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Shire of Toodyay > Records

BILL SORRELL

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1985

Overview

Black and white photo of a man slouching and leaning on a large box. On top of the box is another box, with Bill written on the dividing slats. The man is wearing a miner's hard hat with a cloth forming a shade over neck, and wearing long sleeved top with bib and brace overalls. He is holding a newspaper in his left hand. The large box has Bill's poem written in white paint: Stones of the sea. Garden shrubs in the background.

Historical information

On back of photo: "Bill Sorrell 1985".
Bill Sorrell was known for writing poetry and placing poetic eulogies in newspapers at his own expense for people he knew who had died. (Doris Martin 2014)

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Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1314

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

205 mm

Height or length

200 mm

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Year

1985

Shire of Toodyay

Shire of Toodyay

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