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LANTERN, KEROSENE

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1909 - 1950

Overview

Rectangular metal case. Rectangular window no glass at front top half. Inside round metal oil container with a cone shaped burner at top. Coming out from the burner to the left is a metal rod with a wheel at the end. Rod held in place by a slit on left side of case. The burner sits in front of a concave reflective metal cone.
Squared handle at top. Top of case lifts up on hinges.

Historical information

Storm lantern either collected by or owned by Mrs Lois Turner who was a member of the Armadale Kelmscott Historical Society and collected and donated a large amount of 'olden days' objects for the museum in the year before it opened in 1976. Some of those items were owned by her or her family when they first lived in Armadale and later on farms near Brookton.
Lois's father, William Tidbury Mills came to Western Australia in the 1890s to try his luck on the recently discovered Goldfields. In c1905 William returned to South Australia and married Victoria Maria Mason. The newly married couple then returned to Western Australia and settled in Armadale where they started their family. Their first child, George Hartly was born in Armadale in 1906. Lois Adelaide Turner was delivered by local midwife Mrs Bodicoat in 1908 at the family property on the corner of Eleventh Avenue and Gull Street. Lois would have spent her first few years of schooling attending the Armadale State School. While in Armadale the family had four other children, Avon William in 1909, Hartly Mason in 1911, Sydney Eric in 1913 and Victor Glenn in 1914
In 1915 the Mills family moved to Brookton. That same year Hilda Victoria was born and in 1918 Fred Mason was born. The family lived on a farm which they called 'Masonville' to the east of the Brookton
In 1932 Lois married Sidney John Turner a local farmer and lived in the district for the next thirty years. In 1961 Sidney passed away and Lois moved back to Armadale. Lois would later join the Armadale Kelmscott Historical Society. In 1975 as the AKHS prepared to open History House Lois donated a large number of items from her family.
Lois passed away in Armadale in 1988.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-AK1975.62

Item type

Lighting

Material

Cotton

Sheet Metal

Width

109 mm

Height or length

334 mm

Depth

109 mm

Year

1909 - 1950

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection with provenance that represents the type of items that were used by individuals and families in their daily life. These objects can range from items used every day through to special objects that were treasured and brought out for special occasions. This collection also represents the type of objects that were once commonly used in the home and over time and have either gone out of fashion or evolved in design, material or into a different type of object that does a similar function.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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