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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 3131180.2.2
Summary
A sheet of ruled and margined note paper, on one side, torn from a pad along the top edge. The front is ruled and margined with; 'Name.............................. Index Number............................. Subject......................................... Nothing is to be written in this margin.' printed at the top. There are handwritten notes in pencil beneath; '58 times size of England Cow plateau - high ring 1851 - gold discovered - Bathhurst & Ballast in 5 years in Victoria 80,000, - 3000,000 population.' The back is plain with handwritten notes in pencil; 'x 910 - £524,000,000 gold ........ in...., copper, tin & coal - gems of all kinds Steel rearing is the greatest industry Exports £30,000,000 worth per year, no of steel = 90,00,000 1791 - steel introduced (Mc Arthur)'. The note is kept in the book 'The Atlas Geographies Preparatory Australasia' by Thomas Franklin and E. D. Griffiths (record 3131180).