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Greenough Flats Pigeon Club Ledger & Brasher's Diary

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William Brasher

1872

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Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hard bound notebook with brass clasp

Historical information

We don't know much about Brasher. According to this diary he served as 3rd Mate aboard the "Tartar" which departed Gravesend, England 1867. The Tartar arrived at Fremantle on 14 January 1868.
By 1872 Brasher was secretary of the Greenough Flats Pigeon Club. Names of members and subscriptions were recorded in this notebook
On 1 June 1881 he entered Mr Morrissey's service as tutor to his children at Yarragadee (close to Mingenew). Brasher then reused this notebook as a private diary recording events at Yarragadee from 1 January 1882 to 5 April 1883.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1182

Item type

Diaries

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Card

Paper

Width

94 mm

Height or length

193 mm

Depth

22 mm

Contextual Information

This notebook is an important reference to an early sporting activity at Greenough. It also provides a very detailed account of life at Yarragadee.
Whilst Brasher was working at Yarragadee he recorded over a month numerous sightings of a comet. Research has found that this was the Great Comet of 1882, and that Brasher's sighting could be in advance of any official recording.

Keywords

Greenough

Place made

Greenough
Western Australia
Australia

Year

1872

Statement of significance

The object 'Greenough Flats Pigeon Club Ledger & Brasher's Diary' (GMOB1182) has some aesthetic significance, given its (form, colour, texture), and has some rarity value. The item has some scientific significance, being an example in good condition of the class DOCUMENTS/Diaries . The item has historic significance for the local community and has good interpretive potential. This item has well documented social significance given it was used by WILLIAM E.

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