Certificate of sale for four Merino rams descended from the flock of King George III, to John Smith,...
Certificate of sale for four Merino rams descended from the flock of King George III, to John Smith, 20 January 1860
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20 January 1860
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MLMSS 10276
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)
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Copyright status : Unpublished textual material is out of copyright where the author(s) died more than 70 years ago, or else, it is in copyright for the life of the author(s) plus 70 years. Duration of copyright differs for material that has been made public.
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Certificate of sale for four pure Merino rams descended from the flock of King George the third, to J. Smith, Esquire, The Elms, Grays, Essex, 20 January 1860.
On the certificate's verso is a handwritten note from an unknown person who was awarded first prize and a gold medal at the Agricultural Exhibition of All Nations, Paris, 1856 for their...
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Certificate of sale for four Merino rams descended from the flock of King George III, to John Smith, 20 January 1860
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Presented by Judith King in May 2019
Collection history
Judith King inherited the certificate through her family, the Katers, who owned Mumblebone Stud, Wellington, New South Wales, until 1996 and purchsed sheep from John Smith.
Administrative / Biographical history
John Smith (1811-1895) was a sheep breeder from Cornwall, England. He arrived in Sydney on the Abel Gower on 22 April 1836 and went on to become a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
Reference:
Library correspondence file
The Kater family were pasturalists and business people who purchased Mumblebone on the Macquarie Ri...
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MLMSS 10276
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92ebkX0Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92ebkX0Y
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9638050
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