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Transfer of wheat note from R. Willimott

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Robert Willimott

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note on paper

Historical information

Robert Willimott (1831-1902) was convicted of malicious wounding to resist apprehension by a police officer and sent to Western Australia in 1854 (no.2781). He took up farming at Greenough, married, raised a family and was later reconvicted of sheep stealing.
John Mills (1824-1900) was a free settler who took up land east of Geraldton at Narra Tarra.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1457

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

201 mm

Height or length

140 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Narra Tarra September 18th 1865
Mr John Maley
Please transfer to Mr J Mills one hundred & two (102) Bushells of Wheat on my account
Robt Willimott

Contextual information

This is the only note we have written by Robert Willimott.

Keywords

Place made

Narra Tarra, Western Australia, Ascension Island

Year

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Last modified

Saturday, 18 December, 2021

Completeness

100

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Transfer of wheat note from R. Willimott

Transfer of wheat note from R. Willimott dated 18/09/1865

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