TitleFlail StickObject TypeLoanDescriptionTimber and leather flail stick used at Marshall Mount House.
Flails were used for threshing, the process of separating grains from their husks.Provenance and SignifcanceMarshall Mount House was built for Henry Osborne in the 1830's and named after his wife Sarah (nee Marshall).
Osborne subdivided the property in 1890 and sold the farm lot with the homestead to Robert Menzies Dymock. It was purchased by George and Elizabeth McDonald and Elizabeth's brother John Russell in 1896.
The glass panels on the front door are inscribed with the names of the McDonald descendants.DonorMcDonald, George
