Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1910-1920 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
0.05m; 1 type one box (part), 1 album (part)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
William Scott Rayment (born 10 July 1893) attended Wagga Experiment Farm from 30 June 1910 until December 1911 [1]. He married Joyce Rolfe in January 1925 [2]. They owned a property called "Coo-in-oo" near Ardlethan. They had a daughter, Deirdre Rayment (born 16 December 1925), who married Donald Knight in February 1951 [3].
[1] Student Admissions Register, Wagga Experiment Farm Collection, SA1634/83.
[2] The Daily Telegraph, 29 Jan 1925, page 2, National Library of Australia (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245272287)
[3] The Daily Telegraph, 2 Feb 1951, page 10, National Library of Australia (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248510796)
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two exercise books containing newspaper clippings with agricultural subjects, created during and after Rayment was a student at Wagga Experiment College (dates range from 1911-15 and 1915-1918).
Photograph album of postcards and photographs of the Wagga Experiment Farm taken around 1911 and images showing the construction of Burrinjuck Dam in 1919 [13 images].
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
OPEN to public access.
Conditions governing reproduction
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