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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Robert McClure's account book

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c. 1870

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

Small commercial notebook, pages with vertical and horizontal lines, front cover missing, loose page, minor insect damage

Historical information

Robert McClure served as a policeman at Greenough.
The notebook contains details of goods purchased from John S. Maley by Robert McClure between 11/08/1873 and 24/10/1874, along with the number of jam posts he delivered to Maley between 20/08/1873 and 20/09/1873, 1002 in total.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1157

Item type

Documents

Themes

Economic Development

Material

Paper

Width

100 mm

Height or length

160 mm

Depth

3 mm

Contextual information

The notebook provides details about McClure's life at Greenough in the early 1870s. It is the only document associated with him in the Maley Mill & Store Archives.

Keywords

Greenough

Place made

Greenough, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced

Last modified

Wednesday, 20 May, 2026

Completeness

100

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