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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Letter re transfer of bran from Hamersley & Co

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Matthew Hill Reardon

1868

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

hand-written note on blue-grey paper

Historical information

James Donaher was a farmer at Central Greenough.
Matthew Hill Reardon was manager for Hamersley & Co, and then went on to become Clerk of Courts at Greenough 1868-72.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB1716

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

209 mm

Height or length

136 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Greenough Flats 4th September 1868
Mr John Maley Please let James Donaher have One Ton of Bran out of 2893lbs of same belonging to Messrs Hamersley & Co at your mill
MH Reardon, pro LC Burges Manager for Hamersley & Co
To JS Maley Bootnall
Entd 4/9/68 V Trew

Contextual information

This is the only note written by Reardon in this collection.

Keywords

Place made

Greenough, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Last modified

Saturday, 19 July, 2025

Completeness

100

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Letter re transfer of bran from Hamersley & Co

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