Historical information
The Cash Accounts contain the names and transaction details of all Gembrook Nursery clients and gives an insight into the scale of the Nursery operations. At its peak, this Nursery was said to be the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere.
Significance
This daybook May 1913-May 1916 was used to record Gembrook Nursery stock sales to clients in Victoria, Australia and overseas and contains the names and places of hundreds of clients thus giving an insight into the scale of the nursery operations at the time.
Physical description
Nobelius Nursery Day Book - 802 pages. Hard cover bound in black leather with sides in tan suede.
Inscriptions & markings
On spine with gold embossed script: 'JOURNAL'
Inside front cover, bookmaker's sticker: 'D. W. PATERSON CO.'
Inside front cover, handwritten: 'No stock, Date 16/10/1012'