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Katanning Historical Society > Records

Piesse Family at Opening Of Katanning Roller Flour Mill

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c. 1891

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Katanning Flour Mill

Overview

A sepia

Historical information

Black and white photograph of Members of the Piesse family at the opening of the Katanning Flour Mill.

Photograph shown in the Australian Advertiser May 4 1891 captioned 'Amongst those present who had come from a distance were, Mr WR Piesse, the father of the Messrs Piesse and six other sons. One of these sons had come from Esperance Bay .... the father and his eight sons met that day for the first time for seventeen years...

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-202-HSP2014.13

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

72 cm

Height or length

57.5000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

On a label below the photograph in black typed lettering is " F.H .& C.A. Piesse with their father (centre) and brothers outside the Katanning Roller Flour Mill 1891.
From left to right: George Albert; Arnold Edmund; Frances Ernest; Alfred Napoleon; William Roper; Frederick Henry; Charles Austin; Augustus William; William John.
Presented by: Francis Harold Piesse (grandson of Frederick Henry) and Family 1989."

Year

Links to additional resources

Australian Advertiser Mon 4 May 1891

An article on the Opening of the Roller Flour Mill at Katanning.

Copyright and Reference

Copyright and Reference

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Date of creation +70 years

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Courtesy of Katanning Historical Society.

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