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Shire of Toodyay > Records

GATE LATCH

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c. 1850 - 1910

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Overview

Small hand forged gate latch.
Latch rivetted to bracket and mounting holes are punched through hot metal.

Historical information

Found amongst items being stored in the Wicklow Shearing Shed (beside the Newcastle Police Stables and opposite the Newcastle Gaol Museum, Toodyay) between the early 2000s and 2015.
The shed had been relocated there in 1999 from the Wicklow Hills property.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2020.204

Item type

Metalwork

Material

Metal

Contextual information

Gravity-drop latch system. A forerunner of the current mass produced latches which have not changed in design.
Typical of objects hand-made by a blacksmith in the 1800s. Date range estimated.

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Last modified

Tuesday, 8 September, 2026

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