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Transfer of wheat note from R. Willimott

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
Documents
Themes
People
Social History
Material
Ink
Paper
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
Maley
Narra Tarra
Place made
Narra Tarra, Western Australia, Ascension Island
Year
1865
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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