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BOOK - LAUNDRY WORK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

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Overview

rectangle blue hard cover with black text [LAUNDRY WORK / IN THEORY / AND PRACTICE / E.L. MARSH]. Text repeated on spine. Text in black ink written in the inside of the front cover and repeated on the first page [A.G. Saw / 'Glen Iris', / Armadale]. On the third page front is title, author and publishing information and on the back of the third page is printing information.
Book contains printed text and illustrations. Throughout the book and on the back page are handwritten notes in pencil and pen.

Historical information

Amy 'Gwen' Saw was born in 1919 and lived at 'Glen Iris' on Prospect Road in Armadale and attended Armadale State School. When she graduated from school she trained as a home economics teacher and taught at a number of school including Armadale. This is a text book used by Gwen when she was studying and living in Prospect Road.
In 1940 she married Athol Charles Robinson, a jackeroo who worked for Harry and Bill Butcher, at Trinity Church in Perth and moved to Hill Springs Station in the Gascoyne region. Athol though soon enlisted with the RAAF during World War II so Gwen returned to 'Glen Iris' to live with her parents which he was away.
After the war Gwen returned to the Gascoyne region where she raised her family of five children with Athol at Mt Gibson Station.
Gwen died age 44 in 1964.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2021.61

Item type

Books

Material

Cardboard

Width

12.9000 cm

Height or length

9.3000 cm

Themes

People

Social History

Inscriptions and markings

third page [LAUNDRY WORK / IN THEORY AND PRACTICE / BY / E.L. MARSH / FORMERLY STAFF TEACHER, NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL OF COOKERY, / BUCKINGHAM PALACE ROAD, S.W. / WITH A PREFACE BY / E. GLADYS CLARK, O.B.E. / PRINCIPAL OF THE NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL OF COOKERY / WITH ILLUSTRATIONS / THIRD EDITION / LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO / LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO / 1934]

Keywords

MARSHEL

Longman Green and Co

Armadale State School

Glen Ins Prospect Road ARMADALE

ARMADALE

PROSPECT Road ARMADALE

SAW Amy Gwen Ms

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection of items associated with a person or family who have played a significant role in the economic, community or social development of the City of Armadale. This can include holding key political or social positions within the community, being a key contributor or member of a community organisation, a strong contributor to improving the well-being of the local community, a prominent figure in a local business or industry, developer of new industries or activities or someone who grew up in the area and moved away and had a noteworthy career or life.

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Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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