Austin Downs station records. 1895-1959.

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Austin Downs station records. 1895-1959.

Certificates (1912-1959), including certificate of title and miner's rights certificates; correspondence (1944-1954) with the Native Affairs Dept., including permits to employ Aborigines on Austin Downs station; diaries (1936) containing a daily record of work activities on the station; financial records (1895-1933), including bank current account books, station account books and ledgers, purchases of stock and property, statements of assets and liabilities, notebooks; legal papers (1948) relating to a shearing agreement between Meehan and E. Kennedy.

48 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7032340

Libraries Australia

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Meehan, John Patrick.

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Austin Downs is located in the Murchison district of Western Australia, near the goldmining towns of Cue and Day Dawn. John Patrick Meehan, with his sons, managed the stock station at Austin Downs, together with butcher's shops at Cue and Day Down. From the description of Austin Downs station records. 1895-1959. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222196975 ...