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MONEY - 5 POUND PIONEER VILLAGE TOURIST NOTE

Overview

Rectangle paper cream coloured note with brown text and illustrations. Around the edge of the note is a scalloped spiral boarder design. In each corner in a oval boarder is a [5]. On front side In the middle is [£5]. To the left is an illustration of a woman wearing a crown and cape over text [PIONEER VILLAGE]. Illustration to the right is a single axle cart drawn by a single white horse with a driver at front of cart. Under image is text [PIONEER VILLAGE / ARMADALE]. Text inside a cylindrical boarder [FIVE POUNDS] and at bottom also in cylindrical boarder [ILLEGAL TENDER]. On right side of note running down inside edge of the boarder is a serial number [JS673856JS].
On the reverse side are two illustrations along top half, a repeat of the boarder along the bottom half with a copy of the cart image and text in the middle of the bottom half. Under and between the two top illustrations is [£5]. Left illustration is two men herding sheep with the image of a man shearing a sheep inside a black circle in top right of the illustration. Right illustration is the word [FIVE] with lines of decorative bunting in the background.

Historical information

This was produced by Pioneer World to be puchased by visitors to Pioneer World to spend in shops in the tourist site.
Pioneer Village opened on a four hectare paddock, behind the Narrogin Inn, that included a disused quarry on 5 April 1980. The venture was inspired by Sovereign Hill in Ballarat, Victoria. The tourism venture was built by George Doukidis of Taku Pty Ltd and included around 30 stores, a mock gold mine, a school, police station, theatre, blacksmith and restaurant. The site soon won a number of Western Australian but was also facing financial trouble.
In October 1982 the site and the Narrogin Inn was sold to Chanel Seven TVW Enterprises for $1.75 million. In 1985 the sites name was changed to Pioneer World. The site operated for a few more years but in the early 1990s many of the buildings were sold to the Pioneer Village School who converted a large part of the site classrooms and the quarry into a sports oval.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-33-COA2022.5
Item type
Documents
Themes
Tourism
Material
Paper
Width
190 mm
Height or length
81 mm
Keywords
CASSERLEY Alf Mrs
CASSERLEY Dorathy Mrs
Pioneer Village
Armadale
Pioneer World
Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection that represents the commercial history of the City of Armadale. It represents the many different businesses that have operated in the local area and how those businesses have evolved over time. Businesses play an important role within a community, they provide wanted and needed goods and services, employment, income and opportunities to the local community. They can also operate as important social connectors, places where people gathered and engaged with other members of the community.

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