HYDROMETER - TALLERON DULARDEN

1924 - 1981
Overview

Cylinder with bulbouse end and long thin cylinder/tube at other end. Tube one internal side coloured white with gradient markings 0-10, woth 0 at the top of the tube. Brand text at bottom end of white stripe.
cylinder with [Acidometre Baume] on one end and

Historical information

In 1894 business partners, and later brothers-in-law, Martin Jull and Mitchell Stewart started a vineyard in the hills overlooking Armadale where they planted several varieties of wine grapes. In 1896 visiting British lord, Sir Arthur Stepney, bought Stewarts share of the vineyard. Three years later he purchased Julls share of the vineyard and named it Derry Na Sura, which reportedly translates from Gaelic to Valley of the wine. Clement Edward Pike was the manager of Derry Na Sura vineyard between 1938 and the late 1940s. Clement Pike was born in Magill, a suburb in the foothills in eastern Adelaide, in 1899. He had come to Western Australia from South Australia where he had been a wine maker in Magill. This collection of instruments was used by Mr Pike at Derry Na Sura to test the quality and the alcohol content from the wines that they produce. In 1949 Clement took Derry Na Sura Pty Ltd too court for breach of contract which he won and was awarded 72 pounds. He then moved to East Bullsbrook were he ran another vineyard until 1954 when it is thought he returned to South Australia. He died in Margill in 1981, aged 93 years.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-33-AK1984.656A
Material
Width
25.8000 cm
Height or length
1.5000 cm
Depth
1.5000 cm
Inscriptions and markings

Brand name [Talleron Dularden T Paris]

Year
1924
Year End
1981
Statement of significance

This object is a part of a collection that represents the skills and scientific knowledge required to produce wine and fortified wines in a commercial vineyard and how the products of the wineries were sold and marketed across Western Australia. The collection also represents the important role wine making played in the agricultural development of the City of Armadale from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s. During this period several large and small commercial vineyards operated along Albany Highway and the South West Highway.

City of Armadale - History House

City of Armadale - History House

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