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Midland and Districts Historical Society > Records

Mining Lease, Midland Hospital Site

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Western Australian Government

1950

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Overview

Four-page mining lease, foolscap size.

Historical information

Lease was retained by John Crowley and passed to his daughter who donated the lease to the society. A newspaper article from the Daily News accompanies the lease and explains that the purpose of taking out the lease was to prevent Midland Brick company from mining clay across the road from the proposed Midland Districts Hospital; the Public Health department would not have proceeded with the hospital if a clay pit was dug opposite.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-150-R29

Themes

Mining and Resources

Material

Inscriptions and markings

Lease is made out to William Leonard Grayden, James Howard Cole, John Desmond Crowley and George Alexander Gilbert. The second and fourth pages are blank.

Contextual information

Item is a unique example of documenting a strategic action taken by citizens to protect the future of a community infrastructure in the mid 20th century.

Place made

Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced

Last modified

Friday, 25 July, 2025

Completeness

88

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Image may be used under the Creative Commons License. High quality scan is available from Midland and Districts Historical Society.

Attribution requirements

Image is to be attributed "Courtesy Midland and Districts Historical Society inc."

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