NEWCASTLE BALL 1983 DECORATIONS

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1983

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Overview

Colour photo. Toodyay Memorial Hall ceiling and wall decorations of the Toodyay Society's Newcastle Ball on 22 October 1983 in the Toodyay Memorial Hall.
Barbershop theme. Red and white balloons, streamers and "barbershop poles", plus stylised images of a barber's implements and shop window.
Some people and table settings in foreground of the photo.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1525

Item type

Photographs

Material

Photographic Paper

Themes

Social History

Contextual Information

The Toodyay Society held its first Newcastle Ball in the Toodyay Memorial Hall. The Toodyay Shire Council entertained Sir Ernest H. Lee Steere (Toodyay Society inaugural Patron) and Lady (Jessica) Lee Steere and Society President Robert (Bob) Mattin and his wife Lyn, and other special guests, at a reception in the Toodyay Shire Council Chambers prior to the Ball, which had a colonial theme. The Society held the Newcastle Ball annually in the years 1981-1986, and 1988.

Keywords

Newcastle Ball

Toodyay Society

Toodyay Memorial Hall

Year

1983

Links to additional resources

https://toodyayhistoricalsociety.org.au/this-day-in-history/1984-10-24/

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