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City of Armadale - History House > Records

WATERCOLOUR PAINTING OF OLD BRICKYARD

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1985

Overview

A single sheet of A4 parchment with a watercolour painting of the the Old Coombe brickyard on the site of Dale Cottages showing the kilns, South West Highway in the foreground, the tramway from the quarry to the right and the tunnel under William Street. A steam train is passing on the Bunbury line in the background.

There is an incomplete drawing of the same scene on the back.

Historical information

Painted in 1985 by the residents as an exercise to record the historic unit in the park bounded by The Grove.

The mine, trainline, and brickworks were defunct at the time of painting.

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2014.56

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Width

340 mm

Height or length

560 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Painting is signed [Olive ETHRIDGE / 1991]

Keywords

ETHERIDGE Olive

Year

Statement of significance

An example of artwork created by residents of the area. This particular example is of the old brickworks.

The brickworks played a large part supplying bricks to both the local, and general Perth area.

City of Armadale - History House

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