Historical information
Gideon Nicol (1836-1908) was a seaman who came to Warrnambool in 1858. In 1865 he selected land at Mount Warrnambool . He was one of the founders of the Farnham Cheese and Butter Factory and the Garvoc Cheese and Butter Factory and was a Shire Councillor from 1879 to 1906.
Significance
These items will be useful to include in the Gideon Nicol file.
Physical description
These are scans of two pages from a book and an illuminated manuscript. One page is red with an ornate border and the other is blackish with an ornate border. The illuminated address is multi-coloured with an ornate border
Inscriptions & markings
‘Gideon Nicol, July 16th 1906’; ‘G.N.’
