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Store order from Mrs Buckley

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Ann Buckley

1865

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Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note on paper with three small holes and central crease mark.

Historical information

V. Trew = Valentine Trew, a former convict who worked for J.S. Maley at Greenough as a book-keeper.
Anne Buckley was married to Jeremiah Buckley, a Pensioner Guard.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1312

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

112 mm

Height or length

178 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Mr Trew please to let the boy have four pounds of soap and six pounds of currants & 14lbs of onions and one bottle of curry powder and you will oblige
Mrs Buckley

Contextual information

This is one of only two notes in the Maley Mill & Store Archives written by Mrs Buckley. Notes written by women at the time are scarce as most were illiterate. Mrs Buckley's husband was a former Private in the 1st Regiment East India Army, which explains the order for curry.

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

Last modified

Thursday, 17 July, 2025

Completeness

100

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