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Receipt for corn from L. Bower

Lawrence Bower
1865
Subcollections
Maley Mill and Store Archives
Overview

hand written note in ink on blue paper with blue vertical stripes

Historical information

Lawrence Bower arrived in the colony in 1851 and was a Sapper with the 20th Royal Engineers.
William Waldeck was a farmer at Greenough.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-72-GMOB1279
Item type
Receipts
Themes
Communication
Material
Paper
Width
138 mm
Height or length
88 mm
Depth
1 mm
Inscriptions and markings

Greenough 25th February 1865
Received from Mr W. Waldeck 957lbs corn for the use of the Government horses at this station L. Bower

On reverse: 25 Feb 65 Rect Rd Pty Corn

Contextual information

This is one of five notes written by Bower in 1865 providing evidence he was working for the Government at Greenough.

Keywords
Greenough
Place made
Greenough, Western Australia, Australia
Year
1865
Primary significance criteria
Scientific or research significance
Comparative significance criteria
Object’s condition or completeness
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
Last modified
Wednesday, 15 July, 2026
Completeness
100
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Receipt for corn from L. Bower
Receipt for corn from L. Bower

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