Anthony Hordens' Price List of Traced Goods, Embroidery Silks and Cottons, and Materials for all Art Needlework.
Only Universal Providers - Brickfield Sydney.Provenance and SignificanceThis mail order catalogue was used by members of the the Smith family at Cooby farm, Albion Park.
Cooby’ 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