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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Note from William Forrest

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William Forrest

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note on grey paper with blue lines

Historical information

William Forrest (1842-1899) briefly managed Walter Padbury's flour mill at Greenough.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1526

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

180 mm

Height or length

107 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Greenough Mill
Nov 26th 65
Mr Maley
Dear Sir
if you are not using your Trap yourself - I would deem it a favour if you would oblige me with the loan of it this afternoon
I am your truly
Willm Forrest Jnr

Contextual Information

The Forrests are a well-known family in Western Australia.
This note also suggests a shortage of light horse-drawn vehicles in Greenough at that time, and provides evidence of co-operation amongst business owners.

Keywords

Place made

Greenough
Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

Greenough Museum and Gardens

Greenough Museum and Gardens

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