. Rectangle metal head. On one end flat striking surface. Other end moulded [+B]

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Registration number

cwa-org-33-AK1978.368

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

35 mm

Height or length

407 mm

Depth

61 mm

Year

Statement of significance

HIGH Historic: Part of the tools used by the Buckingham family when they started to cut and cart timber. They also attempted to start a timber mill on the Canning River which failed Provenance: Belong to the Buckingham family and used at Mill on the Canning River

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

City of Armadale - History House

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