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RECEIPT , DOCKET, BOOK - HAROLD E SAW BUTCHER

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c. 1950 - 1959

Overview

Foolscap size receipt book. Brown cover with red stapled spine. Inside a blue border in the middle of the front cover is red and blue text. The maker's name is in red. In the middle of the text is an illustration of a cow's head. Under the text is the illustration of a single storey flat roofed commercial-style building. Under this is a red banner with blue text on it. Main text in middle [STANDARD 12s / BUTCHER'S / DOCKET BOOK]. Under the head are seven lines in small print with details about the docket book. [The 'Docketco' Standardised Butcher's Book is made / by highly Specialised Automatic Process, assuring / highest possible standards at greatly reduced cost, / and are manufactured and printed solely by Docket / Book Co. (Aust.). Further supplies of this book can / be reprinted and promptly despatched to any part / of Australia, by the sole manufacturers:].

Inside the book are pages of three verticals rows of four receipt dockets with perforations along each side so they can be torn easily from the page. Each receipt has a colour illustration in the top left corner of a paddock with a tree, a fence, two cows and two sheep in it. To the right of the illustration is text and blank lines for the butcher to fill in. Text [6th ROAD, ARMADALE — Phone 252 / ..... 195... / M.... / ..... / Bought of— / HAROLD E. SAW / — QUALITY BUTCHER — ] Under this is red columns for sales information and prices to be added.

Behind each receipt page is a blank page for a duplicate of the information to be copied onto using blue carbon duplicate paper which is missing from the book.

Historical information

This docket book was used at Mr. Harold Saw's butcher shop on Sixth Road in Armadale in the 1950s.

The Saw family arrived in the Armadale area in 1856 when they leased land along the Neerigen Brook and named it Narrogin. That same year Thomas Saw and his father-in-law Henry Gibbs built a small inn that became known as the Narrogin Inne, not long after the family purchased land in the area and made it their home. The descendants of Thomas have played a variety of roles in the local community, from establishing one of the first stores to holding a seat on the local council.

The docket book was printed in Perth by the Docket Company which had its head office in North Perth.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-AK2001.9

Item type

Documents

Material

Paper

Cardboard

Inscriptions and markings

Maker's name at top [Docketco. / TRADE MARK]

Maker's information above and below building illustration [DOCKET BOOK CO. (Aust.) / HEAD OFFICE: CHARLES STREET, NORTH PERTH, W.A. / — FACTORIES IN SYDNEY AND PERTH — ]

Year

c. 1950 - 1959

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection that represents the commercial history of the City of Armadale. It represents the many different businesses that have operated in the local area and how those businesses have evolved over time. Businesses play an important role within a community, they provide wanted and needed goods and services, employment, income and opportunities to the local community. They can also operate as important social connectors, places where people gathered and engaged with other members of the community.

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Thursday, 1 October, 2026

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