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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Delivery Note no.991 for T. Lauder

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J. O'Connor

1869

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

commercially printed form with handwriting in ink

Historical information

Thomas Lauder (1820-83) was a Scottish convict sent to the colony in 1861. By 1863 he was farming at Greenough, though probably not very successfully.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB2894

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

170 mm

Height or length

130 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

No. 991 Champion Bay, August 14th1869
Mr Thos Lawder [sic]
Please receive by Maley’s Team
for Self the undermentioned
in good order and condition:-
1 Bag Potatoes
Pro Scott & Gale
Jno O’Connor
PEARCE & BERESFORD, PRINTERS, FREMANTLE

Contextual information

This is the only note in the Maley Mill & Store Archives associated with Thomas Lauder.
It provides evidence of his existence at Greenough.

Keywords

Place made

Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Last modified

Saturday, 9 December, 2023

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Delivery Note no.991 for Thomas Lauder

Delivery Note no.991 for Thomas Lauder dated 14/08/1869.

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