Greenough Farmers' Club Journal
c. 1880Notebook with black cover with thin gold border. Marbled effect on paper edges.
The journal contains minutes of meetings of the Greenough Farmers' Club from 10 June 1887 to 22 June 1889, cash accounts from 1887 to 1902 and prize winners for the 1887 and 1888 Greenough Agricultural Shows.
The first agricultural show was held at Greenough in 1873 in a paddock near the Convict Bridge. Later shows were held in the grounds of the Hampton Hotel (including 1887 when this book is first used). In 1894 Thomas Clinch donated a block of land just south of the Greenough River to the Greenough Farmers’ Club and here the annual shows were held until 1940.
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Contains hand written entries from 1887 to 1902.
This journal covers the agricultural shows for 1887 (before the big flood) and 1888 (after the big flood). Comparisons could be made to determine how significant a major environmental disaster that 1888 flood was for Greenough. The journal will also provide information of who was farming, what animals were kept, crops grown and how self-sufficient people were.
The object 'Greenough Farmers' Club Journal' (GMOB0207) has high aesthetic significance, given its (form, colour, texture) and has some rarity value. The item has low scientific significance, although being representative of the class BOOKS/ in fair condition. The item has high historic significance for the local community and possibly for the State and has high interpretive potential. This item has very high social significance given it was associated with Greenough Farmer's Club Hall Fmr. Dewar's Barn,
Greenough Museum and Gardens
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