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Shire of Toodyay > Records

OPENING OF THE OLD GAOL MUSEUM, TOODYAY 1962

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1962

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Overview

Small b&w photo.
Crowd outside the Old Gaol Museum, Toodyay on opening day in 1962.
Shows shingle roof with chimney on the right.
Large crowd with backs to the camera.
Three young women in slacks in centre, dirt underfoot. Taken in winter.
Sheoak tree between building and crowd. Head of the speaker can be seen at the back of the crowd.

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Registration number

cwa-org-37-2009.14

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Width

89 mm

Height or length

89 mm

Inscriptions and markings

On back; Old Gaol Museum Possibly Opening Day 1962.

Place made

Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Geotag

-31.5535, 116.4671

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