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WATER DISH CERAMIC - POULTRY

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Overview

Round glazed brown water dish with a flat base. Rim slightly flared out

Historical information

The poultry dish was left on the property on the corner of Champion Drive and Railway Avenue and was discovered when the Beales family purchased the property to run an orchard in 1956. Was used in poultry pens.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2019.20

Themes

People
Social History

Width

413 mm

Height or length

110 mm

Keywords

Beale's Family

Railway Avenue KELMSCOTT

BEALES Janet Ms

OWEN Road KELMSCOTT

Statement of significance

MEDIUM
This complete water dispenser was used on a poultry farm located on the corner of Champion Drive and Railway Avenue in the early to mid-1900s. The poultry farm had closed down when the Beales family purchased the property in 1956. The dish would have been purchased from a poultry supplier as its a mass produced design.
The dish represents the variety of agricultural industries active in the district in the early 1900 to mid-1900s. These industries were pushed out as suburbia started to spread in mid 1900s from town centres like Armadale.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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