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Cottage, Blanchetown [B 10028] • Photograph

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Summary

John Maude Woolley, Custom Officer at Blanchetown, standing at the gate to his cottage. Mr JM WSoollley was a customs officer at Blanchetown. The cottage was demolished well before 1940. In 1844 Mr Woolley was declared insolvent after guaranteeing another man's debts to the tune of a thousand pounds. He returned to England but reappeared in Sydney in 1848 where he bought horses, cattle and sheep and took them overland to South Australia. He joined Customs as Sheep Inspector in 1861 and was appointed Sub-Collector at the port of Blanchetown when it opened.

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.7 cm x 10.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1875

Collection

Part of Blanchetown Collection

Subject

Woolley, John Maude, -1885
Cottages -- South Australia -- Blanchetown
Customs administration -- South Australia -- Blanchetown -- Officials and employees

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Digitisation information

Date

30/11/2005

Format

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Resolution

3,309 x 2,283 pixels (7.6 MP)

Size

7.58 MB

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