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ASSORTED IMPERIAL SCALE WEIGHTS

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Overview

Four round metal imerial weights. Each weight top edge wider than base edge. all have a round indentation at top with raised moulded weight number in middle. Middle two weights have round holes in base that expose led core. Middle two weights also have manufactuers name moulded above weight. Also have numbers inside the base hole
Top weight [2 ld], second top [1 ld] , base [05 / 27 4], third [8 oz] base [3], smallest [2 oz]

Historical information

Metters balance scales with imperial weights used by Mrs 'Ma' McDonald on her Bedfordale property to measure our ingredients when she was making jams and pickles. The property was on the corner of Waterwheel Road and Albany Highway. Before 1966 Australia used the imperial measuring system. Most recipes would have used imperial measurements. Ma probably kept using the imperial weights after 1966 for recipes she already knew.

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Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2022.92c

Material

Metal

Inscriptions and markings

[SASC]

Keywords

Albany Highway, Bedfordale

Waterwheel Road Bedfordale

Bedfordale

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection of items relating to the development of the Bedfordale community from the mid 1800s to today. These items represent the people, organisations, events and businesses who have had an impact on how the community has evolved over time. The collection shows how this community has grown from a small collection of farms in the mid 1800s, located on Noongar land into a significant agricultural and horticultural zone in the early to mid 1900s.

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