Milk Can - Cooby Farm

DESCRIPTION

TitleMilk Can - Cooby FarmObject TypeObjectDatec.1910DescriptionTen gallon milk can used by members of the Smith family to transport milk from their farm 'Cooby' at Stockyard Mountain, to the Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Factory.

The milk can was made by local tinsmith Henry (Harry) William Parkinson. Provenance and SignifcanceCooby’ was built on land originally granted to J. Paul (1400 acres) and issued in 1833.

The Coughrane family owned ‘Cooby’ from the late 1800’s. Mr. Robert Coughrane leased ‘Cooby’, Portion 2, 69 acres, to Mr Nicholas Ball from c.1911 – 1916, where Robert Smith was occupier.

Nicholas Ball purchased the property in 1917. The Smith family later purchased ‘Cooby’.DonorSmith, Joseph Borrowdale

CHARACTERISTICS

MaterialGalvanised Iron.Dimensions68cm x 36cm x 113cm.

CLASSIFICATION

PrimaryRural IndustrySecondaryLivestock - Cattle

CONNECTIONS

CollectionObjectsIllawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Society Last edited by: Will Chittick

Cooby Collection Last edited by: Will Chittick

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