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Rupert Ashe, Charity Collector

1991
Overview

Rupert Ashe sitting in front of lattice screen with a Royal Agriculture Society prize ribbon across the top, and two framed art exhibits underneath. One has a blue first prize certificate attached and the other a red second prize certificate.

Historical information

Rupert Ashe was born in Katanning in 1921 and moved to Perth in 1928. He later lived at Alfred Carson Nursing Home in Bay Road Claremont and, although confined to a wheel chair suffering from 'spastic paralysis', he was seen in Bay View Terrace every Friday for some 25 years, collecting for charity . He was voted Claremont Citizen of the Year in 1980.

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Registration number
cwa-org-28--4-286-
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Printed on ribbon [ THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (INC) / 1991 PERTH ROYAL SHOW / MOST SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITOR MANUALLY HANDICAPPED EXHIBITORS ]

Year
1991
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Copyright category
Life of creator +70 years
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Rupert Ashe, Charity Collector
Source: Claremont Museum 04.286

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