TOODYAY PIONEERS 1933
1933B&w photo of pioneers of Toodyay, seated and standing outside the entrance to what is probably the Toodyay Memorial Hall, before the alterations to the front of the building.
All the ladies are dressed for the occasion and all are wearing hats.
All the men are in suits and ties and most are holding hats.
In 1933 the town of Toodyay decided to celebrate its centenary believing the old townsite had been surveyed in 1933. A number of events were planned, the last of which were held on the 24th October 1933.
(These were the Pioneers Dinner and the Children's Dance held at the Toodyay Town Hall, later renamed the Toodyay Memorial Hall.)
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Stuart Gore (1905-1984)
Battye Library, Perth, holds 1 glass photonegative of this image, and 1 b&w photo print, as part of the Stuart Gore Collection (digital photo number 003098D)
(Same image as two other photos in the Shire of Toodyay heritage collection, acc no.s 1999.10 & 2020.222)
Stuart Gore, 1905-1984, was a passionate photographer. In his early career he operated Perth's first same day photo developing business in Market St, Fremantle. With the Depression severely affecting his business, Gore was invited to work as an aerial photographer for Western Mining's aerial survey of the Goldfields. With the outbreak of World War Two, Gore enlisted in the RAAF joining the Aerial Reconnaissance Unit based in Darwin. Gore returned to Kalgoorlie where he purchased T.F. Mackay's photographic studios. In 1948, Gore together with Jan Kennedy travelled the borders of Western Australia for 8 months in Gore's car, Annabel. Gore was also an accomplished film maker and author
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Nearest geotagged records:
- SERIES OF PHOTO PROOFS FOR BACK TO TOODYAY SCHOOLS REUNION 1979 (0km away)
- SERIES OF PHOTO PROOFS FOR BACK TO TOODYAY SCHOOLS REUNION 1979 (0km away)
- SERIES OF PHOTO PROOFS FOR BACK TO TOODYAY SCHOOLS REUNION 1979 (0km away)
- MEMORIAL HALL TOODYAY (0km away)
- SCHOOL REUNION; BACK TO SCHOOL, TOODYAY 1979 (0km away)
- SCHOOL REUNION; BACK TO TOODYAY 1979 (0km away)
- SCHOOL REUNION; BACK TO TOODYAY 1979 (0km away)
- CELEBRATION OF WA'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY (0.01km away)
- CELEBRATION OF WA'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY (0.01km away)
- CELEBRATION OF WA'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY (0.01km away)
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