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Shire of Toodyay > Records

TOODYAY HOMES FOR THE AGED FOUNDATIONS

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1980

Overview

A small black and white photo showing the pouring of the foundations for the first three residential units of the Toodyay Homes for the Aged, Harper Street, in 1980.
Concrete truck in the middle of the photo, with two men filling wheelbarrows with aggregate.
Two men in left foreground are spreading the mix in the wooden formwork.
Trees in the background.
Sand-pad in the foreground. Fine weather.
Buildings formally opened in Sept. 1981.

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cwa-org-37-2001.1164

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Width

10.8000 cm

Height or length

15.8000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Written on back in ink: Laying foundations for the Toodyay Homes for the Aged units 1980

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Shire of Toodyay

Shire of Toodyay

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