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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Order for herrings from Giovanni Marchetti

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Giovanni Marchetti

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note on blue paper

Historical information

Giovanni Marchetti (1833-97) was an Italian convicted of manslaughter at Liverpool and transported to Western Australia in 1856 (no.4042). He married Rosa Mary Ainsworth (1847-90) at Toodyay in 1861 and moved to Greenough where he took up farming on the Back Flats.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1529

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

200 mm

Height or length

128 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Mr Maley Sir please to sent me three Boxes of Herrings one bottle of vinegar and you oblig Giovanni Marchetti

Contextual information

This note provides evidence that herrings were available at Greenough in 1865.

Keywords

Place made

Greenough, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced

Last modified

Friday, 18 July, 2025

Completeness

100

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