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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Letter re road party from R.N. Waldeck

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Robert Newton Waldeck

1870

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written letter in ink on paper with a SATIN watermark. Paper damaged on right edge.

Historical information

Robert Newton Waldeck was the nephew of John Maley and worked as a clerk in Geraldton.
William Adlam worked as a storekeeper for Maley.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1812

Item type

Documents

Themes

Material

Paper

Width

114 mm

Height or length

178 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Geraldton 30 May 70
Dear William Please send in a ... of Bran to morrow by the Team also let me know the quantity of Flour Sacks the Road Party have had on own a/c and oblige
yours truly RN Waldeck
Mr W Adlam Greenough

Contextual information

The note provides evidence of a work party at Greenough.

Keywords

CONVICT/S

Place made

Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced

Last modified

Friday, 29 May, 2026

Completeness

100

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Letter re road party from R.N. Waldeck

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