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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Note from George King

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George King

1865

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand written note

Historical information

George Shouler King (1834-1901) was convicted of larceny and sent to the colony on the "Nile" arriving 1/01/1858 (no.4721). His wife, Elizabeth arrived in 1862. He later became the landlord of an inn at Bookara, south of Greenough.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1318

Item type

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

173 mm

Height or length

111 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Greenough Flats 3/04/1865
Mr J Maley
Sir I send you 10 Bags of wheat Please take out what I owe you and send the fine flour for what remains sir you only charge me with a sheep in your Bill. But I had one bag of flour from you
yours truly George King

Contextual Information

This is the only note we have from George King and proves that he was farming at Greenough in 1865.

Keywords

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Greenough
Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

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Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced

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