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Greenough Flat's Steam Mill flour docket book

c. 1861
Subcollections
Maley Mill and Store Archives
Overview

commercially printed docket book, missing covers. Contains hand-written entries.

Historical information

john Maley, with support from Solomon Cook, established a flour mill at Greenough in 1861 on land belonging to George Shenton.
This docket book contains stubs for docket nos.12-145, dated 24/02/1862 to 8/09/1862.
It contains information on amount of flour collected for G Shenton and the carter's signature.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-72-GMOB1188
Item type
Documents
Themes
Agriculture
Material
Paper
Width
136 mm
Height or length
96 mm
Depth
15 mm
Inscriptions and markings

Greenough Flat's Steam Mill 186
Received from COOK & MALEY, in good order and condition
BAGS FINE 20P CENT POLLARD BRAN

Contextual Information

Information can be gained from this book on who was growing wheat and how much, at Greenough in 1862. These farmers were in debt to Shenton, and payment was taken out in flour in lieu of cash. The dockets also provide details as to who was carting the flour.

Keywords
Flour mills
Place made
Western Australia
Australia
Year
c. 1861
Primary significance criteria
Scientific or research significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
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Well provenanced
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Greenough Flat's Steam Mill flour docket book
Greenough Flat's Steam Mill flour docket book

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