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WATER DISPENSER CERAMIC - POULTRY (CHICK)

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Overview

Light brown glazed ceramic hollow mushroom shaped water dispenser. Cylindrical base with one small hole near bottom edge to let water out.

Historical information

These poultry water dispensers were left on the property on the corner of Champion Drive and Railway Avenue and were discovered when the Beales family purchased the property to run an orchard in 1956. This dispenser was for chicks to ensure they could not drown.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2019.19A

Width

15.1000 cm

Height or length

113.2000 cm

Themes

People

Social History

Keywords

RAILWAY Avenue Pt 23 KELMSCOTT

OWEN Road KELMSCOTT

Railway Avenue KELMSCOTT

Champion Drive KELMSCOTT

BEALES Janet Ms

Beales Family

Statement of significance

MEDIUM
This complete water dispenser was used on a poultry farm located on the corner of Champion Drive and Railway Avenue in the early to mid-1900s. The poultry farm had closed down when the Beales family purchased the property in 1956. The dish would have been purchased from a poultry supplier as its a mass produced design.
The dish represents the variety of agricultural industries active in the district in the early 1900 to mid-1900s. These industries were pushed out as suburbia started to spread in mid 1900s from town centres like Armadale.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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