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Transfer of wheat note from George Brand

George Brand
1865
Subcollections
Maley Mill and Store Archives
Overview

hand written note on blue paper

Historical information

George Brand (1820-1872) was a former convict who became a successful farmer at a property he named Balmoral at North Greenough.
Thomas Kearney (1837-1872) was convicted of felony and sent to WA in 1858 on the Edwin Fox (convict no. 5284). He also became a successful farmer.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-72-GMOB1325
Item type
Letters
Themes
People
Social History
Material
Paper
Width
206 mm
Height or length
103 mm
Depth
1 mm
Inscriptions and markings

Balmoral April 12th/65
Mr Maley
Sir please deiver to Thomas Kearny wheat to the amount of twelve pounds I think it will run about 22 bushels I herd in the Bay yesterday that the wheat was 5/9 per bushel at the mill
£12.0.0 George Brand
He is to have bags with you for the number he takes away
GB

Contextual information

This is the only note in the Maley Mill & Store Archives associated with Thomas Kearney.

Keywords
Greenough
Place made
Greenough, Western Australia, Australia
Year
1865
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Scientific or research significance
Comparative significance criteria
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
Last modified
Saturday, 21 May, 2022
Completeness
100
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Transfer of wheat note from George Brand
Transfer of wheat note from George Brand

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