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Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Administrative record - Bakery Ledger, Andrew Jack, Dyson & Co., Melbourne, Baker's Ledger, 1940s
... Allansford Bakery... as it illustrates the size of the Allansford bakery and contains many names ...This ledger comes from the Model Bakery business of G.W. Greaves, a baker and pastrycook In Allansford in the first half of the 20th century. Allansford is a township 10 kilometres east of Warrnambool, now incorporated into the City of Warrnambool. The ledger contains details of the Greaves business sales of goods, mostly bread, from 1946 to 1948 and includes the names of the customers, the orders and the moneys owing. The bakery served many nearby areas including Wangoom, Hopkins Point, Cudgee, Mepunga, Naringal and Lake Glllear. This ledger is of interest as it illustrates the size of the Allansford bakery and contains many names of people in the area in the 1940s, making it a valuable research object.This is a ledger with a black cover and leather coverings at the corners and a brown leather spine. The red label on the spine has gold lettering and ornamental edges. The inside of the cover has a red mottled pattern and has tape and string stitching. A maker's label is also inside the front cover. The pages are ruled with red lines and contain handwritten entries. There are some loose invoices. The cover is very faded and stained.Baker's Ledger Andrew Jack, Dyson & Co. Wholesale Stationersallansford bakery, greaves model bakery -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Medal, Warrnambool Champion Medal
It is presumed that 'Warrnambool R.C.' stands for 'Warrnambool Rifle Club'. Warrnambool had rifle-shooting competitions since the 1850s and the early competitions were usually associated with the local volunteer militia with the first volunteer group called the Warrnambool Volunteer Corps. By the late 19th century a Warrnambool Rifle Club and an Allansford Rifle Club had been established and in the early 20th century a North Warrnambool Rifle Club was formed. These rifle clubs had club competitions and also competed against the local Volunteer Corps. William Kucks was a long-time resident of Warrnambool, operating a boarding house in the town in Timor Street in the 1860s and then a bakery in the same street for many years.This badge is of considerable interest as a memento of a Warrnambool sporting club in the 1890s and of a well-known 19th century Warrnambool resident.This brass star shaped medal has a circular centre with text surrounded by a raised narrow annulus and eight near triangular hollow shapes interspersed with small spheres. on the obverse, The reverse has a metal hook and clip. There is a ring attached to the tip of one of the triangles with a second ring through it. WARRNAMBOOL CHAMPION MEDAL R C1805 W Kucks warrnambool rifle club, warrnambool volunteer corps, allansford rifle club, william kucks